The ruling on the statement: The hudud (fixed Qur'anic punishments) in Islam are five, and the hadd for apostasy is not among them
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the validity of the statement of the one who says that the hadd for apostasy is not called a hadd, but rather the hudud are five: zina (unlawful sexual intercourse), qadhf (falsely accusing someone of zina), khamr (intoxicants), sariqah (theft), and hirabah (armed robbery and brigandage), so applying the term hadd to apostasy is a matter of metaphor?
Answer:
This is a liar, and he contradicts ijma' (scholarly consensus), and his statement has no standing. The common case is that only an ignorant person who claims knowledge, or one of the pretentious and self-important, says this.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the validity of the statement of the one who says that the hadd for apostasy is not called a hadd, but rather the hudud are five: zina (unlawful sexual intercourse), qadhf (falsely accusing someone of zina), khamr (intoxicants), sariqah (theft), and hirabah (armed robbery and brigandage), so applying the term hadd to apostasy is a matter of metaphor?
Answer:
This is a liar, and he contradicts ijma' (scholarly consensus), and his statement has no standing. The common case is that only an ignorant person who claims knowledge, or one of the pretentious and self-important, says this.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2406 -2802] حكم القول: إن الحدود في الإسلام خمسة وليس منها حد الردة - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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