The Truth about the Alleged Punishment for Apostasy in Islam — Page 123
123 world? Therefore, to infer from this Tradition the death penalty for an apostate is absolutely incorrect. Its meaning is ambiguous, and its narrator is a liar, lewd and a renegade Kh a rj i who is slandering Hadrat ‘Al i ra that he burnt alive the Zind i qs ! Though Hadrat Imam Bukh a r i was not informed, but the later Mu h addith i n proved that the narrator of this Hadith was a Kh a rj i , an enemy of Hadrat ‘Al i ra. His debauchery and malice were so enormous that the Muslims did not care even to say his funeral prayer. I now present a few more A hadith on the subject: A. "‘Abdull a h narrates that the Holy Prophet sa said: 'It is not permissible to kill a Muslim who bears witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah, and I (Muhammad sa ) am the messenger of Allah. There are only three exceptions. First, a killer is to be killed in retribution; second, a married man who commits adultery; and third, he who leaves the