Punishment of Apostasy in IslamThis book, by a former Chief Justice of Pakistan, examines each and every aspect of Islamic jurisprudence connected with the question of apostasy in a detailed manner. The post-9/11 'war on terror' has underscored the crucial importance of understanding the issue distinctly in its religious and political contexts. Hence, this study should be of interest to legislators, judges, members of the legal profession, Islamic educational institutions as well as intelligent lay readers.S.A. Rahman (1903-1979) did his MA from University of Punjab, BA Hons from Oxford University and PhD in Law from Cairo. He entered ICS (Indian Civil Service) in 1928 and after the partition served in various capacities in Pakistan. He was Vice Chancellor of the University of the Punjab from 1950-1952. He retired as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan in 1969. He authored a number of Urdu books, among them Tarjuman-i-Asrar (versified Urdu translation of Iqbal's Asrar-i-Khudi) and Safar, a collection of Urdu poems. |
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Abdullah Abī Abū Bakr Abū Dāwūd accepted Islam according ahādīth Ahkām al-Murtadd Ahmad al-Ālūsī Al-Bahr al-Bayān al-Bukhārī al-Din Al-Rāzī Al-Sāmarā’ī al-Sarakhsī Al-Tabarī Al-Tafsir al-Zamakhsharī alā Alī Allah Apostasy in Islam apostate authority Bāb believe Caliph change of faith cited commentary commits apostasy Companions context Dār death sentence declared defection disbelievers Fath fight fiqh hadīth Hamidullah Hasan Hayyān hypocrites Ibid Ibn Abbās Ibn Taymiyyah ijmā ijtihād Imām Imām Abū Imām Mālik increase in disbelief instances Islām jurists Khan killed Kitāb Lahore Madīnah Mawdudi Mawlana Muhammad mentioned Messenger Muhammad Ali muhāribah Murtadd Musaylimah Muslims Naqwi narrators non-Muslim offence opinion Pakistan peaceful person Prophet punishment for apostasy qiyās question Qur'an Qur’anic verse reference religion religious renegade repentance Sahīh says scholars Shah Waliyullah Sharh slaying Sunan Sunnah Sūrah Tabarī Tafsir tawbah therein thou tradition trans Umar Umdat unto Urdu translation Uthmān Whosoever words zakāh