Is it obligatory to give the apostate a chance to repent?
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The questioner : What is it that he is given a chance to repent from, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : From what? The apostasy? Yes, he is given a chance to repent for three days, but the scholars differ on whether this is obligatory or left to the judgment of the imam.
Some hold that it is obligatory to give him a chance to repent, while others say it is left to the judgment of the imam; if he sees that it is in the public interest to give him a chance to repent, he does so, otherwise he kills him immediately.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : No, because it is known.
The questioner : What if it is not known?
The Shaykh : If it is not known, then his ruling is the ruling of...
The Shaykh : From what? The apostasy? Yes, he is given a chance to repent for three days, but the scholars differ on whether this is obligatory or left to the judgment of the imam.
Some hold that it is obligatory to give him a chance to repent, while others say it is left to the judgment of the imam; if he sees that it is in the public interest to give him a chance to repent, he does so, otherwise he kills him immediately.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : No, because it is known.
The questioner : What if it is not known?
The Shaykh : If it is not known, then his ruling is the ruling of...