Sahih al-Bukhari 6922

Book 88: Apostates · Hadith 5

Hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ، مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، قَالَ أُتِيَ عَلِيٌّ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ بِزَنَادِقَةٍ فَأَحْرَقَهُمْ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ فَقَالَ لَوْ كُنْتُ أَنَا لَمْ أُحْرِقْهُمْ لِنَهْىِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَلَقَتَلْتُهُمْ لِقَوْلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ مَنْ بَدَّلَ دِينَهُ فَاقْتُلُوهُ ‏"‏‏.‏

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 Messenger (ﷺ) forbade it, saying, 'Do not punish anybody with Allah's punishment (fire).' I would have killed them according to the statement of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), 'Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him

Ikrima bataate hain: Kuch Zanadiqa (mulhid, deen chhodne wale) Ali ke paas laaye gaye aur unhone unhein jala diya. Ye khabar Ibn Abbas tak pahunchi, jinhone kaha, 'Agar main unki jagah hota, to main unhein jalata nahi, kyunke Allah ke Rasool (SAW) ne mana kiya tha, kehte hue, "Kisi ko bhi Allah ki saza (aag) se saza mat do." Main unhein Allah ke Rasool (SAW) ki is baat ke mutaabik qatl kar deta: "Jo koi apna Islami deen badle, use qatl kar do."'

Sahih al-Bukhari 6922 · Book 88, Hadith 5

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