The Truth about the Alleged Punishment for Apostasy in Islam

by Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad

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The Truth about the Alleged Punishment for Apostasy in Islam — Page 118

118 among the people of the Paradise; however, the fact remains that he is a great liar'. b) "Ya‘q u b bin Al- H a d arm i relates about his grandfather that he had said that once ‘Ikrama stood by the door of the mosque and said that all those who were inside the mosque were non-believers. ‘Ikrama subscribed to the principles of the al-Ab ad ia sect. " c) "Ibnul Musayyab asked his slave, named Burd, whom he had freed, not to tell lies against him (by reporting false A ha d i th on his authority), just as ‘Ikrama tells lies against Ibni ‘Abb a s (by reporting false A ha d i th on the authority of Ibni ‘Abb a s. " 113 2. Another great scholar writes: a) ‘Abdull a h bin al Ha rith relates: "I went to the house of ‘Al i bin ‘Abdull a h bin ‘Abb a s and saw that in front of the house of Hadrat Al- H assan ra ‘Ikrama sat shackled. I said to ‘Al i do you not fear God? ‘Al i replied: This wicked man goes about relating false traditions ascribing them to my father. " b) Wuhaib says: "I was with Ya h y a bin Sa‘ i d Al-An sa r i and Ayy u b. They mentioned ‘Ikrama. Ya h y a bin Sa‘ i d said that ‘Ikrama 113 Muhammad bin Ahmad binil ‘Uthm a n Adh-Dhahabi (died 748 AH) in his book M i z a nul I‘tid a l fi Naqdir Rij a l under ‘Ikrama, Maul a Ibni ‘Abb a s. [Publisher]