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[[File:Crucified in iraq.jpg|right|210px|thumb|Victims of crucifixion, under Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq. It is a prescribed punishment in {{Quran|5|33}} for those who cause 'mischief'.]] | [[File:Crucified in iraq.jpg|right|210px|thumb|Victims of crucifixion, under Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq. It is a prescribed punishment in {{Quran|5|33}} for those who cause 'mischief'.]] | ||
==Definition== | ==Definition== | ||
'''Crucifixion''' ( | '''Crucifixion''' (Arabic: صلب ''salb'') typically refers to the painful method of execution and/or torture by tying and/or nailing someone to a cross, stake or tree. It can also refer to the method of public display of a body after execution. | ||
==In the Modern World== | ==In the Modern World== | ||
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===Muslim Apostates=== | ===Muslim Apostates=== | ||
{{Quote|1={{ | {{Quote|1={{Abu Dawud||4353|darussalam}}|2=Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) Said: The blood of a Muslim man who testifies that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is Allah's Apostle should not lawfully be shed except only for one of three reasons: a man who committed fornication after marriage, in which case he should be stoned; one who goes forth to fight with Allah and His Apostle, in which case he should be killed or '''crucified''' or exiled from the land; or one who commits murder for which he is killed.}} | ||
===Mischief Makers=== | ===Mischief Makers=== | ||
{{Quote|1={{ | {{Quote|1={{Abu Dawud||4370|darussalam}}|2=Narrated AbuzZinad: When the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) cut off (the hands and feet of) those who had stolen his camels and he had their eyes put out by fire (heated nails), Allah reprimanded him on that (action), and Allah, the Exalted, revealed: "The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His Apostle and strive with might and main for mischief through the land is execution or '''crucifixion'''."}} | ||
{{Quote|1={{ | {{Quote|1={{Abu Dawud||4372|darussalam}}|2=Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The verse "The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His Apostle, and strive with might and main for mischief through the land is execution, or '''crucifixion''', or the cutting off of hands and feet from opposite side or exile from the land...most merciful" was revealed about polytheists. If any of them repents before they are arrested, it does not prevent from inflicting on him the prescribed punishment which he deserves.}} | ||
===The First Crucifixion=== | ===The First Crucifixion=== | ||
{{Quote|1={{ | {{Quote|1={{Abu Dawud||591|darussalam}}|2=Narrated Umm Waraqah daughter of Nawfal: When the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) proceeded for the Battle of Badr, I said to him: Apostle of Allah allow me to accompany you in the battle. I shall act as a nurse for patients. It is possible that Allah might bestow martyrdom upon me. He said: Stay at your home. Allah, the Almighty , will bestow martyrdom upon you. | ||
The narrator said: Hence she was called martyr. She read the Qur'an. She sought permission from the Prophet (peace be upon him) to have a mu'adhdhin in her house. He, therefore, permitted her (to do so). | The narrator said: Hence she was called martyr. She read the Qur'an. She sought permission from the Prophet (peace be upon him) to have a mu'adhdhin in her house. He, therefore, permitted her (to do so). | ||