Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Apostasy: Difference between revisions

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====Maliki====
====Maliki====


{{Quote|The Risala of 'Abdullah ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani<BR>A Treatise on Maliki Fiqh (Including commentary from ath-Thamr ad-Dani by al-Azhari)(310/922 - 386/996)|The Risala of 'Abdullah ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani
The Risala of 'Abdullah ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani:


'''37.19 Crimes against Islam'''
{{Quote|The Risala of 'Abdullah ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani<BR>A Treatise on Maliki Fiqh (Including commentary from ath-Thamr ad-Dani by al-Azhari)(310/922 - 386/996)|'''37.19 Crimes against Islam'''


37.19a. Zandaqa
37.19a. Zandaqa
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====Shafi====
====Shafi====


{{Quote|[http://www.shafiifiqh.com/maktabah/relianceoftraveller.pdf Reliance of the Traveller: A Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law]<BR>Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Misri, Edited and Translated by Nuh Ha Mim Keller (p. 595)<BR>Also available [https://www.thereligionofpeace.com/quran/the-reliance-of-the-traveller.pdf here]|2=
Reliance of the Traveller: A Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law, by Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Misri:
Reliance of the Traveller: A Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law, by Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Misri


'''Chapter O8.0: Apostasy from Islam (Ridda)'''
{{Quote|[http://www.shafiifiqh.com/maktabah/relianceoftraveller.pdf Reliance of the Traveller: A Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law]<BR>Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Misri, Edited and Translated by Nuh Ha Mim Keller (p. 595)<BR>Also available [https://www.thereligionofpeace.com/quran/the-reliance-of-the-traveller.pdf here]|2='''Chapter O8.0: Apostasy from Islam (Ridda)'''


(O: Leaving Islam is the ugliest form of unbelief (kufr) and the worst. It may come about through sarcasm, as when someone is told, “Trim your nails, it is sunna, '' and he replies, “I would not do it even if it were, '' as opposed to when some circumstance exists which exonerates him of having committed apostasy, such as when his tongue runs away with him, or when he is quoting someone, or says it out of fear.)  
(O: Leaving Islam is the ugliest form of unbelief (kufr) and the worst. It may come about through sarcasm, as when someone is told, “Trim your nails, it is sunna, '' and he replies, “I would not do it even if it were, '' as opposed to when some circumstance exists which exonerates him of having committed apostasy, such as when his tongue runs away with him, or when he is quoting someone, or says it out of fear.)  
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Shafi`i teaching is also given by Nawawi in his book Minhaj-at-Talibin which is a standard work in Egypt, South India, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Nawawi defines apostasy as follows:
Shafi`i teaching is also given by Nawawi in his book Minhaj-at-Talibin which is a standard work in Egypt, South India, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Nawawi defines apostasy as follows:


{{Quote|[http://therationaliser.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/apostasy-in-islam.html Minhaj at talibin] <BR>By Nawawi, cited on The Rationaliser blog <BR>Mostly also available [http://www.somalimission.org/en/articles/143-islam here]|Minhaj-at-Talibin, by Nawawi
{{Quote|[http://therationaliser.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/apostasy-in-islam.html Minhaj at talibin] <BR>By Nawawi, cited on The Rationaliser blog <BR>Mostly also available [http://www.somalimission.org/en/articles/143-islam here]|'''Definiton of apostasy'''
 
'''Definiton of apostasy'''


Page 436: the abjuration of Islam either mentally or by words, or by acts incompatible with faith.  As to oral abjuration it matters little whether the words are said in joke or through a sprit of contradiction or in good faith.  Before such words can be considered as a sign of apostasy they must contain a precise declaration
Page 436: the abjuration of Islam either mentally or by words, or by acts incompatible with faith.  As to oral abjuration it matters little whether the words are said in joke or through a sprit of contradiction or in good faith.  Before such words can be considered as a sign of apostasy they must contain a precise declaration
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====Hanafi====
====Hanafi====


{{Quote|1=[http://therationaliser.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/apostasy-in-islam.html Shaybani's Siyar (The Islamic law of nations)]<BR>By Muhammad Shaybani (Imam Abu Hanifa's student), cited on The Rationaliser blog|2=
Shaybani's Siyar (The Islamic law of nations), by Muhammad Shaybani (Imam Abu Hanifa's student):
Shaybani's Siyar (The Islamic law of nations), by Muhammad Shaybani (Imam Abu Hanifa's student)


 
{{Quote|1=[http://therationaliser.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/apostasy-in-islam.html Shaybani's Siyar (The Islamic law of nations)]<BR>By Muhammad Shaybani (Imam Abu Hanifa's student), cited on The Rationaliser blog|2=985 I asked: If a Muslim apostatizes (irtadda) from Islam, what do you think would be the ruling regarding him?
985 I asked: If a Muslim apostatizes (irtadda) from Islam, what do you think would be the ruling regarding him?


986 He replied: '''Islam would be offered to him; he has either to accept it or be killed at once, unless he asked for deferment.'''  This would be given to him and its duration would be 3 days.
986 He replied: '''Islam would be offered to him; he has either to accept it or be killed at once, unless he asked for deferment.'''  This would be given to him and its duration would be 3 days.
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====Hanbali====
====Hanbali====


{{Quote|1=[http://www.kalamullah.com/Books/Umdat%20al-Fiqh.pdf 'Al Umda fi al Fiqh']<Br>By Imam Muwaffaq Ibn Qudama (A.H. 541-620), page 309|2=Al Umda fi al Fiqh, by Imam Muwaffaq Ibn Qudama (A.H. 541-620)
Al Umda fi al Fiqh, by Imam Muwaffaq Ibn Qudama (A.H. 541-620):
 


'''The Legal Ruling on the Apostate [Hukum al-Murtaad]'''
{{Quote|1=[http://www.kalamullah.com/Books/Umdat%20al-Fiqh.pdf 'Al Umda fi al Fiqh']<Br>By Imam Muwaffaq Ibn Qudama (A.H. 541-620), page 309|2='''The Legal Ruling on the Apostate [Hukum al-Murtaad]'''


'''If someone apostatizes from Islam, whether it be a man or a woman, the penalty of death must be enforced, because of the saying of Allah's Apostle "If someone changes his religion, you must kill him".'''
'''If someone apostatizes from Islam, whether it be a man or a woman, the penalty of death must be enforced, because of the saying of Allah's Apostle "If someone changes his religion, you must kill him".'''
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