Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Meaning of apostasy punishment hadith

“You say the punishment for apostasy is not death, but there is a hadith that says whoever changes his religion should be killed. What does this hadith mean?”Asked by مس سائرہ لطیف, کراچی

He answers at 59:03 in Islam & Prophet of Islam 21 Oct, 2012 · 1 min 19 sec

His answer, in his own words
59:03
maine yeh sawal aaya hai karachi pakistan se miss saira latif ka. unhon ne likha hai: "aap kehte hain ke murtad ki saza qatl nahin hai, jab ke ek hadith mein aaya hai ke jo koi apne deen ko badal dale to use qatl kar do. maulana sahib, phir is hadith ka matlab kya hai? is ke bare mein bataen." haan, dekhiye, meri kitab hai, is ka naam hai "hikmat-e-islam". to is mein maine is mamle mein, yani jis ko kaha jata hai irtidad ki saza, is ke mamle mein 30 safhe ka ek ek chapter likha hai, thirty page ka. to aap is kitab ko padhiye, is mein is thirty page ko padhiye. is mein is hadith ko maine baqayda le kar ke is par guftagu ki hai, is ka tajziya kiya hai.
1:00:03
is ko pehle padhiye, is ke baad bhi agar aap ka ishkāl baki rahe to aap dobara ek sawal kar sakte hain. filhal main yahi kahunga ke aap hikmat-e-islam ke is bab ko padhiye jis ka unwan hai "murtad aur irtidad". yeh hai is ka unwan. maulana, agla sawal bhi karachi pakistan se hai abdul latif sahib ka. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana sahib, is madi daur mein ek insan apne aap ko hiras se kis tarah bachaye؟
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