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The Ruling On Apostates

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Darussalam · Volume 5

37. The Book Of Fighting[The Prohibition OfBloodshed]

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الحديث: 4066 ¦ الجزء: 7 ¦ الصفحة: 105

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4071. It was narrated from Abū Burdah bin Abī Mūsā Al-Ash'arī, from his father: "That the Prophet ﷺ sent him to Yemen, then he sent Mu'ādḥ bin Jabal after that. When he arrived he said: 'O people, I am the envoy of the Messenger of Allāh to you.' Abū Mūsā gave him a cushion to sit down, then a man was brought who had been a Jew, then he became a Muslim, then he reverted to Kufr. Mu'ādhd said: 'I will not sit down until he is killed; this is the decree of Allāh and His Messenger,' (saying it) three times. When he was killed, he sat down." (Saḥīḥ)

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4066 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، وحَدَّثَنِي حَمَّادُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا قُرَّةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ بْنِ أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعَثَهُ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ، ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ مُعَاذَ بْنَ جَبَلٍ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ قَالَ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنِّي رَسُولُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ إِلَيْكُمْ، فَأَلْقَى لَهُ أَبُو مُوسَى وِسَادَةً لِيَجْلِسَ عَلَيْهَا، فَأُتِيَ بِرَجُلٍ كَانَ يَهُودِيًّا فَأَسْلَمَ، ثُمَّ كَفَرَ، فَقَالَ مُعَاذٌ: «لَا أَجْلِسُ حَتَّى يُقْتَلَ قَضَاءُ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ» ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، فَلَمَّا قُتِلَ قَعَدَ

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    [1] That is, the previous narration.

Commentary

It appears as though this man must have refused to repent and revert to Islam. Otherwise, the criminal of apostasy should be first asked to repent. If he refuses, he should be killed.