paul@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (08/30/90)
zama@midway.uchicago.edu (iftikhar uz zaman) writes, in part... > Also, there is the explicit saying of the Prophet that the blood of >a Muslim is haraam (forbidden) to any other Muslim except for three things-- >apostasy, adultery and murder. [La yahillu dam imar'in Muslim illa bi ihda >thalath: kufrun ba`d iman, wa zina ba`d ihsan wa qatl nafs bi ghayr haqq-- >or words to that effect, from A'isha in Muslim Abu Da'ud etc.]. I have already posted an article to S.R.I. about stoning for adultery. Death is neither prescribed in the Qur'an, Sahih al Bukhari, or Sahih Muslim. The Qur'anic punishment is explicitly not death, but confinement. (24:2) I'm not familiar with the ahadith in Muslim Abu Da'ud, and can't tell if this particular hadith is considered "weak" or "strong". However, I believe the Qur'an takes precedence, in any case. Marriage 25:54 - adultery 17:32 - evidence required (four witnesses) 24:4 - false accusers punishment 24:4, 24:19, 24:23 - forbidden 17:32, 25:68 - if there aren't four witnesses 24:6-9 - marriage after 24:3 - punishment for 24:2 Sahih al Bukhari has some ahadith talking about the killing of female apostates. However, the Qur'an contradicts any killing of any apostate. (46:35, 73:11, 74:11) How can an apostate repent (3:89) if they are dead, or could we discover that they had renounced Islam under duress if they are dead? Apostacy 3:72, 3:86-88, 3:90-91, 3:167, 4:137, 5:54, 9:74, 9:107, 16:106, 33:14 - do not ask for speedy doom for apostates 46:35 - God alone will punish them 73:11, 74:11 - punishment in the hereafter 2:217, 9:74 - rejection by others 3:87 - repentence 3:89 - under duress 16:106