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Sahih al-Bukhari
كتاب استتابة المرتدين والمعاندين وقتالهم
Apostates
" مَنْ بَدَّلَ دِينَهُ فَاقْتُلُوهُ "
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.'"
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