The Truth about the Alleged Punishment for Apostasy in Islam — Page 100
100 The author adds: "However, at that time his deception did not work. After the death of the Holy Prophet sa the entire tribe came under his trap. He abolished the prostration in the S al a t on the pretext that it hurts. He also cancelled Zakat. As a result, those who rejected Zakat became his disciples. T ulai h a organised a huge army and sent it to Medina. Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra came to battle the army and the attackers fled!" 101 Thus until such time that T ulai h a sent the army to Medina, Hadrat Ab u Bakr did not even contemplate that the punishment of a false prophet should be to fight against him. 3. The summary of the account of this period in the History of Ibni Khald u n * is that apart from the tribes of Quraish and Thaq i f, the news of the apostasy of various Arab populations reached Medina. The crisis of the rebellion created by Musailma reached a critical point. Similarly, T a’ i and Asad tribes gathered around T ulai h a. The tribe of Gha t f a n also apostatized. The people of Haw a zan tribe refused to pay Zakat. From Yemen and Yamama the rebels expelled the rulers and administrators appointed by 101 Ibid. * ‘Abdur Ra h m a n Ibni Khald u n 1332-1426 CE. [Publisher]