What Does the Qur'an Say About Apostates?

‘Kill Him Who Changes His Religion’

As everyone knows, Islam is not based solely on the Qur’an. There are also hadiths [verified sayings of the Prophet Muhammad], which support the death penalty for apostasy.

Ibn Abbas, relates the Prophet said, "Kill him who changes his religion, or "behead him".

Narrated Anas: Some people from the tribe of Uki came to the Prophet and embraced Islam. The climate of Medina did not suit them, so the Prophet ordered them to go to the(heard of milch)camels of charity to drink their milk and urine(as medicine). They did so, and after they had reverted from their ailment they turned to renegades (they reverted from Islam)and killed the shepherd of the camels and took the camels away, The Prophet sent some people in pursuit and so they were caught and brought, and the Prophet ordered that their hands and legs should be cut off and their eyes should be branded with heated pieces of iron, and that their cut hands and legs should not be cauterized, till the die.  

 

~IDBC

Reason For Concern
 
The Qur’an can be pretty scary all on its own.

But any culture that elevates belief, in the absence of evidence, to the highest place in the hierarchy of human virtues is a culture to be concerned about.

 

~kpax101

  

The Bible Is Equally Flawed

This is a similar situation to that which one finds in the Bible. I.E., for every verse one can find that speaks of God's love, there are ten that speak of his despotism.

While the Qur’an is more than sufficient to establish <certain themes>, the literature of the hadith elaborates. Muslim eschatology is something every one of us should be both familiar with and concerned about.

~steppen0410e