The Truth about the Alleged Punishment for Apostasy in Islam — Page 131
131 It is proven that Hadrat ‘Umar had used the word: to mean to boycott and to deny one’s existence! Thus, for an eminent Companion who did not make bai‘it early on at the hand of Hadrat Ab u Bakrra, Hadrat ‘Umar had used the word; Uqtul u hu for him, and it was understood to mean to ex-communicate him. 122 As far the above mentioned tradition of Hadrat ‘ A ’isha ra goes, there are some other elements that seem incorrect. For example, the saying attributed to the Messenger of Allah sa to stone to death a married man if he commits adultery is found nowhere in the Holy Qur’an. Then, how is it possible that the Holy Prophet sa could have issued a commandment against the Holy Qur’an? Moreover, the Quranic injunction that no one should marry an adulterer unless the marrying person is also an adulteress clearly shows that the adulterer was not to be stoned to death. Otherwise it would not be possible for him to marry anyone as he could not survive the death punishment! The second portion concerning with an intentional murder is correct in its literal sense, and also corresponds with rules of justice that a murderer should be killed, unless he is forgiven by the close relatives of the victim, in retribution of a killing. In the third portion, Hadrat ‘ A ’isha ra says that one possibility is that a person may not only be an apostate, but that he 122 Muhammad bin Jar i r Al- T abar i , T a r i kh Al- T abr i , Eygypt, D a rul Mu‘ a rif, 1962, Part III. [Publisher]