Apostasy Laws

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You invite him to the way of Allah and tell him to stop denying the message Allah sent.

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And they have done that. There is complete agreement that the male apostate is to be killed. The only dispute is regarding the female apostate, regarding which the majority has said that she will be killed, with the minority saying she will not be. Tafisr Al-Qurtubi - page relevant to discussion about female apostate]

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واختلفوا في المرتدة ، فقال مالك والأوزاعي والشافعي والليث بن سعد : تقتل كما يقتل المرتد سواء ، وحجتهم ظاهر الحديث : من بدل دينه فاقتلوه . و " من " يصلح للذكر والأنثى . **وقال الثوري وأبو حنيفة ص: 46 ] وأصحابه : لا تقتل المرتدة ، وهو قول ابن شبرمة ، وإليه ذهب ابن علية ، وهو قول عطاء والحسن**** . واحتجوا بأن ابن عباس روى عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم أنه قال : من بدل دينه فاقتلوه ثم إن ابن عباس لم يقتل المرتدة ، ومن روى حديثا كان أعلم بتأويله ، وروي عن علي مثله . ونهى صلى الله عليه وسلم عن قتل النساء والصبيان . واحتج الأولون بقوله عليه السلام : لا يحل دم امرئ مسلم إلا بإحدى ثلاث : كفر بعد إيمان . . . فعم كل من كفر بعد إيمانه ، وهو أصح**

Imaam Abu Hanifah, his companions, Al-Hasan, 'Atta', and Al-Thawri were of the opinion that the female apostate will not be killed.

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A "Quranist" forum??

Um, is it wrong to read the Quran?

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How do you know there is complete agreement that the male apostate should be killed?

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Generally a good piece of work … Shows secret apostates are not always subject to death.

Modern times have again created another re-examination of the death penalty regarding apostates … And this consideration is being seriously entertained by scholars.

Points include : letting the apostate leave (exile or by extension extradition), no compulsion in religion, dominance of Western power creating an awe in falsehood and confusion of truth.

We should always rely on past works … But we are also subject to modern swings and nuances … And the current world demands a different approach to be considered yet again. 11th century Islam was a powerhouse … Today secular mind sets remove the audacity that Islamic authority has over us and the law if implemented with as much vigour as in the past would create a basis for many people to be put to the sword, which would create even more negative press for Islam … We should not allow a penal system, which can have the breadth of interpretation to be the cause of the Muslims leaving it or to be a weak spot that can be picked on by the enemies of Islam.

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Do you like to argue for the sake of arguing or do you not read what is posted?

Read

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Islaam does not change with time. It’s laws remain as it is. I suggest to join a course which teaches Islamic Laws rather then inject your personal opinions in matter of Religion as it is a grave sin.

And please, when it comes to Islaam, use the original sources as opposed to what some disbeliever has written as it totally undermines the credibility of your post.

Now let us see what Imaam Shaafi says in his book Al-Umm

المرتد عن الإسلام ( قال الشافعي ) : رحمه الله تعالى ومن انتقل عن الشرك إلى إيمان ثم انتقل عن الإيمان إلى الشرك من بالغي الرجال والنساء استتيب فإن تاب قبل منه ، وإن لم يتب قتل قال الله عز وجل

The apostate from Islam: Imaam Al-Shaafi (may Allah have Mercy of him) says: He who leaves Shirk and comes to Imaan, then leaves Imaan and returns to Shirk…the person will be told to repent, and if the person repents it will accepted from the person and if the person does not repent he will be killed.
Online Version of book
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By the way, try quoting the full text of my quote next time to prevent misleading people from what has been stated. Thank you.**

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Reading the Quran and interpreting it with your personal opinion is what is wrong. Believing you can understand the Quraan in the absence of the Hadith and by undermining the work of 1400 years of Islamic scholarship is what is wrong.

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And psyah I also suggest you first read up on the definitions of who defines who as a Murtaad. The article you posted starts off talking about Khwaarij which have nothing to do with the topic. This shows that either the author has no clue of the subject or has purposely written it as it is to mislead Muslims and others alike. All the more reason to learn Islaam from the original sources.

