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Apostasy in Islam 3 - Al-Shia The Scientific and Cultural Website of Shia belief Apostasy in Islam 3 2021-06-21 1182 Views Apostasy , Apostate , Islam and Apostasy In this part of the article titled “Apostasy in Islam”, we shall focus on other relevant issues on the topic here. Contents The Shari`ah Sources What about the Sunni Fiqh? The Shari`ah Sources What are the sources for these laws?

In Sh`iah Islam, the primary sources of shari`ah laws are the Qur’ān and the sunnah (of the Prophet and the Imams of Ahlul Bayt). (1) However, on the issue of apostasy , the Qur’ān only talks about the consequence of an apostate in the hereafter: whether his repentance will be accepted or not; the nullification of his good deeds; and the punishment in the hereafter.

The laws dealing with worldly punishments for apostasy have been outlined in the authentic and reliable ahādith of the Imams of Ahlul Bayt (a.s.).(2) Here is a selection of the ahādith on this issue: 1.

Shaykh al-Kulayni narrates a sahih (correct) hadith from `Ammār as-Sābāti who said: I heard (Imam) Abu `Abdullāh (as-Sādiq) (a.s.) saying, “A Muslim from among the Muslims who renounces Islam and rejects the prophethood of Muhammad and considers him untrue, then verily his blood is lawful (mubāh) for anyone who hears that from him, his wife is to be separated from him the day he became murtad, his wealth will be divided among his heirs, and his wife will observe the `idda of a widow (i.e., four months).

The Imam is obliged to kill him, and not ask him to seek forgiveness.”(3) 2. Shaykh at-Tusi narrates a sahih hadith from al-Husayn bin Sa`ād who said: I read (a question) in the handwriting of a person addressed to (Imam) Abu ‘l-Hasan ar-Rizā (a.s.): “A person born as a Muslim, then becomes an unbeliever (kāfir), polytheist (mushrik), and leaves Islam–should he be asked to seek forgiveness, or should he be killed and not be asked to seek forgiveness?” The Imam (a.s.) wrote: “He should be killed.” (4) 3.

Shaykh al-Kulayni narrates a sahih hadith from `Ali ibn Ja`far from his brother (Imam) Abu ‘l-Hasan (Musa al-Kāzim) (a.s.).