Is a Muslim woman obligated to contact her non-Muslim friends to request the deletion of immodest photos of her published before she embraced Islam, or is that among the things that are forgiven for her?
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Islam obliterates the sins that preceded it, and so does repentance. Therefore, whoever perfects his Islam will not be held accountable for what he did in the جاهلية (pre-Islamic era). The meaning of perfecting one's Islam is to embrace Islam outwardly and inwardly. A Muslim should rectify whatever can be rectified from his past actions. Regarding the issue of pictures, if a picture is stored with those whom she associated with before Islam, she may request its removal if she believes it will be removed; otherwise, silence is preferable.
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