The Truth about the Alleged Punishment for Apostasy in Islam — Page 78
78 event submitted to the Holy Prophet sa : "O, Messenger of Allah! He speaks the truth! The most honorable man on the earth (that is, the Holy Prophet sa ) will drive the meanest man, the chief hypocrite, out of Medina. " That wretched person, the chief of the hypocrites, despite all his expressed insults, was kept alive. He roamed arrogantly in the streets of Medina unchecked, and tried to turn others to become apostates! He made his own group. At the time of war, they deceived and defected. He committed all sorts of atrocities; hurled all kind of abuses. Despite all that, the Holy Prophet’s attitude towards him was such that, seeing the condition of his heart, Allah had to command him saying: O, Muhammad sa ! and do not seek forgiveness for him. 'Even if you seek forgiveness for them [the hypocrites] seventy times, Allah will never forgive them. ' 78 There was no one more obvious and confirmed apostate than Abdull a h bin Uba’ i bin Sal u l. Show us if you can find any! And also show us if you could find any better and splendid treatment than the treatment anyone would have received from any quarters! Now you are daring to make these claims! And you are trying to blemish the illustrious character of the Holy Prophet sa , making it look contrary to the teachings of the Holy Qur’an! You should feel ashamed that you are making filthy accusations against a person sa who was the most kind and loving! You are trying to defame his 78 The Holy Qur’an 9:80. [Publisher]