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[quote=Muslima][quote=Anonymous]Muslima, under Shariah, would a Muslim be allowed to convert to Christianity and leave Islam?
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So, after abortion, homosexuality, now apostasy  :P I will start by saying if anyone is asking these questions just to hear me say "Death to Non-Muslims", I hate homosexuals ECT., you are wasting your time, but if it is in the interest of discussion, curiosity, ect, then I welcome these. As a Muslim Woman, I have no problem with homosexuals, satan worshippers, atheists, ect I might disagree morally, but legally they have the right to do as they please.

I will define 2 things first before we start because non-muslims might not know what Im talking about.

Quran: Muslims believe that the Quran is the word of God revealed to Prophet Muhammad saw by God through the angel Jibril ( Gabriel). The Quran comprehends the complete code for the Muslims to live a good, abundant and rewarding life in obedience to the commandments of Allah, in this life and to gain salvation in the next. It is the "chart of life" for every Muslim, the "constitution" .

Hadith: The collected reports of what the Prophet Muhammad saw said and did during his lifetime. During the first few decades after the Prophet Muhammad'saw' s death, those who directly knew him (known as the Companions) shared and collected quotations and stories related to the Prophet's life. Within the first two centuries after the Prophet's death, scholars conducted a thorough review of the stories, tracing the origins of each quotation along with the chain of narrators through whom the quotation was passed. Those which were not verifiable were deemed "weak" or even "fabricated," while others were deemed "authentic" (sahih) and collected into volumes. The most authentic collections of hadith (according to Sunni Muslims) include Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, and Sunan Abu Dawud.

So, the Quran is from God and the Hadiths are the stories that we have from the companions of the prophet saw about how he lived his life.

Now let's talk about Murtid (apostasy) a Muslim who makes the choice to leave Islam. Muslim scholars are NOT in agreement on how apostats should be treated. I can't deny that for the majority of Islamic history, the majority of  Muslim Scholars have said that if a person leaves Islam, he should be killed. Many scholars since the 8th century have said that this view was incorrect and that there is nothing in the Quran that stipulates that one who leaves Islam should be killed , but to be clear, these scholars were a Minority! The majority of scholars who said that death is the punishment for apostasy based it one a Hadith of the prophet saw where He said " "[In the words of] Allah's Apostle, 'Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him.'" Although this Hadith is authentic, it is also established that Prophet Muhammad saw never ordered the death penalty to be carried out on people known during his time to have apostatised. Of such people was a Bedouin man who came to Medina (during a time of political and military power for Muslims) to announce his Islam, but apostatised and left the city a short period later without receiving any penalty for his subsequent rejection. You should also note that this hadith is considered a weak hadith with just a single isnad (this means there is only one chain of transmission or narration) and thus according to the rules of Islamic jurisprudence, it is not enough to validate the death penalty.

The Scholars who say that death is not the punishment for apostasy base it on how the Prophet saw treated individuals who entered and left Islam, and the numerous verses in the Quran guaranteeing freedom of belief.  They say that the hadith about killing who leaves the religion was revealed during a time of war when some  non-muslims used to pretend that they wanted to be Muslims. But they only pretended to enter Islam to take advantage of the Muslims, learn their battle strategies,  then abused and slaughtered an entire group of shepherds that memorized the entire Quran, who were caring for them. So, the scholars said that this hadith is in reference to treason, not just merely leaving your religion, but these used to be people who presented to be muslims just to get secrets and later use it against them.  The Quran mentions apostasy several times but does not prescribe any punishment for it.

Quran: 4:137 "Those who believe, then reject faith, then believe (again) and (again) reject faith, and go on increasing in unbelief,- Allah will not forgive them nor guide them nor guide them on the way."

Notice that the Quran says those who reject faith and then Believe and again disbelieve. If a Muslim rejects faith and is then killed for doing so how will he live to again BELIEVE and then DISBELIEVE.  The atmosphere of this verse is that of free will and freedom of choice to everyone. Many prominent scholars throughout the centuries have held the view that apostasy is not a capital offense. This view is founded on the fact that the Qur'an is completely silent on the death penalty for apostasy. In fact, freedom of religion is a fundamental tenet of Islam. In Surah al-Baqarah, 2:256, Allah explicitly states: "Let there be no compulsion in religion".

So, yes the majority of the Muslim scholars are saying "Kill" is the punishment, a minority is saying "No". Hope it is not too confusing and of course Allah knows best!

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