Narrated `Ikrima:
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.'"
Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 6922 |
In-book reference | : Book 88, Hadith 5 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 9, Book 84, Hadith 57 |
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