Who came up with the myth of "Death Sentence" for apostates in Islam...?

Question

I\'m a Muslim guy. And I do believe in all what came in The Noble Qur'an and some of Hadiths (Only "Strong" hadiths which where mentioned in Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim and Abu Dwud). In Afghanistan a man was prescuted for converting to Christianity, and I believe that death sentence was very wrong. In The Holy Qur'an apostacy was mentioned several times, with none of them prescribing death sentence for apostacy or blasphemy, but promised with hell fire if you didn't repent:
"Those who believe, then disbelieve, then believe again, then disbelieve, and then increase in their disbelief - Allah will never forgive them nor guide them to the path." Surah An-Nisa', 4:137
This verse clearly showes that multiple apostacies are possible. A second apostacy is never possible if you were killed.
Hadiths, and Muhammad's (PBUH) actions:
A hadith says: "Kill whoever changes his religion".

The hadith is so generally worded that it would require the death penalty for a Christian or Jew who converted to Islam. This is obviously not the prophet's intent. The hadith is in need of further specification, which has not been documented.

Many scholars interpret this passage as referring only to instances of high treason. (e.g. declaring war on Islam, Muhammad (pbuh), God, etc.)

There is no historical record which indicates that Muhammad (pbuh) or any of his companions ever sentenced anyone to death for apostasy.
A number of Islamic scholars from past centuries, Ibrahim al-Naka'I, Sufyan al-Thawri, Shams al-Din al-Sarakhsi, Abul Walid al-Baji and Ibn Taymiyyah, have all held that apostasy is a serious sin, but not one that requires the death penalty.

This hadith was only transmitted from Muhammad (pbuh) by one individual. It was not confirmed by a second person. According to Islamic law, this is insufficient basis on which to impose the death penalty.

And there's a story to confirm this:
"In one incident, the Prophet pardoned Abdullah bin Sa'd, after he renounced Islam. Abdullah bin Sa'd was one of the people chosen by the Prophet as a scribe, to write down Qur'anic text as it was revealed to the Prophet. After spending some time with the Muslims in Madina, he recanted and returned to the religion of the Quraish. When he was brought before the Prophet, Osman bin Affan pleaded on his behalf, and the Prophet subsequently pardoned Abdullah bin Sa'd (Ibn Hisham).

Answer 1

only the ignorant trying to be know all would say that. I personally don't mind them because their own civilized fellows would laugh at and be ashamed of this kind of "character", giving statements which are unfounded, no basis, rediculous.
If i know a brother muslim to say something against any religion without grounds or basis. I would feel so embarrassed. I would just have to remind him of the mistakes.
As you said it, apostates are given death sentence only if they show high treason, not for leaving islam.
salam alaykom wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh!

Answer 2

information FLASH : there is not any checklist of any written Hadith in the previous 2 hundred years after the demise of Muhammad! Sahih Bukhari, Muslim, Maliks Muwattah, and different books of hadith are consequently unreliable. The Sahaaba ( companions of Muhammad ) who're commemorated and used as a source of expertise for Muslims, definitely became right into a bunch of blood thirsty pigs after He died. Todays Islam comes from Hadiths with narration going lower back to those evil scoundrels. So please do no longer blame Muhammad. He did no longer create this Islam, the Sahaaba and Ulama did. The Sahaba have been ,indubitably, the main evil area of ever pop out of Islam. They Lied and thier lies grew to alter into attributed to Muhammad ( undesirable guy exchange into framed with the aid of jury of His friends) I definitely have those books,and that i've got studied with extreme names is Islamic Scholarship. I discovered the reality, and for that reason rejected this Islam element. I carry with contempt The Sahaaba, The Ulama, and the Hadiths and Tasfir.i'm AN APOSTATE! i'm NOW A SIKH! COME GET ME!

Answer 3

Look up the latest news items for Iran, afghanistan & tajikistan. Death for apostacy from islam is very common even today.

Answer 4

All that is rather beside the point if the effect in practice is that people are still sentenced to death for apostasy. We can only judge religions by their *actual* effects, not by what some people claim *ought* to be their effects.

Answer 5

Thank you for that information! May Gods love be upon you and bless you!

Answer 6

It's just a quirk of Allah - you know how fussy these Gods can be!

Answer 7

It is simply abominable to think of killing someone for holding a different religious faith.