The Truth about the Alleged Punishment for Apostasy in Islam — Page 9
9 own definition as each learned divines has done and that definition differs from that given by all others, we unanimously go out of the fold of Islam. And if we adopt the definition given by any one of the ulama , we remain Muslims to the view of that alim but kafirs according to the definition of every one else. " 4 I have quoted these two excerpts from the Report just by way of illustration. These learned Judges embarked on a very detailed discussion of this issue. The interested reader is referred to the original Report for this purpose. THE DEFINITION OF A MUSLIM ACCORDING TO THE HOLY PROPHET SA Now I will tell you the definition that the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa himself formulated, and it was formulated in two or three different ways. It is inconceivable that these ulema were unaware of these definitions. Why did their minds not turn to these simple clear and transparent definitions? Simply because, on the basis of these definitions, the Ahmadiyya Jam a ‘at cannot, in any way, be declared kafir. It was the extreme instance of transgression and 4 Report of The Court of Inquiry …into the Punjab Disturbance of 1953, p. 218. [Publisher]