And Imaam Shaafi says

وإذا قتل المرتد أو المرتدة فأموالهما فيء لا يرثها مسلم ولا ذمي ، وسواء ما كسبا من أموالهما في الردة أو ملكا قبلها

And when the male apostate or the female apostate is killed, then the wealth of the two is Fa'i, neither a Muslim nor a Dhimmi will inherit it and this applies to whatever wealth, the two have acquired after having become apostates or owned prior to it.

Ibn Qudaamah, a Hanbali, has cited a 'Ijmaa on the issue of killing the apostate as I quoted. This, killing the apostate, is from the very book of Imaam Shaafi, founder of the Shaafi school.

We have narrations in which the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) executed the Murtaad. Now you want us to change the laws of Islaam for modern times? Why not go ahead and change the inheritance laws as well since today the male works and so does the female?

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And here is Imam Al-Nawawi, a Shaafi, in his explanation of a Hadith in Sahih Muslim who quotes the unanimous agreement of scholars which includes Imaam Abu Hanifah, Imaam Ahmad, Imam Maalik, and Imaam Shaafi that the male apostate is to be killed.
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قوله في اليهودي الذي أسلم ثم ارتد ( فقال : لا أجلس حتى يقتل . . . . . فأمر به فقتل ) فيه وجوب قتل المرتد ، وقد أجمعوا على قتله ، لكن اختلفوا في استتابته ، هل هي واجبة أم مستحبة ؟ وفي قدرها وفي قبول توبته ، وفي أن المرأة كالرجل في ذلك أم لا ؟ فقال مالك والشافعي وأحمد والجماهير من السلف والخلف : يستتاب ، ونقل ابن القصار المالكي إجماع الصحابة عليه ، وقال طاوس والحسن والماجشون المالكي وأبو يوسف وأهل الظاهر : لا يستتاب ، ولو تاب نفعته توبته عند الله تعالى ، ولا يسقط قتله لقوله صلى الله عليه وسلم : من بدل دينه**

In this Hadith is the obligation of killing the male apostate. And the have agreed on killing him, but they have differed if he will be allowed to repent. Is offering the repentance a Waajib or recomended act. And they have differed in the accepting of the repentance and its nature. And (they have differed) if the female apostate is like the male or not? So, Imaam Maalik, Imaam Al-Shaafi and Imaam Ahmad and the majority of the Salaf (scholars of the early generations) and Khalaf (scholars of the later generations) have said: He will be given a chance to repent. and Ibn Al-Qusaar, Al-Malaki has noted a consensus of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) on this issue of repentance. And Abu Yusuf (the student of Imaam Abu Hanifah), Taaus, and Al-Hasan have said he will not be be asked to repent, but if he does then it will benefit him in front of Allah, and killing him will not waived (because of his repentance)

**Now you want us to give up all what the earlier scholars of this Ummah said and the what the later ones said for what those in today’s fitnah laden society want. Wants based on whims and haram ties with the non Muslims.
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Link to Online book with relevant page for quote
شرح النووي على مسلم](إسلام ويب - شرح النووي على مسلم -)

Translation of the Hadith for this Sharah

It has been reported on the authority of Abu Musa who said:

                   *I went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and with me were two men  from the Ash'ari tribe. One of them was on my right hand and the other  on my left. Both of them made a request for a position (of authority)  while the Prophet (ﷺ) was brushing his teeth with a tooth-stick. He said  (to me): Abu Musa (or 'Abdullah b. Qais), what do you say (about the  request they have made)? I said: By God Who sent thee on thy mission  with truth, they did not disclose to me what they had in their minds,  and I did not know that they would ask for a position. The narrator says  (while recalling this hadith): I visualise as if I were looking at the  miswak of the Prophet (ﷺ) between his lips. He (the Holy Prophet) said:  We shall not or shall never appoint to the public offices (in our State)  those who with to have them, but you may go, Abu Musa (or Abdullah b.  Qais) (to take up your assignment). He sent him to Yemen as governor.  then he sent Mu'adh b. jabal in his wake (to help him in the discharge  of duties). When Mu'adh reached the camp of Abu Musa, the latter  (received him and) said: Please get yourself down; and he spread for him  a mattress, while there was a man bound hand and foot as a prisoner.  Mu'adh said: Who is this? Abu Musa said: He was a Jew. He embraced  Islam. Then he reverted to his false religion and became a Jew. Mu'adh  said: **I won't sit until he is killed according to the decree of Allah  and His Apostle (ﷺ) (in this case). Abu Musa said: Be seated. It will be  done**. He said: I won't sit unless he is killed in accordance with the  decree of Allah and His Apostle (ﷺ). He repeated these words thrice.  Then Abu Musa ordered him (to be killed) and he was kilied. Then the two  talked of standing in prayer at night. One of them, i. e. Mu'adh, said:  I sleep (for a part of the night) and stand in prayer (for a part) and I  hope that I shall get the same reward for sleeping as I shall get for  standing (in prayer).*

