Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #27616

Ahmad bin Abdah al-Dhabi al-Basri narrated to us, Abd al-Wahhab al-Thaqafi narrated to us, Ayoub narrated to us, on the authority of Ikrimah, that Ali burned a people They apostatized from Islam, and this reached Ibn Abbas, and he said, “If it were me, I would have killed them,” according to the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, “Whoever He changed his religion, so kill him. “And I would not burn them because of the words of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, “Do not punish with the punishment of God.” So that reached Ali. He said: Ibn Abbas has spoken the truth. Abu Issa said: This is a true and good hadith. This is acted upon according to the people of knowledge regarding an apostate. They disagreed regarding a woman if she apostatizes from Islam and a group of scholars say that she should be killed. This is the opinion of Al-Awza’i and Ahmad. And Ishaq. A group of them said that he should be imprisoned and not killed. This is the view of Sufyan al-Thawri and other people of Kufa.