The Ruling on the Apostate and Allah’s Saying: “There Is No Compulsion in Religion”
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Question:
Allah has prescribed a fixed punishment for the apostate, which is that he is to be killed. Is this considered compulsion in religion?
Answer:
[Al-Baqarah 2:256] That is regarding entering the religion. But if he enters it and knows it, then denies it, he is killed as a hudud (fixed Qur'anic punishment) so that he does not play with the religion. The religion is not to be played with. He knew it and affirmed it, then left it and apostatized from it. This one is killed because he is playing with the religion. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah bless you,
Allah has prescribed a fixed punishment for the apostate, which is that he is to be killed. Is this considered compulsion in religion?
Answer:
There shall be no compulsion in [acceptance of] the religion
لَا إِكْرَاهَ فِي الدِّينِThe presenter:
May Allah bless you,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (178) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1438-12-28] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (5:38)
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