Arabic of Hadith

حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ، - وَاللَّفْظُ لاِبْنِ حَاتِمٍ - قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانُ، حَدَّثَنَا قُرَّةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ هِلاَلٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بُرْدَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى أَقْبَلْتُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَمَعِي رَجُلاَنِ مِنَ الأَشْعَرِيِّينَ أَحَدُهُمَا عَنْ يَمِينِي وَالآخَرُ عَنْ يَسَارِي فَكِلاَهُمَا سَأَلَ الْعَمَلَ وَالنَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَسْتَاكُ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ مَا تَقُولُ يَا أَبَا مُوسَى أَوْ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ قَيْسٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ مَا أَطْلَعَانِي عَلَى مَا فِي أَنْفُسِهِمَا وَمَا شَعَرْتُ أَنَّهُمَا يَطْلُبَانِ الْعَمَلَ ‏.‏ قَالَ وَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى سِوَاكِهِ تَحْتَ شَفَتِهِ وَقَدْ قَلَصَتْ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ لَنْ أَوْ لاَ نَسْتَعْمِلُ عَلَى عَمَلِنَا مَنْ أَرَادَهُ وَلَكِنِ اذْهَبْ أَنْتَ يَا أَبَا مُوسَى أَوْ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ قَيْسِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَبَعَثَهُ عَلَى الْيَمَنِ ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَهُ مُعَاذَ بْنَ جَبَلٍ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ انْزِلْ وَأَلْقَى لَهُ وِسَادَةً وَإِذَا رَجُلٌ عِنْدَهُ مُوثَقٌ قَالَ مَا هَذَا قَالَ هَذَا كَانَ يَهُودِيًّا فَأَسْلَمَ ثُمَّ رَاجَعَ دِينَهُ دِينَ السَّوْءِ فَتَهَوَّدَ قَالَ لاَ أَجْلِسُ حَتَّى يُقْتَلَ قَضَاءُ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ فَقَالَ اجْلِسْ نَعَمْ ‏.‏ قَالَ لاَ أَجْلِسُ حَتَّى يُقْتَلَ قَضَاءُ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ ‏.‏ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَقُتِلَ ثُمَّ تَذَاكَرَا الْقِيَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا مُعَاذٌ أَمَّا أَنَا فَأَنَامُ وَأَقُومُ وَأَرْجُو فِي نَوْمَتِي مَا أَرْجُو فِي قَوْمَتِي ‏.‏

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[quote="ZeeshanParvez, post:7, topic:317878"]

Do you like to argue for the sake of arguing or do you not read what is posted?

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Brother ZeeshanParvez

I only asked a question ... That is not arguing ... If I am not mistaken that text is 11th or 12 the century ... I don't think there is 'ijmaa today and certainly throughout history apostates were not being killed despite the certainty of your claim ... Apostasy is always analysed on a case by case basis and there is always an out ... The point I was making was that it is practically impossible to kill all apostates ... Because the fear of death will drive them in to secrecy and even lie about being disbelievers.

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Peace ZeeshanParvez

The Shari’ah when implemented properly puts different focuses on dependent on the situation at hand … There are many differences within the world of Islam that is the reason why there are different madhabs … To claim Islam does not change with time is not really giving a fair response to my concern … Just like there are Hadith to support killing apostates there are also other places that support the opposite … It is the job of the scholars today to decide what is best for the ummah today.

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Additionally brother ZeeshanParvez

Can you provide the material that the four schools used to arrive at why the male apostate should be killed and the female should not ... And whether you can provide the reasons why they did not consider various references in support of not killing apostates were not taken in to consideration? I would like to learn but to do so I would choose to ask questions to find the material and motivations for such rulings.

I don't understand why scholars of today are so much less in support of this than you seem to be ... And for that reason it appears that we are only getting a one-sided view at the moment. It is not good enough for me, for you to accuse the scholars of today as sell outs.

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If you truly want to learn about this issue, from the view point of all Madhabs, the first thing you need to realize is that what an 'Ijmaa is and how it occurs.

Now, unless your definition and mine are on the same page, which I do not think so as is evident from your statements, then this discussion will not yeild anything fruit full.

What is your definition of 'Ijmaa and how it occurs?

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I think you might be right …

The Meaning of Ijma` (Consensus)

Although I understand 'Ijma even if there has been no qiyaas, to be binding, I also do however, believe that when qiyaas is not present then such 'ijmaa may be done to suit a time and place specific need and could be overruled by a different ruling in future or it may lose it’s binding nature if the scholars of the time in question begin to differ more about it.

That is not to say or argue that previous agreements were wrong, but rather to say they were right for their time.

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Now that you have clarified the meaning, quotes from Ibn Qudaamah and Imaam Al-Nawawi show that this matter was agreed upon up until their time. Rarely will you find a ruling in Islamic Jurisprudence which has been agreed upon from the time of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) up until these writers.

And for a valid 'Ijmaa that amount of time is not even required. Only one era is required where the scholars who have reached the level of 'Ijtihaad have agreed.

All these scholars understood the Quraan and Hadith to mean that the apostate is to be killed. And like I said, if laws could be changed with time, the laws of inheritance should also be changed according to those who hold this view.

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Finally another point to be noted here is that laws of Islaam do not change with change in time. This is a fundamental law in Islamic Jursiprudence. Anything which has been ordained by Allah and His Messenger (peace be upon him) cannot change.

This is 'Ijmaa on the killing of an apostate is not merely an 'Ijmaa on the ruling. It is also an 'Ijmaa on the understanding of the meaning of the Quraan and the Hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) to mean that the male apostate is to be killed.

No scholar from the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) or those scholars who reached the level of 'Ijtihaad have understood the Quraan and Hadith to mean anything but that the male apostate is to be killed.

When, a ruling is established in such a manner - with 'Ijmaa on the very meaning of the Nas (text of the Quran and Hadith) - then it means it is a Law ordained by Allah and His Messenger (peace be upon him). And it is not permissible for any person to violate this. Allah says in the Quran

"It is not for a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decided a matter, that they should [thereafter] have any choice about their affair. And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger has certainly strayed into clear error." [33:36]

This is the reason : Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) said "I won't sit until he is killed according to the decree of Allah and His Apostle (ﷺ) (in this case):" regarding the Jew who became a Muslim and then left Islaam.

Any "scholar" who claims today that a male apostate is not to be killed is going against what has been decreed by Allah and his Messenger (peace be upon) and thus going against the above mentioned Verse and will stray into error. This meaning of killing the apostate has been understood from the Quraan and Hadith by every scholar of the past.

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Don’t you believe in Quran? It is very typical of the people who have hijacked the religion Islam to throw the holy book behind their backs and give precedence to other sources.
The hadith quoted “He who changes his Religion, then kill him.” As per my knowledge is ghrib.
If we stick to the very wording of the alleged hadith, it seems as if anyone swaying away from his original religion should be killed. Ok, let us leave it here.
1) Its wording is completely against what Quran professes
2) It is against what history has witnessed as sunnah of the holy prophet (pbuh)
I will start from quoting Quranic verses and go on to ahadith and events from the life of the holy prophet to show that that alleged hadith cannot be the words of the holy prophet (pbuh)
5:93) "And obey Allah and obey the Messenger, and be on your *guard. But if you turn away*, **then know that on Our Messenger lies only the clear conveyance of the Message."

Had apostasy been punishable with death, the verse would have, stated instead: We have made the truth
manifest, but if despite that you ever relinquished this faith then remember that you will be dealt with sword and your throat will be slit

10:100) "And if thy Lord had enforced *His will*, **surely, all who are on the earth would have believed together. Wilt thou, then, force men to become believers?"
3:73) "And a section of the People of the Book say, 'Believe in that which has been revealed unto the believers, in the early part of day, and disbelieve in the latter part thereof; perchance they may return;'"

How was this possible that the People of the Book could suggest to their own brothers to believe in the Holy Qur’an in the morning and then to commit apostasy in the evening?** I**t that time, the Islamic State was firmly established and the People of the Book were fully subjugated. If they knew the prescribed punishment for the act of apostasy was
death, then they could never dare suggest this behavior to their companions.

