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Ruling On OneWho Apostatizes

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Darussalam · Volume 5

37. THE BOOK OFLEGAL PUNISHMENTS(HUDŪD)

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الحديث: 4351 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 126

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4351. It was narrated from 'Ikrimah that 'Ali burned some people who had apostatized from Islam. News of that reached Ibn 'Abbās, and he said: "I would not have burned them with fire, because the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Do not punish with the punishment of Allāh.' I would have executed them in accordance with the words of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, because the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Whoever changes his religion, execute him.' News of that reached 'Ali and he said: 'Woe to [the mother of] Ibn 'Abbās!'" (Sahih)

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4351 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، أَنَّ عَلِيًّا، عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام أَحْرَقَ نَاسًا ارْتَدُّوا عَنِ الْإِسْلَامِ، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، فَقَالَ: لَمْ أَكُنْ لِأُحْرِقَهُمْ بِالنَّارِ، إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «لَا تُعَذِّبُوا بِعَذَابِ اللَّهِ»، وَكُنْتُ قَاتِلَهُمْ بِقَوْلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «مَنْ بَدَّلَ دِينَهُ فَاقْتُلُوهُ»، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ عَلِيًّا عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام، فَقَالَ: وَيْحَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

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