Narrated `Ikrima:
`Ali burnt some people and this news reached Ibn `Abbas, who said, "Had I been in his place I would not have burnt them, as the Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'Don't punish (anybody) with Allah's Punishment.' No doubt, I would have killed them, for the Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'If somebody (a Muslim) discards his religion, kill him.' "
Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 3017 |
In-book reference | : Book 56, Hadith 226 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 4, Book 52, Hadith 260 |
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