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Abstract

The Problem of heresy and hereties from the beginning of Islam till dateTaha Jabir Al-alwany has examined the case of „Ridda‟ and Murtad and tried to answer many puzzling questions. Has Allah prescribed any worldly punishment for heresy (Riddah), have the Quran and Sunnah come with any Shari‟ah punishment for abandoning religion for any reason? Has the Prophet executed anyone only because of Riddah, if it was not associated with other crime? Why did the Prophet say to those who asked him to kill hypocrites, „People should not be given the chance to say that Muhammad kills his own companion.‟? Have the Ummah reached to the consensus (Ijma) taht a Murtad should be killed? Had Abu-Bakar launched his war against the Murtad only because of abandoning Islam? Or it was because they also carried weapons and plotted against the public security and to destroy the then Muslim Ummah?