# Ali burns people alive for leaving Islam but Ibn Abbas clarifies Muhammad said to kill them URL: https://islamsproblems.com/apostates-burned-and-killed/ Part: Hadiths --- ### 8. Ali burns people alive for leaving Islam but Ibn Abbas clarifies Muhammad said to kill them In a sahih (authentic) hadith, Ali (Muhammad's cousin, son-in-law, and central figure of Shia Islam) burns people alive for leaving Islam but Ibn Abbas clarifies Muhammad said to kill them. #### Consistent with the Quran > "But **if they turn away, then seize them and kill them** wherever you find them" > [Quran 4:89](https://quran.com/4/89?translations=131) #### From a credible hadith > "**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.'**" > [Sahih Bukhari 6922](https://sunnah.com/bukhari:6922) Apostasy Is One of Three Cases a Muslim Can Be Killed > **Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The blood of a Muslim** who confesses that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that I am His Apostle, **cannot be shed except in three cases:** In Qisas for murder, a married person who commits illegal sexual intercourse **and the one who reverts from Islam (apostate) and leaves the Muslims**." > [Sahih Bukhari 6878](https://sunnah.com/bukhari:6878) More Orders from Muhammad: Kill Critics, Kill Dogs and Raid Caravans Muhammad Orders and Approves Killing Critics When the **poet Ka'b bin Al-Ashraf wrote verses** against Muhammad, **Muhammad called for his killing** and **authorized lying to do so**. > "**Allah's Messenger ﷺ said, "Who is willing to kill Ka'b bin Al-Ashraf who has hurt Allah and His Apostle?"** Muhammad bin Maslama said, **"O Allah's Messenger! Would you like that I kill him?"** The Prophet ﷺ said, **"Yes."** Muhammad bin Maslama said, **"Then allow me to say a false thing to deceive Ka'b."** The Prophet ﷺ said, **"You may say it."**... When Maslama got a strong hold of him, he said (to his companions) "Get at him!" So **they killed him and went to the prophet and informed him**." > [Sahih Bukhari 4037](https://sunnah.com/bukhari:4037) No Punishment For Killing Slave Mother Who Criticized Muhammad **Muhammad didn't punish a man** who **killed** his **sex slave**, the **mother of his two children**, for **criticizing Muhammad**. > "A **blind man had a slave-mother** who used to **abuse the Prophet (ﷺ) and disparage him**. He forbade her but she did not stop. One night she began to slander the Prophet > (ﷺ) and abuse him. So **he took a dagger, placed it on her belly, pressed it, and killed her**. A **child** who **came between her legs** was **smeared with the blood** > that was there. When the morning came, the Prophet (ﷺ) was informed about it. He sat before > the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: Messenger of Allah! I am her master... I have **two sons like pearls from her**, and she was my companion. Last night she began to abuse and disparage > you. So I took a dagger, put it on her belly and pressed it till I killed her. Thereupon **the Prophet (ﷺ) said: Oh be witness, no retaliation is payable for her blood.**" > [Sunan Abi Dawud 4361](https://sunnah.com/abudawud:4361) Muhammad Orders Killing Dogs > "**Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ordered the killing of dogs** and we would send (men) in Medina > and its corners and **we did not spare any dog that we did not kill**, so much so that we killed > the dog that accompanied the wet she-camel belonging to the people of the desert." > [Sahih Muslim 1570c](https://sunnah.com/muslim:1570c) More on Dogs > "The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "**Angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog** or > there are pictures."" > [Sahih Bukhari 5949](https://sunnah.com/bukhari:5949) > "Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "**Whoever keeps a dog**, one Qirat of **the reward of his good deeds is deducted daily**, unless the dog is used for guarding a farm or > cattle."" > [Sahih Bukhari 2322](https://sunnah.com/bukhari:2322) > "The Messenger of 'Allah (ﷺ) said: When any one of you stands for prayer... **prayer would be cut off by** (passing of an) **ass, woman, and black Dog**...he said: The > **black dog is a devil**." > [Sahih Muslim 510a](https://sunnah.com/muslim:510a) Muhammad Orders Raiding Caravans When **Muhammad** was trying to **attack the unarmed caravan of Abu Sufyan**, the Quraysh army intercepted him, beginning the Battle of Badr. > "The **Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)** **sent Busaisah as a scout** to see what the **caravan of Abu Sufyan was doing**... the **Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came out (hurriedly)**, spoke to the > people and said: **We are in need (of men)**; whoever has an animal to ride upon ready with him > should ride with us." > [Sahih Muslim 1901](https://sunnah.com/muslim:1901) > "for Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had **gone out to meet the caravans of (Quraish**, but Allah caused > them (i.e. Muslims) to **meet their enemy unexpectedly**." > [Sahih Bukhari 3951](https://sunnah.com/bukhari:3951) > "˹Remember, O believers,˺ when Allah promised ˹to give˺ you the upper hand > over either target, **you wished to capture the unarmed party**. But it was Allah's Will to > establish the truth by His Words and uproot the disbelievers;" > [Quran 8:7](https://quran.com/8/7?translations=131) Scholarly Explanation (Quran.com) > "When the **Messenger of Allah ﷺ heard that Abu Sufyan** had left the Sham area > **(headed towards Makkah with Quraysh's caravan)**, he **encouraged the Muslims** to > **march forth to intercept them**, saying, (**This is the caravan of Quraysh carrying their property**, so march forth to intercept it, **Allah might make it as war spoils for you**.)" > [Tafsir Ibn Kathir on Quran 8:7](https://quran.com/8:7/tafsirs/en-tafisr-ibn-kathir) ### Sources - Quran 4:89: https://quran.com/4/89?translations=131 - Sahih Bukhari 6922: https://sunnah.com/bukhari:6922 --- Markdown mirror of https://islamsproblems.com/apostates-burned-and-killed/ · Full site map for agents: https://islamsproblems.com/llms.txt