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ahmad:2551 – ʿAffān > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Ayyūb

[Machine] "A narration from Ikrimah that Ali was brought a group of these heretics with books, so he ordered for a fire to be lit and they were burned along with their books. Ikrimah said: Ibn Abbas was informed of this and he said, 'If I were in his place, I would not have burned them, in accordance with the prohibition of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. And I would have killed them, in accordance with the statement of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: Whoever changes his religion, kill him.' And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Do not punish with the punishment of Allah Almighty and Exalted.'"  

أحمد:٢٥٥١ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ

عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَأَنَّ عَلِيًّا أُتِيَ بِقَوْمٍ مِنْ هَؤُلاءِ الزَّنَادِقَةِ وَمَعَهُمْ كُتُبٌ فَأَمَرَ بِنَارٍ فَأُجِّجَتْ ثُمَّ أَحْرَقَهُمْ وَكُتُبَهُمْ قَالَ عِكْرِمَةُ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ فَقَالَ لَوْ كُنْتُ أَنَا لَمْ أُحْرِقْهُمْ لِنَهْيِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَقَتَلْتُهُمْ لِقَوْلِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ بَدَّلَ دِينَهُ فَاقْتُلُوهُ وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا تُعَذِّبُوا بِعَذَابِ اللهِ ﷻ  

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tirmidhi:1458 – Aḥmad b. ʿAbdah al-Ḍabbī al-Baṣrī

That 'Ali burnt some people who apostasized from Islam. This news reached Ibn 'Abbas, so he said: "If it were me I would have killed them according to the statement of Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Whoever changes his religion then kill him.' And I would not have burned them because the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Do not punish with the punishment of Allah.' So this reached 'Ali, and he said: "Ibn 'Abbas has told the truth."  

الترمذي:١٤٥٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ الضَّبِّيُّ الْبَصْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ الثَّقَفِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا حَرَّقَ قَوْمًا ارْتَدُّوا عَنِ الإِسْلاَمِ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ فَقَالَ

لَوْ كُنْتُ أَنَا لَقَتَلْتُهُمْ لِقَوْلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ بَدَّلَ دِينَهُ فَاقْتُلُوهُ وَلَمْ أَكُنْ لأُحَرِّقَهُمْ لِقَوْلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ تُعَذِّبُوا بِعَذَابِ اللَّهِ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ عَلِيًّا فَقَالَ صَدَقَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ حَسَنٌ وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ فِي الْمُرْتَدِّ وَاخْتَلَفُوا فِي الْمَرْأَةِ إِذَا ارْتَدَّتْ عَنِ الإِسْلاَمِ فَقَالَتْ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ تُقْتَلُ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ الأَوْزَاعِيِّ وَأَحْمَدَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَقَالَتْ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْهُمْ تُحْبَسُ وَلاَ تُقْتَلُ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ وَغَيْرِهِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ
ahmad:2552 – ʿAffān > Wuhayb > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > ʿAlī Akhadh Nās Ārtaddūā > al-Islām Faḥarraqahum Bi-al-Nnār Fabalagh Dhalik Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] "If I were him, I would not burn them, for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Do not punish anyone with the punishment of Allah.' And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ also said: 'Whoever changes his religion, kill him.' Ali heard what Ibn Abbas said, so he said: 'Woe to the son of the mother of Ibn Abbas!'"  

أحمد:٢٥٥٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا أَخَذَ نَاسًا ارْتَدُّوا عَنِ الْإِسْلامِ فَحَرَّقَهُمْ بِالنَّارِ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ فَقَالَ

لَوْ كُنْتُ أَنَا لَمْ أُحَرِّقْهُمْ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَا تُعَذِّبُوا بِعَذَابِ اللهِ ﷻ أَحَدًا وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ بَدَّلَ دَيْنَهُ فَاقْتُلُوهُ فَبَلَغَ عَلِيًّا مَا قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَقَالَ وَيْحَ ابْنِ أُمِّ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ  

hakim:6295 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ṣaffār > Ismāʿīl b. Isḥāq al-Qāḍī > Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥajjāj > ʿAbd al-Wārith b. Saʿīd > Ayyūb al-Sakhtiyānī > ʿIkrimah > Nās Ārtaddūā > ʿAhd ʿAlī Faʾaḥraqahum Bi-al-Nnār Fabalagh Dhalik Ibn ʿAbbās

That 'Ali burnt some people who apostasized from Islam. This news reached Ibn 'Abbas, so he said: "If it were me I would have killed them according to the statement of Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Whoever changes his religion then kill him.' And I would not have burned them because the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Do not punish with the punishment of Allah.' So this reached 'Ali, and he said: "Ibn 'Abbas has told the truth." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1458)   

الحاكم:٦٢٩٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّفَّارُ ثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْقَاضِي ثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ ثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ثَنَا أَيُّوبُ السَّخْتِيَانِيُّ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ أَنَّ نَاسًا ارْتَدُّوا عَلَى عَهْدِ عَلِيٍّ فَأَحْرَقَهُمْ بِالنَّارِ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ فَقَالَ

لَوْ كُنْتُ أَنَا كُنْتُ قَتَلْتُهُمْ لِقَوْلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ بَدَّلَ دِينَهُ فَاقْتُلُوهُ» وَلَمْ أَكُنْ أُحَرِّقُهُمْ لِأَنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَا تُعَذِّبُوا بِعَذَابِ اللَّهِ» فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ عَلِيًّا فَقَالَ وَيْحَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ  

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