The Truth about the Alleged Punishment for Apostasy in Islam — Page 109
109 "The killing of this woman was ordered because she had thirty sons and she would constantly instigate and incite all thirty sons against war with the Muslims. In order to break the might of these brothers. " Thus the mother was killed for the crime of instigation, only to give the clear message to her sons that if their mother incites them against Muslims and if they think that they are strong and powerful, they should, if they can, save their mother. Yet, after their mother was killed, their lives were saved to show to the world that if by taking one life a mischief can be subverted, then only that life should be taken. 108 From the angle of ‘Ilm i Dar a yat * , too, this Hadith is not acceptable: An old woman, mother of thirty sons who, too, were apostates, is killed and the sons were not called to account or killed along with their mother. 108 Al-Mabs ut by Shamsudd i n al-Sarkhas i , 2 nd Edition, Vol. 10, p110, Published by Ma t ba‘atus Sa‘ a da , Egypt. [Publisher] * Judging the authenticity of a Hadith on the basis of its contents. [Publisher]