Some people deny the punishment for apostasy and cite certain verses as evidence, such as the saying of Allah the Exalted: “Indeed, those who believed and then disbelieved and then believed…”
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The questioner : It has been reported that some of those who claim to be scholars are now taking some people to deny, for example, the punishment for apostasy. They say: The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not punish apostates, and Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, says: [An-Nisa 4:137] Then one of them says: Why is this disbelief repeated several times? Why did the Messenger not establish the punishment upon them and not kill them? So he reached the point of denying the punishment and said that it is possible that the hadiths abrogate the verse. What is the ruling on these people?
The Shaykh : The ruling on this is to say:[An-Nisa 4:80] And if the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: Sunan Ibn Majah 2535Sahih (Darussalam), then this is like the saying of Allah. As for these people, Sunan al-Bayhaqi 15:1108 this is a description of a state. Did the Messenger know about them and become aware of them? There is no evidence that he became aware of them.
The questioner : What advice do you offer them, O honorable Shaykh?
He should fear Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and he should review himself, and he should not be among those who follow the ambiguous. The time is up.
Indeed, those who have believed then disbelieved, then believed, then disbelieved
إن الذين آمنوا ثم كفروا ثم آمنوا ثم كفرواThe Shaykh : The ruling on this is to say:
He who obeys the Messenger has obeyed Allah
من يطع الرسول فقد أطاع اللهWhoever changes his religion, execute him.
من بدل دينه فاقتلوهThose who believed and then disbelieved and then believed and then disbelieved and then their disbelief increased
الذين آمنوا ثم كفروا ثم آمنوا ثم كفروا ثم ازدادوا كفراThe questioner : What advice do you offer them, O honorable Shaykh?
He should fear Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and he should review himself, and he should not be among those who follow the ambiguous. The time is up.