The Truth about the Alleged Punishment for Apostasy in Islam — Page 120
120 Tradition with similar meanings. g) Hish a m bin ‘Abdull a h al-Makhz u m i relates that he heard Ibni Ab i Zai’b that ‘Ikrama was untrustworthy and that he had seen him 115. It is thus most certainly not acceptable to rely on such a Tradition about which it is conclusively proven that its narrator was a great liar and a staunch enemy of Hadrat ‘Al i ra. TEXTUAL TESTIMONY: When we investigate into the words of the Tradition, we find it inaccurate in many ways. 1. There is no doubt that Hadrat ‘Abb a s ra has his own standing. However, he cannot compete with the status of Hadrat ‘Al i ra. The latter was the Caliph of the Prophet sa. God had chosen him for Caliphate. It was not possible that while Hadrat ‘Abb a s ra had a regard for the directive of the Holy Prophet sa Hadrat ‘Al i ra did not. Even if we acknowledge the Tradition to be correct, the phraseology of Hadrat ‘Abb a s does not verify the information, he says: 'As for me, I am never prepared to do so, for this was the clear directive of the 115 Tahdh i bul Tahdh i b (under ‘Ikrama Maul a Ibni ‘Abb a s) by Imam Ha fi z Shah a buddin ‘Ab u ’ul Fa d l Ahmad bin ‘Al i bin H ajar al-‘Asqal a n i , Vol. 7, 1 st Edition, pp. 263-273, Published by Majlis D a ’iratul Ma‘ a rif Ni za miyyah , Hyderabad, Dakkan, India. [Publisher]