The Truth about the Alleged Punishment for Apostasy in Islam — Page 108
108 that apostates certainly were to be killed and not given a respite of more than three days, then, despite capturing them for this very crime, despite vanquishing them, why were they not killed but were made slaves? THE KILLING OF A FEMALE APOSTATE: Maul a n a Maud u d i has also mentioned a female apostate called Ummi Qirfa: "In the era of Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra a woman by the name of Ummi Qirfa had apostatized after accepting Islam. Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra demanded repentance from her but she did not comply. Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra had her killed. (D a rul Qu t n i , Baihaq i. ) " 107 The impression given is that she was killed only because of apostasy. Although records do not mention the point that she was killed merely for apostasy. However, he is insistent that the killing of Ummi Qirfa was a link of this sequence. Although the reality is: 107 Irtid a d k i Saz a Islam i Q a n u n Mei n , Page 18. See Assununul Kubra , by Ab u Bakr Ahmad Binil H ussain Bin ‘Al i Al-Baihaq i , Part 8, Kit a bul Murtaddi, Babu Qatli Manirtadda ‘Anil Isl a mi Idh a Thabut a ‘Alaihi Rajulan K a na Awimra’tan, published by Nashrus Sunna, Multan, Pakistan, page 202. [Publisher]