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Dealing with
Apostates
Narrated 'Abdullah:
When the Verse: 'It is those
who believe and confuse not their belief with wrong
(i.e., worshipping others besides Allah): (6.82) was
revealed, it became very hard on the companions of the
Prophet and they said, "Who among us has not confused
his belief with wrong (oppression)?" On that, Allah's
Apostle said, "This is not meant (by the Verse). Don't
you listen to Luqman's statement: 'Verily! Joining
others in worship with Allah is a great wrong indeed.'
(31.13)
Volume
9, Book 84, Number 54:
Narrated Abu Bakra:
The Prophet. said, "The biggest
of the great sins are: To join others in worship with
Allah, to be undutiful to one's parents, and to give a
false witness." He repeated it thrice, or said, "....a
false statement," and kept on repeating that warning
till we wished he would stop saying it. (See Hadith
No.7, Vol. 8)
Volume
9, Book 84, Number 55:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Amr:
A bedouin came to the Prophet
and said, "O Allah's Apostle! What are the biggest
sins?: The Prophet said, "To join others in worship with
Allah." The bedouin said, "What is next?" The Prophet
said, "To be undutiful to one's parents." The bedouin
said "What is next?" The Prophet said "To take an oath
'Al-Ghamus." The bedouin said, "What is an oath
'Al-Ghamus'?" The Prophet said, "The false oath through
which one deprives a Muslim of his property (unjustly)."
Volume
9, Book 84, Number 56:
Narrated Ibn Mas'ud:
A man said, "O Allah's Apostle!
Shall we be punished for what we did in the Prelslamic
Period of ignorance?" The Prophet said, "Whoever does
good in Islam will not be punished for what he did in
the Pre-lslamic Period of ignorance and whoever does
evil in Islam will be punished for his former and later
(bad deeds)."
Volume
9, Book 84, Number 57:
Narrated 'Ikrima:
Some Zanadiqa (atheists) were
brought to 'Ali and he burnt them. The news of this
event, reached Ibn 'Abbas who said, "If I had been in
his place, I would not have burnt them, as Allah's
Apostle forbade it, saying, 'Do not punish anybody with
Allah's punishment (fire).' I would have killed them
according to the statement of Allah's Apostle, 'Whoever
changed his Islamic religion, then kill him.'"
Volume
9, Book 84, Number 58:
Narrated Abu Burda:
Abu Musa said, "I came to the
Prophet along with two men (from the tribe) of
Ash'ariyin, one on my right and the other on my left,
while Allah's Apostle was brushing his teeth (with a
Siwak), and both men asked him for some employment. The
Prophet said, 'O Abu Musa (O 'Abdullah bin Qais!).' I
said, 'By Him Who sent you with the Truth, these two men
did not tell me what was in their hearts and I did not
feel (realize) that they were seeking employment.' As if
I were looking now at his Siwak being drawn to a corner
under his lips, and he said, 'We never (or, we do not)
appoint for our affairs anyone who seeks to be employed.
But O Abu Musa! (or 'Abdullah bin Qais!) Go to Yemen.'"
The Prophet then sent Mu'adh bin Jabal after him and
when Mu'adh reached him, he spread out a cushion for him
and requested him to get down (and sit on the cushion).
Behold: There was a fettered man beside Abu Muisa.
Mu'adh asked, "Who is this (man)?" Abu Muisa said, "He
was a Jew and became a Muslim and then reverted back to
Judaism." Then Abu Muisa requested Mu'adh to sit down
but Mu'adh said, "I will not sit down till he has been
killed. This is the judgment of Allah and His Apostle
(for such cases) and repeated it thrice. Then Abu Musa
ordered that the man be killed, and he was killed. Abu
Musa added, "Then we discussed the night prayers and one
of us said, 'I pray and sleep, and I hope that Allah
will reward me for my sleep as well as for my prayers.'"
Volume
9, Book 84, Number 59:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
When the Prophet died and Abu
Bakr became his successor and some of the Arabs reverted
to disbelief, 'Umar said, "O Abu Bakr! How can you fight
these people although Allah's Apostle said, 'I have been
ordered to fight the people till they say: 'None has the
right to be worshipped but Allah, 'and whoever said,
'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah', Allah
will save his property and his life from me, unless (he
does something for which he receives legal punishment)
justly, and his account will be with Allah?' "Abu Bakr
said, "By Allah! I will fight whoever differentiates
between prayers and Zakat as Zakat is the right to be
taken from property (according to Allah's Orders). By
Allah! If they refused to pay me even a kid they used to
pay to Allah's Apostle, I would fight with them for
withholding it." 'Umar said, "By Allah: It was nothing,
but I noticed that Allah opened Abu Bakr's chest towards
the decision to fight, therefore I realized that his
decision was right."