3:87-90) "How shall Allah guide a people who have disbelieved after believing and who had borne witness that the Messenger was true and to whom clear proofs had come? And Allah guides not the wrongdoing people.

About the punishment of the said apostates it has been declared that:
"Of such the reward is that on them shall be the curse of Allah and of angels and of men, all together." [It is not said that all of them shall be murdered!] "They shall abide thereunder [in that condemned condition.] Their punishment shall not be lightened nor shall they be reprieved; except those who repent thereafter and amend. And surely (they shall find that) Allah is Most Forgiving, Merciful.

3:91-92) "Surely, those who disbelieve after they have believed and then increase in disbelief, [if they were to be killed immediately then how could they increase in their disbelief?] their repentance shall not be accepted. and these are they who have gone astray [and thus enhanced greatly in sin]. *As for *those who have disbelieved, and die while they are disbelievers, there shall not be accepted from anyone of them *even *the earthful of Gold, though he offer it in ransom. It is these for whom shall be a grievous punishment, and they shall have no helpers.

3:150) "O ye who believe! if you obey those who have disbelieved, they will cause you to turn back on your heels, [that is, they will take you out of your religion and push you back in disbelief], and you will become losers."****
Here, it is not stated that if you returned to disbelief, you shall be killed. If for apostasy the prescribed penalty was death, then it should have been mentioned here.

2:218) "…And whoso from among you turns back from his faith and dies while he is a disbeliever, it is they whose works shall be vain in this world and the next. These are the inmates of the Fire and therein shall they abide."

This verse also states that the works of the apostates shall be vain in this world and in the
Hereafter. And they will have Fire as chastisement on the Day of Judgment. There is no reference at all in this verse that they will get any corporal punishment by the hands of others in this world!

4:138-139) "Those who believe, then disbelieve, then *again *believe, then disbelieve, *and *then increase in disbelief, Allah will never forgive them nor will He guide
them to the way. Give to the hypocrites the tidings that for them is a grievous punishment.

Here again it is mentioned that they will first believe, then recant and become disbelievers; and then again they would become believers and once again
they will become disbelievers and increase in their disbelief! But for such persons, there is no mention of being killed by the hands of the Muslims. What is stated is only this: O Prophet! give them the tidings that from God is a grievous p

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I guess all the scholars of the past did just that since I have not stated anything from my own but** have quoted them**.

As for the rest of your post. It is a typical copy paste from "follow Quran only" sources. Let me also know when you find out the percentage to pay on Zakaat and what is the Nisaab of Zaaakt, rulings on Miqaat of Hajj, what is to be said when bowing in prayer, and the 100s of other issues you have to use "other sources" for.
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And no, the Hadith of the Prophet (peace be upon him) does not mean anyone swaying away from any religion. Read the Hadith in Sahih Muslim which I posted where a Companion (may Allah pleased with him) understood this Hadith to mean exactly what all the other scholars understood it to mean, that the male apostate (Jew who converted to Islaam and then left) is to be killed**.

Finally, contemplate this Hadith

Narrated `Abdullah:

                    Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The blood of a Muslim who confesses that none has the right to be worshipped  but Allah and that I am His Apostle, cannot be shed except in three cases: In Qisas for murder, a  married person who commits illegal sexual intercourse and the ***one who reverts from Islam (apostate)  and leaves the Muslims***." [Sahih Bukhari]

Arabic of Hadith
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حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ ***"‏ لاَ يَحِلُّ دَمُ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِلاَّ بِإِحْدَى ثَلاَثٍ النَّفْسُ بِالنَّفْسِ وَالثَّيِّبُ الزَّانِي، وَالْمَارِقُ مِنَ الدِّينِ التَّارِكُ الْجَمَاعَةَ ‏"*

It was narrated that 'Uthman bin 'Affan said:

                   "I heard the Messenger of Allah [SAW] say: 'It is not permissible to  shed the blood of a Muslim except in three cases: A man who commits  adultery after having married; or one who kills another person, who is  to be killed; or who reverts to Kufr after having accepted Islam, who is  to be killed.'" [Sunan Al-Nasaai']

Arabic of Hadith
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أَخْبَرَنَا مُؤَمَّلُ بْنُ إِهَابٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ أَبِي النَّضْرِ، عَنْ بُسْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏ "‏ لاَ يَحِلُّ دَمُ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ إِلاَّ بِثَلاَثٍ أَنْ يَزْنِيَ بَعْدَ مَا أُحْصِنَ أَوْ يَقْتُلَ إِنْسَانًا فَيُقْتَلُ أَوْ يَكْفُرَ بَعْدَ إِسْلاَمِهِ فَيُقْتَلُ ‏**

Oh and by the way, the Hadith about deeds being based on intentions is also ghareeb. And the entire Religion revolves around this Hadith.

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The hadith quoted “He who changes his Religion, then kill him.” As per my knowledge is ghrib.
If we stick to the very wording of the alleged hadith, it seems as if anyone swaying away from his original religion should be killed. Ok, let us leave it here.
1) Its wording is completely against what Quran professes
2) It is against what history has witnessed as sunnah of the holy prophet (pbuh)
I will start from quoting Quranic verses and go on to ahadith and events from the life of the holy prophet to show that that alleged hadith cannot be the words of the holy prophet (pbuh)
5:93) "And obey Allah and obey the Messenger, and be on your *guard. But if you turn away*, **then know that on Our Messenger lies only the clear conveyance of the Message."

Had apostasy been punishable with death, the verse would have, stated instead: We have made the truth
manifest, but if despite that you ever relinquished this faith then remember that you will be dealt with sword and your throat will be slit

10:100) "And if thy Lord had enforced *His will*, **surely, all who are on the earth would have believed together. Wilt thou, then, force men to become believers?"
3:73) "And a section of the People of the Book say, 'Believe in that which has been revealed unto the believers, in the early part of day, and disbelieve in the latter part thereof; perchance they may return;'"

How was this possible that the People of the Book could suggest to their own brothers to believe in the Holy Qur’an in the morning and then to commit apostasy in the evening?** I**t that time, the Islamic State was firmly established and the People of the Book were fully subjugated. If they knew the prescribed punishment for the act of apostasy was
death, then they could never dare suggest this behavior to their companions.

3:87-90) "How shall Allah guide a people who have disbelieved after believing and who had borne witness that the Messenger was true and to whom clear proofs had come? And Allah guides not the wrongdoing people.

About the punishment of the said apostates it has been declared that:
"Of such the reward is that on them shall be the curse of Allah and of angels and of men, all together." [It is not said that all of them shall be murdered!] "They shall abide thereunder [in that condemned condition.] Their punishment shall not be lightened nor shall they be reprieved; except those who repent thereafter and amend. And surely (they shall find that) Allah is Most Forgiving, Merciful.

3:91-92) "Surely, those who disbelieve after they have believed and then increase in disbelief, [if they were to be killed immediately then how could they increase in their disbelief?] their repentance shall not be accepted. and these are they who have gone astray [and thus enhanced greatly in sin]. *As for *those who have disbelieved, and die while they are disbelievers, there shall not be accepted from anyone of them *even *the earthful of Gold, though he offer it in ransom. It is these for whom shall be a grievous punishment, and they shall have no helpers.

3:150) "O ye who believe! if you obey those who have disbelieved, they will cause you to turn back on your heels, [that is, they will take you out of your religion and push you back in disbelief], and you will become losers."
Here, it is not stated that if you returned to disbelief, you shall be killed. If for apostasy the prescribed penalty was death, then it should have been mentioned here.

2:218) "…And whoso from among you turns back from his faith and dies while he is a disbeliever, it is they whose works shall be vain in this world and the next. These are the inmates of the Fire and therein shall they abide."

This verse also states that the works of the apostates shall be vain in this world and in the
Hereafter. And they will have Fire as chastisement on the Day of Judgment. There is no reference at all in this verse that they will get any corporal punishment by the hands of others in this world!

4:138-139) "Those who believe, then disbelieve, then *again *believe, then disbelieve, *and *then increase in disbelief, Allah will never forgive them nor will He guide
them to the way. Give to the hypocrites the tidings that for them is a grievous punishment.

Here again it is mentioned that they will first believe, then recant and become disbelievers; and then again they would become believers and once again
they will become disbelievers and increase in their disbelief! But for such persons, there is no mention of being killed by the hands of the Muslims. What is stated is only this: O Prophet! give them the tidings that from God is a grievous p
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