Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father and a number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziiyad, altogether from Ibn Mahboub, from Al A’ala Bin Razeyn, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said, ‘I asked Abu Ja’far asws about the apostate, so he asws said: ‘The one who aspires away from Al-Islam and rejects with what Allah azwj Revealed unto Muhammad saww after his Islam, so there is no repentance for him, and it would Obligate his killing, and his wife would be irrevocably divorced from him, and whatever he leaves (as legacy) would be distributed upon his children’.

Translation: HubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Musa Bin Bakr, from Al Fuzayl Bin Yasaar, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws that a man from the Muslims became a Christian, so they came with him to Amir Al-Momineen asws . So he asws told him to repent, but he refused him asws . So he asws grabbed his hair, then said: ‘Trample him, O servants of Allah azwj !’ So they trampled him until he died’.

Translation: HubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from someone else from our companions, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws and Abu Abdullah asws regarding the apostate: ‘He would be asked to repent. So if he repents (fine), or else he would be killed, and the wife, when she reneges from Al-Islam, would (also) be asked to repent. So if she repents and returns (fine), or else she would be imprisoned for ever, and her imprisonment would be constricted upon her’.

Translation: HubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Al nazar Bin Suweyd, from Al Qasim Bin Suleyman, from Ubeyd Bin Zurara, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding the child who chose the Polytheism, and he is among his two parents. He asws said: ‘He would not be left (alone), and that is when one of his parents is a Christian’.

Translation: HubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ali Bin Hadeed, from Jameel Bin Darraj, and others, (It has been narrated) from one of the two (5 th or 6 th Imam asws ) regarding a man who retracted from Al-Islam. He asws said: ‘He would be told to repent, so if he does repent (fine), or else killed’.

Translation: HubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Al Hassan Bin Shamoun, from Abdullah Bin Abdul Rahman Al Asamma, from Misma’a, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws that they came to Amir Al-Momineen asws with an atheist, so he asws struck his neck’.

Translation: HubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

Humeyd Bin Ziyad, from Al Hassan Bin Muhammad Bin Sama’at, from someone else from his companions, from Aban Bin Usman, from one of his companions, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding the child, when he becomes a youth, so he chooses the Christianity, and one of his parents is a Christian, or they are both Muslims. He asws Said: ‘He would not be left, but he would be whipped upon Al-Islam’.

Translation: HubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hisham Bin Salim, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘A group of people came to Amir Al-Momineen asws , so they said, ‘السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَبَّنَا’ ‘Peace be upon you asws , O our Lord!’ So he asws told them to repent, but they did not repent. So he asws dug out a pit for them, and kindle a fire in it, and dug out another pit to its side, and bore a hole between the two. So when they did not repent, he asws cast them into the pit, and inflamed (the fire) in the other pit, until they died’.

Translation: HubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Salim, from Ahmad Bin Al Nazar, from Amro Bin Shimr, from Jabir, Abu Abdullah asws has said: ‘They came to Amir Al-Momineen asws with a man from the Clan of Sa’alba who had become Christian after his Islam, so they testified against him. So, Amir Al-Momineen asws said: ‘What are theses witnesses saying?’ He said, ‘They are speaking the truth, and I have returned to Al-Islam’. So he asws said: ‘But, had you belied the witnesses, I asws would have struck your neck, and I asws have accepted from you, and do not repeat, for if you were to return, I asws will not accept the returning from you, after it’.

Translation: HubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Al Amraky Bin Ali Al Neysabouri, (It has been narrated) from Ali son of Ja’far asws , from his brother asws Abu Al-Hassan asws , said, ‘I asked him asws about a Muslim who became a Christian. He asws said: ‘He would be killed, and would not be told to repent’. I said, ‘So if a Christian became a Muslim, then reneged from Al-Islam?’ He asws said: ‘He would be told to repent, so if he were to return (fine) or else killed’.

Translation: HubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, altogether from Ibn Mahboub, from Hisham Bin Salim, from Ammar Al Sabaty who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah asws saying: ‘Every Muslim, in between two Muslims reneges from Al-Islam (becomes an apostate), and denies Muhammad saww of his saww Prophet-hood, and belies him saww . So his blood is Permissible to be shed for every one who hears that from him, and his wife is irrevocably divorced from him the day he reneges, so she cannot go near him, and his wealth is distributed upon his inheritors, and his wife would observe the waiting period of the one widowed from her husband, and it would be upon the Imam asws that he kills him, and does not give him (the opportunity) to repent’.

Translation: HubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Abu Baseer, Abu Abdullah asws has said: ‘The one who is seized in a Month of Ramazan and he had broken his Fast, so it is raised to the Imam asws , he asws would kill him during the third (offence)’.

