The Truth about the Alleged Punishment for Apostasy in Islam — Page 138
138 should not be killed'. " 129 That is, according to him a female apostate was not to be killed, but was to be imprisoned. The Holy Prophet sa had forbidden killing a woman even in a battlefield. Thus, both the narrations are rejecting the opinion of Maud u d i that a female apostate should be killed, and also the opinion that there is an Ijm a ‘ on the issue of apostasy. THIRD ARGUMENT: ‘All a ma Al-Marghin a n i (d. 593 AH) writes: "The reasons for not killing a female apostate are two-fold: One, the Holy Prophet sa 129 Sunan ad-D a r Qu t n i , Kit a bul H ud u di Wad Diy a ti Wa Ghairh a , Vol. III, page 118, Hadith No. 120, Published by Darunnashril Kutubil Isl a miyyah , Lahore, Pakistan. [Publisher]