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please quote that saying of the Prophet (sal-allahu alayhi wa sallam) along with understanding of traditionalist scholars, jazak Allah khayr. In Islam, apostasy itself is a treason and under an Islamic state an apostate is put to death if he doesn't repent whether his apostasy is accompanied by treason or no treason;
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A few questions that I think will allow us to formulate a proper response, other than "because the scholars say so"...we're all in a position to understand, we just don't have the background to formulate an answer:
Is there a distinction between treason and apostasy amongst classical jurists? Is such a distinction apparent by reading the Hadith? Has there ever been a case recorded in the Sunnah/Hadith of apostasy which was not committed during a time of war, for which a punishment was perscribed? If so, what was it? Are scholars invoking abbrogation, or using inference, to suggest that apostasy outside the bounds of war is identical to apostasy within?