The Severity of the Punishment for the Apostate
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Q 2: The punishment for the apostate is execution; why is this so severe?
[Al-Baqarah 2:217]
Sunan Ibn Majah 2535Sahih (Darussalam)
al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 6878
al-Bukhari
and Muslim
And whoever of you reverts from his religion [to disbelief] and dies while he is a disbeliever - for those, their deeds have become worthless in this world and the Hereafter, and those are the companions of the Fire, they will abide therein eternally.
وَمَنْ يَرْتَدِدْ مِنْكُمْ عَنْ دِينِهِ فَيَمُتْ وَهُوَ كَافِرٌ فَأُولَئِكَ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَالُهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ وَأُولَئِكَ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَWhoever changes his religion, execute him.
من بدل دينه فاقتلوهal-Bukhari
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.
لا يحل دم امرئ مسلم يشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وأني رسول الله إلا بإحدى ثلاث: النفس بالنفس، والثيب الزاني، والمارق من الدين التارك للجماعةal-Bukhari
and Muslim
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