The Truth about the Alleged Punishment for Apostasy in Islam — Page 107
107 " Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra only fought against those who refused to pay Zakat because they stopped Zakat through the sword and made war against the Muslims. " 105 STRANGE POINT WORTH NOTING It is also documented in the historical records of Al- T abar i and Ibni Khald u n that: "After the war, when Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra was victorious over the rebels, some of them were made prisoners and some slaves. " 106 If the punishment of apostasy was indeed death and was in fact the reason for which Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra fought, and if despite repentance, Islam does not propose any other punishment for apostasy, then why did Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra forget this matter at that time? What right did he have to oppose an evidently clear command of the Islamic Sharia? If God had ordained 105 ‘ All a ma Ma h m u d bin Ahmad ‘Ain i , ‘Umdatul Q a r i , Shar h u S a hih Bukh a r i , Vol. 14, Page 81, Kit a bu Ist a tabatil Murtadd i n wal Mu‘ a nid i n wa Qit a lihim wa M a Nusib u I lar Riddati. [Publisher] 106 Op cit.