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السيوطي:٢٠٩٥١أ –

"مَنْ بَدَّلَ دِينَهُ، أَوْ رَجَعَ عَنْ دِينِه فَاقْتُلُوهُ، وَلا تُعَذِّبوا بِعَذَابِ [الله -يعني -] النَّار".

[عب] عبد الرازق عن ابن عباس

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bukhari:3017 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > Sufyān > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > ʿAlī Ḥarraq Qawm Fabalagh Ibn ʿAbbās

ʿAli burnt some people and this news reached Ibn ʿAbbas, who said, "Had I been in his place I would not have burnt them, as the Prophet ﷺ said, 'Don't punish (anybody) with Allah's Punishment.' No doubt, I would have killed them, for the Prophet ﷺ said, 'If somebody (a Muslim) discards his religion, kill him.' "

البخاري:٣٠١٧ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا ؓ حَرَّقَ قَوْمًا فَبَلَغَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ فَقَالَ لَوْ كُنْتُ أَنَا لَمْ أُحَرِّقْهُمْ

لأَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ تُعَذِّبُوا بِعَذَابِ اللَّهِ وَلَقَتَلْتُهُمْ كَمَا قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَنْ بَدَّلَ دِينَهُ فَاقْتُلُوهُ

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

nasai:4060 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Abū Hishām > Wuhayb > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > Nās Ārtaddūā > al-Islām Faḥarraqahum ʿAlī Bi-al-Nnār

"Some people apostatized after accepting Islam, and 'Ali burned them with fire. Ibn 'Abbas said: 'If it had been me, I would not have burned them; the Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'No one should be punished with the punishment of Allah.' If it had been me, I would have killed them; the Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'Whoever changes his religion, kill him.'"

النسائي:٤٠٦٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ أَنَّ نَاسًا ارْتَدُّوا عَنِ الإِسْلاَمِ فَحَرَّقَهُمْ عَلِيٌّ بِالنَّارِ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ لَوْ كُنْتُ أَنَا لَمْ أُحَرِّقْهُمْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ تُعَذِّبُوا بِعَذَابِ اللَّهِ أَحَدًا وَلَوْ كُنْتُ أَنَا لَقَتَلْتُهُمْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ بَدَّلَ دِينَهُ فَاقْتُلُوهُ

ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ ثَانٍ يُصَرِّحُ بِصِحَّةِ مَا ذَكَرْنَاهُ

ibnhibban:4476 – al-Mufaḍḍal b. Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Janadī Bimakkah > ʿAlī b. Ziyād al-Laḥjī > Abū Qurrah > Ibn Jurayj > Ismāʿīl Ibn ʿUlayyah > Maʿmar > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[AI] “He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Whoever leaves his religion or renounces his religion, then kill him and do not torture anyone with the punishment of Allah, meaning through fire.'

ابن حبّان:٤٤٧٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْمُفَضَّلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْجَنَدِيُّ بِمَكَّةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ زِيَادٍ اللَّحْجِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو قُرَّةَ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ تَرَكَ دِينَهُ أَوْ قَالَ رَجَعَ عَنْ دِينِهِ فَاقْتُلُوهُ وَلَا تُعَذِّبُوا بِعَذَابِ اللَّهِ أَحَدًا يَعْنِي بِالنَّارِ

ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ تَعْذِيبِ شَيْءٍ مِنْ ذَوَاتِ الْأَرْوَاحِ بِحَرْقِ النَّارِ

ibnhibban:5606 – al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd b. Ḥisāb > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > ʿAlī Utī Biqawm Qad Ārtaddūā > al-Islām or > Zanādiqah Maʿahum Kutub Faʾamar Binār Faʾujjijat Faʾalqāhum Fīhā Bikutubihim Fabalagh Dhalik Ibn ʿAbbās > Ammā

"Some people apostatized after accepting Islam, and 'Ali burned them with fire. Ibn 'Abbas said: 'If it had been me, I would not have burned them; the Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'No one should be punished with the punishment of Allah.' If it had been me, I would have killed them; the Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'Whoever changes his religion, kill him.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4060)

ابن حبّان:٥٦٠٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ حِسَابٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا أُتِيَ بِقَوْمٍ قَدِ ارْتَدُّوا عَنِ الْإِسْلَامِ أَوْ قَالَ زَنَادِقَةٍ مَعَهُمْ كُتُبٌ فَأَمَرَ بِنَارٍ فَأُجِّجَتْ فَأَلْقَاهُمْ فِيهَا بِكُتُبِهِمْ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ فَقَالَ

أَمَّا أَنَا لَوْ كُنْتُ لَمْ أُحَرِّقْهُمْ لِنَهْيِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلَقَتَلْتُهُمْ لِقَوْلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا تُعَذِّبُوا بِعَذَابِ اللَّهِ» وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ بَدَّلَ دِينَهُ فَاقْتُلُوهُ»

tabarani:11850 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[AI] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever changes his religion or renounces his religion, then kill him." And he said, "Do not punish with the punishment of Allah," meaning the fire.

الطبراني:١١٨٥٠ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ بَدَّلَ دِينَهُ أَوْ قَالَ رَجَعَ عَنْ دِينِهِ فَاقْتُلُوهُ وَقَالَ «لَا تُعَذِّبُوا بِعَذَابِ اللهِ» يَعْنِي النَّارَ

nasai-kubra:3509 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Abū Hishām > Wuhayb > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > Nās Ārtaddūā > al-Islām Faḥarraqahum ʿAlī Bi-al-Nnār

"Some people apostatized after accepting Islam, and 'Ali burned them with fire. Ibn 'Abbas said: 'If it had been me, I would not have burned them; the Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'No one should be punished with the punishment of Allah.' If it had been me, I would have killed them; the Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'Whoever changes his religion, kill him.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4060)

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٥٠٩ – وَأَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ أَنَّ نَاسًا ارْتَدُّوا عَنِ الْإِسْلَامِ فَحَرَّقَهُمْ عَلِيٌّ بِالنَّارِ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ لَو كُنْتُ أَنَا لَمْ أُحَرِّقْهُمْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا تُعَذِّبُوا بِعَذَابِ اللهِ أَحَدًا» وَلَوْ كُنْتُ أَنَا لَقَتَلْتُهُمْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ بَدَّلَ دِينَهُ فَاقْتُلُوهُ»