Repentence of the Apostate “Murtadd” After elucidating the categories of apostasy, do know that (It is obligatory upon the apostate “murtadd”) whether male or female (to return to) the religion of (Islam immediately). One reenters…
(The rule) on which the scholars based their judgments in these cases (is: any belief, action or saying which belittles Allah, His Books, His Messengers, His Angels, His Rites) (or) (the well-known practices of His…
(A large number of scholars “faqihs”) from the four schools, (like the Hanafiyy faqih, Badrur-Rashid[1]) who lived in the eighth Hijriyy century and authored a treatise in showing the blasphemous words, (and the Malikiyy Qadi…
(The third category of apostasy is the apostate sayings, which are too many. (Some examples are:) For a person (to say to a Muslim: ‘O blasphemer’, ‘O Jew’, ‘O Christian’, or ‘O you without a…
The second category of apostasy is the apostate actions, such as prostrating to an idol), which is anything that is worshipped other than Allah, whether it was made from stone, wood, or another material. (Or)…
Examples of the first category of apostasy, i.e., the apostate beliefs, are: Having the doubt in) the existence of (Allah), His Oneness, or His non-resemblance to the creation. Having doubt in the truthfulness of (His…
(An-Nawawiyy and other scholars of the four schools ‘madhhabs” classified apostasy into three categories: apostate beliefs) occuring in the heart, (apostate actions) performed by the different parts of the body (and apostate sayings) said with…
(Anger is not an excuse for one to escape the judgment of falling into blasphemy. Concerning this matter,) Hafidh (Imam an-Nawawiyy said: “If a man was angry with his child or young slave and hit…
(al-Bukhariyy[1] and Muslim[2] related a hadith with a similar meaning). The hadith’s text is: <<A person may say a word that he does not take heed of, by which he slips into Hellfire farther than…
The saying of the Prophet, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam: <<A person may utter a) blasphemous (word that one thinks harmless), i.e., he thinks it holds no harm for him, (which results), i.e., due to his…