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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 al-Bukhari Book 88, Hadith 5
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A man said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Shall we be punished for what we did in the Prelslamic Period of
ignorance?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whoever does good in Islam will not be punished for what he did in
the Pre-lslamic Period of ignorance and whoever does evil in Islam will be punished for his former
and later (bad deeds).
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Abu Musa said, "I came to the Prophet (ﷺ) along with two men (from the tribe) of Ash`ariyin, one on my
right and the other on my left, while Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was brushing his teeth (with a Siwak), and both
men asked him for some employment. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'O Abu Musa (O `Abdullah bin Qais!).' I
said, 'By Him Who sent you with the Truth, these two men did not tell me what was in their hearts and
I did not feel (realize) that they were seeking employment.' As if I were looking now at his Siwak
being drawn to a corner under his lips, and he said, 'We never (or, we do not) appoint for our affairs
anyone who seeks to be employed. But O Abu Musa! (or `Abdullah bin Qais!) Go to Yemen.'" The
Prophet then sent Mu`adh bin Jabal after him and when Mu`adh reached him, he spread out a cushion
for him and requested him to get down (and sit on the cushion). Behold: There was a fettered man
beside Abu Muisa. Mu`adh asked, "Who is this (man)?" Abu Muisa said, "He was a Jew and became a
Muslim and then reverted back to Judaism." Then Abu Muisa requested Mu`adh to sit down but
Mu`adh said, "I will not sit down till he has been killed. This is the judgment of Allah and His Apostle
(for such cases) and repeated it thrice. Then Abu Musa ordered that the man be killed, and he was
killed. Abu Musa added, "Then we discussed the night prayers and one of us said, 'I pray and sleep,
and I hope that Allah will reward me for my sleep as well as for my prayers.'"