The Truth about the Alleged Punishment for Apostasy in Islam — Page 38
38 MUTILATED FACTS: The above-noted assertion is totally wrong and baseless, viz. , the commandments and ordinances of the ancient Scriptures that are mentioned in the Holy Qur’an, become part of our Sharia—unless it is explicitly forbidden by the Holy Qur’an to act on them. A historical reality has been presented in distorted form. And that historical reality is as follows. Up until the teachings of the Holy Qur’an were completely revealed, and the revelation of the Sharia was not yet completed, it was the practice of the Holy Prophet sa that if there had not yet been revealed any commandment regarding a particular matter, then the Holy Prophet sa used to take guidance (regarding that particular matter) from the earlier scriptures. 35 But, in regard to those matters about which a clear injunction from the Holy Qur’an had already been revealed, the Holy Prophet sa never ever—not even once—looked at the precedent in any earlier Scripture in order to make it applicable to the Muslims. Despite the mention of apostates in it, the Holy Qur’an makes absolutely no mention of killing an apostate. A detailed exposition of teachings in regard to apostates is found quite frequently in the Holy Qur’an. But, when the Holy Qur’an has given complete expression to the issue of apostates—and has not mentioned anything about 35 See Muslim, Kit a bul Fa da ’il, B a bu S iffati Sha‘rih i sa …, Hadith No. 6062. [Publisher].