Is there somewhere in the Quran that prescribed punishment in an Islamic state for someone who converts from Islam to a different religion.
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there somewhere in the Quran that prescribed punishment in an Islamic state for
someone who converts from Islam to a different religion. Also in the Bible and
Tora are there similar punishments.
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Answer:
Punishment for
apostate
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad
(saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Your Question: Is
there somewhere in the Quran that prescribed punishment in an Islamic state for
someone who converts from Islam to a different religion.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 3 Surah
Ale-Imraan verses 90-91:
90 But those who reject faith after they accepted it, and then go on
adding to their defiance of faith; never will their repentance be accepted; for
they are those who have gone (far) astray.
91 As to those who reject faith and die rejecting, never would be
accepted from any such as much gold as the earth contains though they should
offer it for ransom. For such is (in
store) a Penalty Grievous (in the Hereafter) and they will find no helpers.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 4 Surah
Nisaa verses 137-138:
137 Those who believe then reject faith, then believe (again) and
(again) reject faith, and go on increasing in unbelief; Allah will not forgive
them nor guide them on the Way.
138 To the hypocrites give the glad tidings that there is for them (but)
a Grievous Penalty.
Beloved brother in Islam, the prescribed punishment of
those who reject faith after declaring belief listed in the Glorious Quran are
all concerning the Hereafter. The
Glorious Quran does not prescribe a specific punishment for such people in the
life of this transitory and short world.
The Messenger of Allah (saws) has prescribed capital
punishment for those who verbally declare their apostasy after having accepted
Islam as their way of life.
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 9.17 Narrated by Abdullah
Allah's Messenger (saws) said, "The
blood of a Muslim who confesses that none has the right to be worshipped but
Allah and that I (Mohamed (saws)) am His Messenger, cannot be shed except in
three cases:
- In
Qisas (retaliation) for murder,
- a
married person who commits illegal sexual intercourse,
- and
the one who converts from Islam to another religion (apostate) and leaves
the Muslims."
Your Question: Also
in the Bible and Tora are there similar punishments.
Beloved brother, we are neither learned nor are aware of
the exact rulings of the existing Bible and the Torah; thus this question would
be best answered by one who is an expert in the knowledge of the existing Bible
and Torah.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan