Wisdom Behind the Laws of
Apostasy in Islaam!
By:
Shahid Bin Waheed شاهد
بن وحيد
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
الحمدلله رب العالمين والصلوة والسلام على اشرف الانبياء
وسيدالمرسلين نبينا محمد صل ا لله عليه وعلى آله واصحابه وازواجه اجمعين - امابعد
All the praises and thanks be to Allaah, Sustainer of the Universe, and blessing and salutation to be the most distinguish of the Messengers and foremost among the Prophets, our Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allaah be on him and on his wives, children and Companions.
In case of a Muslim who apostatizes from the
Deen-ul-Islaam دين الاسلام, an exposition must be laid out before him, if the
apostasy should have the result of any religious doubts that can be removed.
There are only two methods of repelling the apostasy i.e. death or Islaam, and
Islaam is preferable to death. Thus, the evil of apostasy rather be removed by
means of an exposition of the faith. However, during this time {of three days}
while the exposition is in process that male apostate is imprisoned for three
days.
We read in the Jami Sagheer جامعی صغير that an exposition of faith is to be laid before an apostate, and if he refuses the faith then he must be slain. Since Allaah (SWT) says in the Glorious Qur’aan “SLAY THE UNBELIVERS” as we read in Ayaah 4:89,
Surah An-Nisaa 89
وَدُّوا لَوْ تَكْفُرُونَ كَمَا
كَفَرُوا فَتَكُونُونَ سَوَاءً فَلَا تَتَّخِذُوا مِنْهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءَ حَتَّى يُهَاجِرُوا
فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَإِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَخُذُوهُمْ وَاقْتُلُوهُمْ حَيْثُ وَجَدْتُمُوهُمْ
وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوا مِنْهُمْ وَلِيًّا وَلَا نَصِيرًا
They wish that you reject Faith, as they have rejected
(Faith), and thus that you all become equal (like one another). So take not Auliyâ’ (protectors or friends) from them, till they emigrate
in the Way of Allâh (to Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم). But if they
turn back (from Islâm), take (hold of) them and kill them wherever you find
them, and take neither Auliyâ’ (protectors or friends) nor helpers from them.
Allaah says in the Qur’aan to slay
the unbelievers (apostates) without any delay of three days granted to him.
Prophet Muhammad صلی الله عليه وسلم said: Slay the man who changes his
religion.”
The WISDOM behind
the above injunction is based on the fact that an apostate is an infidel
enemy, but he has not required and/or obtained the status of “Zimme ذمّى”,
also the capitation tax has not been accepted from him. That is why an apostate
is termed at this occasion as an infidel enemy.
The Bible also commands of killing the apostates but without any due process, unlike Islaam. Let us examine commands from the Bible that tells us to kill instantly and indiscriminately all apostates and also the followers of other religions.
Leviticus 24:16 And he that
blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death,
[and] all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as
he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name [of the LORD], shall
be put to death.
Death to Followers of Other Religions
Whoever sacrifices to any god, except the Lord alone, shall be doomed. (Exodus 22:19 NAB)
Kill Nonbelievers
They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul; and everyone who would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, was to be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. (2 Chronicles 15:12-13 NAB)
Kill Followers of Other Religions.
1) If your own full brother, or your son or daughter, or your beloved wife, or you intimate friend, entices you secretly to serve other gods, whom you and your fathers have not known, gods of any other nations, near at hand or far away, from one end of the earth to the other: do not yield to him or listen to him, nor look with pity upon him, to spare or shield him, but kill him. Your hand shall be the first raised to slay him; the rest of the people shall join in with you. You shall stone him to death, because he sought to lead you astray from the Lord, your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that place of slavery. And all Israel, hearing of this, shall fear and never do such evil as this in your midst. (Deuteronomy 13:7-12 NAB)
2) Suppose a man or woman among you, in one of your towns that the LORD your God is giving you, has done evil in the sight of the LORD your God and has violated the covenant by serving other gods or by worshiping the sun, the moon, or any of the forces of heaven, which I have strictly forbidden. When you hear about it, investigate the matter thoroughly. If it is true that this detestable thing has been done in Israel, then that man or woman must be taken to the gates of the town and stoned to death. (Deuteronomy 17:2-5 NLT)
3) While the Israelites were camped at Acacia, some of the men defiled themselves by sleeping with the local Moabite women. These women invited them to attend sacrifices to their gods, and soon the Israelites were feasting with them and worshiping the gods of Moab. Before long Israel was joining in the worship of Baal of Peor, causing the LORD's anger to blaze against his people. The LORD issued the following command to Moses: "Seize all the ringleaders and execute them before the LORD in broad daylight, so his fierce anger will turn away from the people of Israel." So Moses ordered Israel's judges to execute everyone who had joined in worshiping Baal of Peor. Just then one of the Israelite men brought a Midianite woman into the camp, right before the eyes of Moses and all the people, as they were weeping at the entrance of the Tabernacle. When Phinehas son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron the priest saw this, he jumped up and left the assembly. Then he took a spear and rushed after the man into his tent. Phinehas thrust the spear all the way through the man's body and into the woman's stomach. So the plague against the Israelites was stopped, but not before 24,000 people had died. (Numbers 25:1-9 NLT)
Infidels and Gays Should Die
So God let them go ahead and do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things with each other's bodies. Instead of believing what they knew was the truth about God, they deliberately chose to believe lies. So they worshiped the things God made but not the Creator himself, who is to be praised forever. Amen. That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other. And the men, instead of having normal sexual relationships with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men and, as a result, suffered within themselves the penalty they so richly deserved. When they refused to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their evil minds and let them do things that should never be done. Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, fighting, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip. They are backstabbers, haters of God, insolent, proud, and boastful. They are forever inventing new ways of sinning and are disobedient to their parents. They refuse to understand, break their promises, and are heartless and unforgiving. They are fully aware of God's death penalty for those who do these things, yet they go right ahead and do them anyway. And, worse yet, they encourage others to do them, too. (Romans 1:24-32 NLT)
Contrary to the Bible and/or Judeo-Christian
teachings, Islaam does not command killing of the followers of other religions,
as in Islaam THRERE IS NO
COMPULSION IN RELIGION.
The wisdom behind the laws of
apostasy in Islaam is to maintain law and order and prevent the chaos and
mischief in the community that also regulate the Freedom of Expression in Islaam.
Tuesday, May 30, 2006