The Truth about the Alleged Punishment for Apostasy in Islam — Page 160
160 should be punished or not? 155 That is they said that all should swear by Allah’s name that they would assault him and his family at night and would kill them and whoever comes to claim blood money for them, they will say to them that they had not witnessed the killing of his family and that they are truthful and that they are not aware of anything. Thus in certain instances the said punishment for apostasy was declared to be carried out openly and in other instances it was suggested that the assault be carried out secretly so that no one was caught in the action. So if today the same is going on in Pakistan and the mullahs are suggesting to make covert assaults— and kill children, women and the elderly—in order to avoid the law then this is nothing new. Prior to this, such instances took place in the time of Hadrat Sa li h as. 155 They said, "Swear to each other by Allah that we will surely attack him and his family by night, and then we will say to his heir, 'We witnessed not the destruction of his family, and most surely we are truthful. ' " (The Holy Qur’an 27:50). [Publisher]