The Truth about the Alleged Punishment for Apostasy in Islam — Page 133
133 "faqtul u hu" means that his demand must be treated as if it did not exist. THE A HA D I TH THAT REFUTE THE DEATH PENALTY FOR APOSTASY: Now I present some A ha d i th that fully refute the notion of killing the apostates. First Hadith: Once a Bedouin came to the Holy Prophet sa and made Bai‘at at his hand. While in Medina, he got ill. The poor Bedouin was a superstitious person and thought that he was being punished for accepting Islam. He was a very simple man, and came to the Holy Prophet sa and asked him to take back his Islam that had caused him to get ill. He wanted to recant and repent. The Holy Prophet sa knew that he was a simple man. He did not tell him that he would be killed for his apostasy, he just refused to annul his Bai‘at 123. Once again the man approached the Holy Prophet as and asked him to abrogate his Bai‘at and he be excused. (He thought unless the Holy Prophet sa announced that his Islam was recanted, he would not get well!) Again, he was informed that his Bai‘at was not to be annulled. The third time he made the same request, but it was declined. On that, the Bedouin got upset, and left Medina. Then, the Holy 123 The oath of allegiance. [Publisher]