The Truth about the Alleged Punishment for Apostasy in Islam — Page 104
104 rebellious army that joined him had 700 mounted men. He warned the administrators of the Islamic government thus: 'O, usurpers! return our country to us. You may keep whatever wealth you have accumulated but get out of our land. ' The Muslim administrator was then replaced with ‘Amr bin H azam and Kh a lid bin Sa‘ i d bin Al- ‘As as the rulers. Later, Aswad took his army to attack S an‘ a ’ and having murdered Shaihar bin B a dh a n, who was the administrator appointed by the Holy Prophet sa , seized S an‘ a and murdered the other Muslims. Hadrat Ma‘ a dh bin Jabl ra escaped and saved his life. Once he reached Ma’rib, he informed Hadrat Ab u M u s a al-Ash‘ar i of the situation. They both came towards H a d rimaut and thus the entire country of Yemen came in the clutches of Aswad. His government was established there and his power increased. The Muslims eventually sent him hell- bound in a battle at Yam a ma. T ulai h a made a claim to prophethood and having gathered the rebels got entrenched at a place called Sumair a ’. The number of people who followed him was so great that the ground could not accommodate them. They divided themselves in two groups and sent their delegations to Medina. Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra refused to accept their demands. The delegation returned to its comrades and told them that the Muslims were very few in number and suggested to carry out an attack. Following these negotiations Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra