Hadith #382
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أُتِيَ بِقَوْمٍ مِنْ هَؤُلَاءِ الزَّنَادِقَةِ وَمَعَهُمْ كُتُبٌ فَأَمَرَ بِنَارٍ فَأُجِّجَتْ ثُمَّ أَحْرَقَهُمْ وَكُتُبَهُمْ قَالَ عِكْرِمَةُ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ ابْنَ عَب
َّاسٍ فَقَالَ لَوْ كُنْتُ أَنَا لَمْ أُحْرِقْهُمْ لِنَهْيِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَلَقَتَلْتُهُمْ لِقَوْلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ بَدَّلَ دِينَهُ فَاقْتُلُوهُ وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا تُعَذِّبُوا بِعَذَابِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ
Isnad Chain
عفان
حماد بن زيد
أيوب
عكرمة
English Translation
'Affan narrated to us, Hammad ibn Zayd narrated to us, Ayyub narrated to us, from 'Ikrimah that 'Ali (رضي الله عنه) was brought a group of heretics who had books. He ordered a fire to be kindled and burned them in it. When word of that reached Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنهما), he said: 'Had it been me, I would not have burned them, because the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Do not punish with the punishment of Allah. But I would have killed them, because the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Whoever changes his religion, kill him.'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 9, Hadith 382
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 2420
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-38810