Re: a question
Abdullah bin Masud narrated that the messenger of Allah said :
"The blood of a Muslim may not be legally spilt other than in one of three [instances] : the married person who commits adultery; a life for a life; and one who forsakes his religion and *abandons* the community."
It was related by Bukhari and Muslim
Br. AQ, notice the word 'and' in the above hadith. It shows that there are two conditions to the last case. The second part (abandoning the community) has different definitions according to different scholars.
I think that's the point Br. Code_Red's trying to make.