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Sahih al-Bukhari 3017

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 (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, ‘Don’t punish (anybody) with…

Ikrimah, the client of Ibn Abbasnarrated it
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حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ

أَنَّ عَلِيًّا رضى الله عنه حَرَّقَ قَوْمًا، فَبَلَغَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ فَقَالَ لَوْ كُنْتُ أَنَا لَمْ أُحَرِّقْهُمْ، لأَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «لَا تُعَذِّبُوا بِعَذَابِ اللَّهِ». وَلَقَتَلْتُهُمْ كَمَا قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ بَدَّلَ دِينَهُ فَاقْتُلُوهُ»

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 (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, ‘Don’t punish (anybody) with Allah’s Punishment.’ No doubt, I would have killed them, for the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, ‘If somebody (a Muslim) discards his religion, kill him.’”

ইকরামাহ (রহ.) হতে বর্ণিত। ‘আলী (রাঃ) এক সম্প্রদায়কে আগুনে পুড়িয়ে ফেলেন। এ সংবাদ ‘আবদুল্লাহ্ ইবনু ‘আব্বাস (রাঃ)-এর নিকট পৌঁছলে তিনি বলেন, ‘যদি আমি হতাম, তবে আমি তাদেরকে জ্বালিয়ে ফেলতাম না। কেননা, নবী সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম বলেছেন, তোমরা আল্লাহর আযাব দ্বারা কাউকে আযাব দিবে না। বরং আমি তাদেরকে হত্যা করতাম। যেমন নবী সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম বলেছেন, যে লোক তার দ্বীন বদলে ফেলে, তাকে হত্যা করে ফেল।’ (৬৯২২)

ہم سے علی بن عبداللہ نے بیان کیا ‘ کہا ہم سے سفیان نے بیان کیا ‘ ان سے ایوب نے ‘ ان سے عکرمہ نے کہ علی رضی اللہ عنہ نے ایک قوم کو ( جو عبداللہ بن سبا کی متبع تھی اور علی رضی اللہ عنہ کو اپنا رب کہتی تھی ) جلا دیا تھا۔

جب یہ خبر عبداللہ بن عباس رضی اللہ عنہما کو ملی تو آپ نے کہا کہ اگر میں ہوتا تو کبھی انہیں نہ جلاتا کیونکہ نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا ہے کہ اللہ کے عذاب کی سزا کسی کو نہ دو ‘ البتہ میں انہیں قتل ضرور کرتا کیونکہ نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا ہے جو شخص اپنا دین تبدیل کر دے اسے قتل کر دو۔

Telah bercerita kepada kami ['Ali bin 'Abdullah] telah bercerita kepada kami [Sufyan] dari [Ayyub] dari ['Ikrimah] bahwa 'Ali radliallahu 'anhu membakar suatu kaum lalu berita itu sampai kepada [Ibnu 'Abbas] maka dia berkata: "Seandainya aku ada, tentu aku tidak akan membakar mereka karena Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam telah bersabda: "Janganlah kalian menyiksa dengan siksaan Allah (dengan api) ".

Dan aku hanya akan membunuh mereka sebagaimana Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam telah bersabda: "Siapa yang mengganti agamanya maka bunuhah dia

İkrime'den nakledilmiştir: Hz. Ali bir grubu yakarak öldürmüştü. Onun yaptıklarından haberdar olan Abdullah İbn Abbas şöyle dedi: "Ben onun yerinde olsaydım asla söz konusu grubu yakmazdım. Çünkü Resulullah Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem: "Sakın AIlah'a has olan azap ile insanları cezalandırmayın!" buyurmuştur. Ben olsaydım onları öldürürdüm, o kadar. Bu konudaki delilim ise Resul-i Ekrem Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem'in: "Kim dinini değiştirecek olursa onu öldürün!" hadisidir

Sahih al-Bukhari 3017, Book 56, Fighting for the Cause of Allah (Jihaad), Hadith 226. 1 min read

What it means

‘Ali ibn Abi Tālib (may Allah be pleased with him) exercised his judgment and burned with fire a group of heretics who had apostatized from Islam. When this reached ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abbās (may Allah be pleased with him and his father), he agreed with him on killing them but disapproved of burning them with fire.

And he said: If I were in his place, I would not have burned them with fire, for the Prophet (ﷺ) made clear that no one punishes with fire except Allah, the Lord of the fire.

It is sufficient to kill them, for the Prophet (ﷺ) said: Whoever apostatizes from Islam and changes his religion to another, kill him.

What it teaches

  • The killing of one who apostatizes from Islam is obligatory according to the consensus of scholars—subject to its conditions—and it is to be carried out only by the ruler or the judicial authority.
  • His words: "Whoever changes his religion, kill him", i.e., whoever apostatizes from Islam—a general ruling that applies to both men and women.
  • An apostate is not allowed to remain in his apostasy; rather, he is invited to return to Islam, and if he does not accept, he has to be killed.
  • This Hadīth prohibits punishment by fire, and it indicates that legal punishments must not be carried out using fire.
  • The virtue of Ibn ‘Abbās (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) and the vastness of his knowledge and his deep understanding of the Prophet's Hadīths.
  • It contains a lesson on observing proper manners when correcting someone who is mistaken.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam al-Bukhari back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam al-BukhariCompiler, died 256 AH
  2. 2Ali ibn al-MadiniTold us, Fourth generation, died 234 AH
  3. 3Sufyan ibn UyaynahTold us, Third generation, died 197 AH
  4. 4Ayyub as-SakhtiyaniFrom, Successor, died 130 AH
  5. 5Ikrimah, the client of Ibn AbbasFrom, Successor, died 104 AH

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