Volume
9, Book 84, Number 60:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
A Jew passed by Allah's Apostle
and said, "As-Samu 'Alaika." Allah's Apostle said in
reply, "We 'Alaika." Allah's Apostle then said to his
companions, "Do you know what he (the Jew) has said? He
said, 'As-Samu 'Alaika.'" They said, "O Allah's Apostle!
Shall we kill him?" The Prophet, said, "No. When the
people of the Book greet you, say: 'Wa 'Alaikum.'"
Volume
9, Book 84, Number 61:
Narrated 'Aisha:
A group of Jews asked
permission to visit the Prophet (and when they were
admitted) they said, "As-Samu 'Alaika (Death be upon
you)." I said (to them), "But death and the curse of
Allah be upon you!" The Prophet said, "O 'Aisha! Allah
is kind and lenient and likes that one should be kind
and lenient in all matters." I said, "Haven't you heard
what they said?" He said, "I said (to them), 'Wa
'Alaikum (and upon you).
Volume
9, Book 84, Number 62:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
Allah's Apostle said, "When the
Jews greet anyone of you they say: 'Sam'Alaika (death be
upon you); so you should say; 'Wa 'Alaika (and upon
you).'"
Volume
9, Book 84, Number 63:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
As if I am looking at the
Prophet while he was speaking about one of the prophets
whose people have beaten and wounded him, and he was
wiping the blood off his face and saying, "O Lord!
Forgive my, people as they do not know."
Volume
9, Book 84, Number 64:
Narrated 'Ali:
Whenever I tell you a narration
from Allah's Apostle, by Allah, I would rather fall down
from the sky than ascribe a false statement to him, but
if I tell you something between me and you (not a
Hadith) then it was indeed a trick (i.e., I may say
things just to cheat my enemy). No doubt I heard Allah's
Apostle saying, "During the last days there will appear
some young foolish people who will say the best words
but their faith will not go beyond their throats (i.e.
they will have no faith) and will go out from (leave)
their religion as an arrow goes out of the game. So,
where-ever you find them, kill them, for who-ever kills
them shall have reward on the Day of Resurrection."
Volume
9, Book 84, Number 65:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin
Yasar:
That they visited Abu Sa'id
Al-Khudri and asked him about Al-Harauriyya, a special
unorthodox religious sect, "Did you hear the Prophet
saying anything about them?" Abu Sa'id said, "I do not
know what Al-Harauriyya is, but I heard the Prophet
saying, "There will appear in this nation---- he did not
say: From this nation ---- a group of people so pious
apparently that you will consider your prayers inferior
to their prayers, but they will recite the Quran, the
teachings of which will not go beyond their throats and
will go out of their religion as an arrow darts through
the game, whereupon the archer may look at his arrow,
its Nasl at its Risaf and its Fuqa to see whether it is
blood-stained or not (i.e. they will have not even a
trace of Islam in them)."
Volume
9, Book 84, Number 66:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar:
Regarding Al-Harauriyya: The
Prophet said, "They will go out of Islam as an arrow
darts out of the game's body.'
Volume
9, Book 84, Number 67:
Narrated Abu Sa'id:
While the Prophet was
distributing (something, 'Abdullah bin Dhil Khawaisira
At-Tamimi came and said, "Be just, O Allah's Apostle!"
The Prophet said, "Woe to you ! Who would be just if I
were not?" 'Umar bin Al-Khattab said, "Allow me to cut
off his neck ! " The Prophet said, " Leave him, for he
has companions, and if you compare your prayers with
their prayers and your fasting with theirs, you will
look down upon your prayers and fasting, in comparison
to theirs. Yet they will go out of the religion as an
arrow darts through the game's body in which case, if
the Qudhadh of the arrow is examined, nothing will be
found on it, and when its Nasl is examined, nothing will
be found on it; and then its Nadiyi is examined, nothing
will be found on it. The arrow has been too fast to be
smeared by dung and blood. The sign by which these
people will be recognized will be a man whose one hand
(or breast) will be like the breast of a woman (or like
a moving piece of flesh). These people will appear when
there will be differences among the people (Muslims)."