Translation: HubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Fazal, from Hammad Bin Usman, from Ibn Abu Yafour who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah asws that, Baziya alleges that he is a Prophet. So he asws said: ‘If you were to hear him saying that, you should kill him’. He said, ‘So I sat with (awaiting) for him many a time, but was not able over that’.

Translation: HubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Abul Rahman Al Abzary Al Kunasy, from Al Haris Bin Al Mugheira who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah asws , ‘What is your asws view if a man came to the Prophet saww , so he said, ‘By Allah azwj ! I do not know whether you saww are a Prophet saww or not, would he saww have accepted from him?’ He asws said: ‘No! But, he saww would have killed him. If he saww had accepted from him, no hypocrite would ever become a Muslim’.

Translation: HubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Al Hassan Bin Shamoun, from Abdullah Bin Abdul Rahman, from Misma’a Bin Abdul Mallik, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘They came to Amir Al-Momineen asws with an atheist, so he asws struck his neck. So it was said to him asws , ‘He had a lot of wealth for him, so for whom would his wealth be for?’ He asws said: ‘For his children, and for his inheritors, and for his wife’.

Translation: HubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

9. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Muhammad ibn al-Hassan Shammun from ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Abd al- Rahman from Misma‘ ibn ‘ Abd al-Malik who has narrated the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that ’Amir al-Mu’minin, Ali, Alayhi al-Salam, in the case of an atheist would issue a judgment. If two just and acceptable people testified against him and one thousand in his favor, he (the Imam) would accept the testimony of two people. He (the Imam) would reject the testimony of one thousand because it is a hidden religion.” (It is considered applicable when the testimonies are presented in different times.)

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

And by this chain, said, ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws said: ‘(As for the) apostate, his wife should isolate herself from him, and she should not eat meat slaughtered by him, and he would be given three days to repent, so if he does repent (fine), or else he would be killed on the fourth day’.

Translation: HubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hisham Bin Salim, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘A group of people came to Amir Al-Momineen, so they said, ‘Peace be upon you asws , ‘السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَبَّنَا’ O our Lord! So he told them to repent, but they did not repent. So he asws dug out a pit for them and ignited a fire in it, and dug out another pit to its side, and bore a hole between these two. So when they did not repent, he asws cast them into the pit, and ignited fire in the other pit, until they died’.

Translation: HubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, altogether from Ibn Mahboub, from Ibn Raib, from Abu Ubeyda, Abu Abdullah asws has said: ‘The slave, when he is a fugitive from his master, then steals, he would not be cut, and he is a fugitive, because he is a renegade from Al-Islam, but he would be called to the return to his master, and the entry into the fold of Al-Islam. So if he were to refuse to return to his master, his hand would be cut due to the theft, then he would be killed; and the apostate, when he steals is at his status’.

Translation: HubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

Ibn Mahboub, from Hisham Bin Salim, from Bureyd Al Ajaly who said, ‘Abu Ja’far asws was asked about a man against whom witnesses testified that he had broken a Fast from the Month of Ramazan for three days. He asws said: ‘He would be asked, ‘Is there a sin upon you with regards to your breaking the Fast?’ So if he says, ‘No’, then it would be upon the Imam asws that he asws should kill him; and if he were to say, ‘Yes’, so it would be upon the Imam asws that he asws blights him with the whipping’.

Translation: HubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hisham Bin Salim, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having been asked about the one who insults Rasool-Allah saww . So he asws said: ‘He should be killed for the lowest (of insults), as a minimum, before he is brought to the Imam asws ’.

Translation: HubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Fazzal, from Hammad Bin usman, from Ibn Abu Yafour who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah asws that Bazi’a is claiming that he is a Prophet. He asws said: ‘So if you were to hear him saying that, so kill him’. He (the narrator) said, ‘I sat awaiting more than once, but I was not able to do that’.

Translation: HubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ibn Mahboub, from Salih Bin Sahl, from Kirdayn, (It has been narrated) from a man from Abu Abdullah asws and Abu Ja’far asws having said that when Amir Al-Momineen asws was free from the people of Al-Basra (Battle of the Camel), seventy men from Al-Zat came over. So they greeted him asws and spoke to him asws in their own language. So he asws responded to them in their language. Then he asws said to them: ‘I asws am not as you are saying it to be. I asws am a servant of Allah azwj , a Created being’. But they refused to him asws and said, ‘أَنْتَ هُوَ’ ‘You asws are He azwj !’ So he asws said to them: ‘If you do not cease and retract from what you are saying regarding me asws , and repent to Allah azwj Mighty and Majestic, I asws will kill you all’. But, they refused to retract and repent. So he asws ordered for wells to be dug out for them. So they dug them. Then he asws bore holes connecting each of these. Then he asws threw them into it. Then he asws covered the top of the wells. Then he asws inflamed a fire in the well in which there was no one from them. So the smoke entered upon them in those (wells). So they died’.

Translation: HubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.