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The following Fatwa (No 85488) was issued by IslamWeb Dot Net on the subject of apostasy on the 27th of January 2003:
Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds; and may His blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon all his Family and Companions. Islam legislate capital punishment as a remedy to some obnoxious crimes. Indeed, those who commit such crimes deserve to be executed to purify them from what they did and reprimand those who may want to commit such crimes. Among the crimes whose doer deserves to be killed is Riddah (leaving Islam or disbelieving in one of its tenets).
This punishment does not conflict with the freedom of religion which Islam guarantees for people because all people are searching for a good system that rules all aspects of their lives, a system that achieves their benefits, a system that gives them all their rights and a system that protects their lives, property and honor. This system is Islam, and in Islam only, because Islam is the religion of Allah, which was revealed for all mankind.
Allah says: {And We have sent you (O Muhammad SAW) not but as a mercy for the 'Alamîn (mankind, jinns and all that exists).} [21:107]
So, all people must submit to Islam although it does not oblige them to join it.
Allah says: {There is no compulsion in religion. Verily, the Right Path has become distinct from the wrong path…….} [2:256].
So, any disbelievers who choose to remain on their Kufr, can do so and Muslims should not harm them provided they do not harm any Muslim or break their covenant with Muslims. But this freedom to stay on one's religion does not make the disbeliever equal to the Muslim in this life nor the Hereafter.
Allah says: {Or do those who earn evil deeds think that We shall hold them equal with those who believe (in the Oneness of Allâh Islâmic Monotheism) and do righteous good deeds, in their present life and after their death? Worst is the judgement that they make.} [45:21]
Since Islam is just and fair, it gives every member of the community what he or she deserves. This means that there must be a difference between the Muslims who back this system, stand by it and support it and the disbeliever. In fact, the Muslim is given priority in the Islamic country over the non-Muslim in this life and in the hereafter.
This is common among all countries, they do not treat their nationals like those who only reside on their land and who are not one of their nationals.
So, any person who enters Islam and then gives it up, commits a major sin for which he deserves to be beheaded because he left, by this act, the Muslim community, and betrayed himself. This is treason to the Muslim community. So, such a person who apostates and defects from the community becomes, like a cancerous organ that has to be removed to avoid that the expansion of the disease reaches other organs. But, this mutilation should no take place except if there is no hope of treating it. The apostate is given a last opportunity to repent and return back to Islam before being executed. If he perseveres and refuses to return to what he has committed himself to, i.e. Islam, he is then executed. This is a retributive act and the apostate is then the one who harmed himself by sticking to his apostasy.
Even in countries where the death penalty is opposed serious acts against their constitutions may be punishable by death or life imprisonment. Apostasy from Islam (the religion of Allah) and rebellion against its system, which the person first chose freely and accepted without compulsion is much worse than rebelling against man-made systems and institutions which are fabricated and have nothing to do with absolute justice the Justice of Allah.
There are many evidences proving this.
Allah says: {…….And whosoever of you turns back from his religion and dies as a disbeliever, then his deeds will be lost in this life and in the Hereafter, and they will be the dwellers of the Fire. They will abide therein forever."} [2:217]
Al Sahfie took this verse as evidence for killing the apostate.
Ibn Massoud narrated that the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) said: "The blood of a Muslim who confesses that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that I am His Apostle, cannot be shed except in three cases: In Qisas for murder, a married person who commits illegal sexual intercourse and the one who reverts from Islam (apostate) and leaves the Muslims." Al Bukhari, Muslim and others.
Ahmad and Al Nassai reported from Aisha that the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) said: "The blood of the Muslim should not be shed (he should not be killed) except in three situations: He or she who commits zina after having been married or disbelieves after becoming Muslim or kills a person and is killed as retribution."
Among the evidences, we have also the consensus of the companions after the death of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) that anyone who changes his or her religion (Islam) should be killed.
Ibn Qudama said: 'All the scholars of Islam are agreed that the apostate is to be killed.' There is no difference in this rule between the man and the woman. But Abu Hanifa believes that the apostate woman should be jailed and forced to return to Islam but not executed. But the most preponderant opinion is that she is like the man in this rule.
It should be noted here that this punishment is carried out only by the Muslim authorities. So, no individual should give himself the right to act on behalf of the authorities.
The apostate is first told to repent and given three days to decide. If he confesses in front of a Qadi, who has the necessary authority to apply the death penalty, that he does not want to repent, then he is executed.
Allah knows best.
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