Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Punishment for apostasy origin and explanation

“How did the punishment for apostasy come into being? Can you please explain the apostasy matter as it is very common among Muslims? That if a Muslim changes...”Asked by Tariq Ali, Tampa, USA

He answers at 1:08:54 in Peaceful Islamic Mission · 4 min 47 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:08:54
maulana, agla sawal aaya hai tariq ali sahib ka tempa usa se, aur unhone likha ہے کہ: "How did the punishment for apostasy come into being?" Maulana, can you please explain the apostate matter as it is a very, as it is very common among Muslims? That if a Muslim changes His faith, he is worthy of being killed.
1:09:20
nahi, nahi, yeh musalmanon ne bana rakha hai. islam mein aisa nahi hai. yani woh jo masla hai, is ka apostasy wala ji, yeh bilkul musalmanon ka apna banawati masla hai ke murtad ko qatal kar do.
1:09:36
yeh fuqaha ne likha hai. mein manta hoon ke fuqaha aisa likhte hain, lekin quran o hadith mein aisa nahi hai. mein aap ko aik ayat refer karta hoon, is ko parhiye quran majeed mein, is ko mutala kijiye. dekhiye, aap surah al baqarah mein ayat number 217 parhiye.
1:09:57
is ayat mein yeh bataya gaya hai ke jo aadmi deen se phir jaye, aur phir woh phir jaye to is mein yeh nahi ke us ko qatl kiya jayega, is mein yeh hai ke woh apni, yani natural death marega. fiamat, yani murtad aadmi ke liye quran jo keh raha hai ke woh, woh jaise log marte hain,
1:10:23
waise wahi marega. yeh nahi ke qatl karna, yeh nahi. islam hukum nahi deta. doosri cheez mein aap ko kahunga ke habash ki jo hijrat hui thi makkhi daur mein, to
1:10:37
bohat se sahabi chale gaye the makkah se habash. un ke ek sahab the jo sahabi, woh bhi yeh islam qabool kar chuke the rasool Allah ke haath par. un ka naam tha Ubaidullah Ibn Jahsh, woh bhi gaye the.
1:10:55
to habash christian mulk tha, wahan christian se un ki baat cheet hui to woh mutasir ho gaye, aur unhon ne islam chhod kar christianity ko ikhtiyar kar liya. rasool Allah ke zamane mein, rasool Allah ko jab bataya gaya to aap ne yeh nahi kaha ke tum maar dalo, us ko chhod diya aap ne.
1:11:19
kuch bhi nahi. islam mein mazhab jo hai, yeh apne choice ka mamla hai, apna choice. la ikraha fid deen, yeh bilkul galat masla bana liya hai logon ne ke jo phir murtad ho to qatl karo, is ka islam se koi talluq nahi.
1:11:38
mazeed is bare mein meri ek ek maqala chhap chuka hai, bohat mufassal. is mein yahi irtidad ki saza, yahi yeh is ka unwan hai. irtidad se yeh chhaapa hai risala, is ko aap padh lijiye. kitab mein bhi aa gaya hai jis ka naam hai hikmat-e-islam.
1:11:59
irtidad ki saza is ka unwan hai, aur kitab ka naam hai hikmat-e-islam. is mein aap is maqalay ko parh lijiyay, aur is mein main nay bataya kay artad ki saza qatal ya islam mein hai hi nahin. yeh baat ko logon nay banaya hai.
1:12:18
baat ko okay. we will end the session. Just one announcement, like Maulana mentioned today about the coverage of Mumbai Dawah meet in Times of India. so we will be uploading that on cps website.
1:12:35
you can read the article from the cps website from tomorrow onwards. thank you.
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