Abu Sa'id added: I testify that I heard this from the
Prophet and also testify that 'Ali killed those people
while I was with him. The man with the description given
by the Prophet was brought to 'Ali. The following Verses
were revealed in connection with that very person (i.e.,
'Abdullah bin Dhil-Khawaisira At-Tarnimi): 'And among
them are men who accuse you (O Muhammad) in the matter
of (the distribution of) the alms.' (9.58)
Volume
9, Book 84, Number 68:
Narrated Yusair bin 'Amr:
I asked Sahl bin Hunaif, "Did
you hear the Prophet saying anything about Al-Khawarij?"
He said, "I heard him saying while pointing his hand
towards Iraq. "There will appear in it (i.e, Iraq) some
people who will recite the Quran but it will not go
beyond their throats, and they will go out from (leave)
Islam as an arrow darts through the game's body.' "
Volume
9, Book 84, Number 69:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "The Hour
will not be established till two (huge) groups fight
against each other, their claim being one and the same."
Volume
9, Book 84, Number 70:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
When the Verse:--'Those who
believe and did not confuse their belief with wrong
(worshipping others besides Allah).' (6.82) was
revealed, it was hard on the companions of the Prophet
and they said, "Who among us has not wronged (oppressed)
himself?" Allah's Apostle said, "The meaning of the
Verse is not as you think, but it is as Luqman said to
his son, 'O my son! Join not in worship others with
Allah, Verily! Joining others in worship with Allah is a
great wrong indeed.'" (31.13)
Volume
9, Book 84, Number 71:
Narrated 'Itban bin Malik:
Once Allah's Apostle came to me
in the morning, and a man among us said, "Where is Malik
bin Ad-Dukhshun?" Another man from us replied, "He is a
hypocrite who does not love Allah and His Apostle." The
Prophet said, "Don't you think that he says: None has
the right to be worshipped but Allah, only for Allah's
sake?" They replied, "Yes" The Prophet said, "Nobody
will meet Allah with that saying on the Day of
Resurrection, but Allah will save him from the Fire."
Volume
9, Book 84, Number 72:
Narrated:
Abu 'Abdur-Rahman and Hibban
bin 'Atiyya had a dispute. Abu 'Abdur-Rahman said to
Hibban, "You know what made your companions (i.e. Ali)
dare to shed blood." Hibban said, "Come on! What is
that?" 'Abdur-Rahman said, "Something I heard him
saying." The other said, "What was it?" 'AbdurRahman
said, "'Ali said, Allah's Apostle sent for me, Az-Zubair
and Abu Marthad, and all of us were cavalry men, and
said, 'Proceed to Raudat-Hajj (Abu Salama said that Abu
'Awana called it like this, i.e., Hajj where there is a
woman carrying a letter from Hatib bin Abi Balta'a to
the pagans (of Mecca). So bring that letter to me.' So
we proceeded riding on our horses till we overtook her
at the same place of which Allah's Apostle had told us.
She was traveling on her camel. In that letter Hatib had
written to the Meccans about the proposed attached of
Allah's Apostle against them. We asked her, "Where is
the letter which is with you?' She replied, 'I haven't
got any letter.' So we made her camel kneel down and
searched her luggage, but we did not find anything. My
two companions said, 'We do not think that she has got a
letter.' I said, 'We know that Allah's Apostle has not
told a lie.'"
Then 'Ali took an oath saying,
"By Him by Whom one should swear! You shall either bring
out the letter or we shall strip off your clothes." She
then stretched out her hand for her girdle (round her
waist) and brought out the paper (letter). They took the
letter to Allah's Apostle. 'Umar said, "O Allah's
Apostle! (Hatib) has betrayed Allah, His Apostle and the
believers; let me chop off his neck!" Allah's Apostle
said, "O Hatib! What obliged you to do what you have
done?" Hatib replied, "O Allah's Apostle! Why (for what
reason) should I not believe in Allah and His Apostle?
But I intended to do the (Mecca) people a favor by
virtue of which my family and property may be protected
as there is none of your companions but has some of his
people (relatives) whom Allah urges to protect his
family and property." The Prophet said, "He has said the
truth; therefore, do not say anything to him except
good." 'Umar again said, "O Allah's Apostle! He has
betrayed Allah, His Apostle and the believers; let me
chop his neck off!" The Prophet said, "Isn't he from
those who fought the battle of Badr? And what do you
know, Allah might have looked at them (Badr warriors)
and said (to them), 'Do what you like, for I have
granted you Paradise?' " On that, 'Umar's eyes became
flooded with tears and he said, "Allah and His Apostle
know best."
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