Refuting the Doubt Regarding the Punishment for Apostasy and the Freedom to Choose One’s Religion
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Question:
This is a questioner from the United States of America who says: I am studying abroad, and when I engage in calling people to Allah, I am met with a doubt by some of those I am calling. They say: If you become a Muslim and then become a disbeliever, will the punishment for apostasy be carried out against you? Knowing that there is freedom to choose one’s religion, should I tell him no? Or what should I say?
Answer:
Tell him: Become a Muslim and ask Allah for steadfastness, and leave the whispers. Leave the whispers. You have become a Muslim for Allah the Exalted. So become a Muslim and have a sincere intention. And ask Allah for steadfastness upon the religion. And leave these thoughts and these whispers. Yes.
This is a questioner from the United States of America who says: I am studying abroad, and when I engage in calling people to Allah, I am met with a doubt by some of those I am calling. They say: If you become a Muslim and then become a disbeliever, will the punishment for apostasy be carried out against you? Knowing that there is freedom to choose one’s religion, should I tell him no? Or what should I say?
Answer:
Tell him: Become a Muslim and ask Allah for steadfastness, and leave the whispers. Leave the whispers. You have become a Muslim for Allah the Exalted. So become a Muslim and have a sincere intention. And ask Allah for steadfastness upon the religion. And leave these thoughts and these whispers. Yes.
Source
تفسير الشيخ محمد بن عبدالوهاب [10] — alfawzan.live (1:03:06)
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