Combating Islam

Part II: The Prophet of Death Sentences Muhammad on Apostasy

“Kill Those Who Change Their Religion” — Direct Orders from the Seal of Slaughter

You’ve heard the apologetic line a thousand times:

“Muhammad was a man of peace, tolerance, and mercy.”

That myth melts under even the softest light of Sahih Hadith. Because when it came to apostasy, Muhammad didn’t preach debate or dialogue — he ordered death. Bluntly. Repeatedly. Without apology.

And in this part of our Apostasy in Islam series, we’re going straight to the primary sources — where no euphemism can survive and no apologist can hide.

🩸 1. The Death Command: Sahih Bukhari’s Execution Mandate

This is Islam’s most authoritative Hadith collection. And in it lies the theological nuclear bomb that makes the "freedom of religion" myth explode.

📖 Sahih Bukhari 6922

“Whoever changes his religion, kill him.”
— Prophet Muhammad

Not “warn him.”
Not “pray for him.”
Not “leave him to God.”
Kill him.

No conditions. No nuance. No ambiguity.

It’s a divine hit order — from the founder of Islam himself.

📖 Bukhari 3017 / Muslim 1676

“The blood of a Muslim… is not lawful except in three cases: a married person who commits adultery, a life for a life, and one who leaves his religion and abandons the community.”

There it is again. Apostasy = capital offense.
No mention of treason, espionage, or insurrection — just leaving Islam.

⚰️ 2. Apostates Executed on Muhammad’s Orders

Still think this was metaphorical? Let’s count the bodies.

🔪 Case 1: Abdullah ibn Khatal

A Muslim who left Islam and mocked Muhammad. What happened?

Ordered to be killed — even if clinging to the Kaaba.
(Sahih Bukhari 1846)

So much for sanctuary. Muhammad told his men to drag him from the holiest site in Islam and execute him.

🔪 Case 2: Maqees ibn Subabah

He converted, killed a Muslim, then apostatized.

Muhammad’s command? Execution.

🔪 Case 3: Al-Aswad al-Ansi (Yemen)

Declared prophethood. Left Islam. Executed.

🔪 Case 4: Musaylimah (The “False Prophet”)

Same fate. No trial. No conversation. Just death on doctrinal grounds.

And these weren’t personal vendettas. These were public, religious executions — sanctioned by the Prophet, justified by the scriptures, praised in Islamic history.

📜 3. Apostasy Wasn’t Treason. It Was Theology.

Apologists love to spin this with a revisionist classic:

“Apostasy was only punished because it was tied to political treason or rebellion.”

Not true.

None of the primary Hadith mention armed resistance or civil betrayal as a condition. The trigger was always religion — leaving it.

And in the early Islamic state, religion and politics were the same thing. There was no secular space to merely "believe differently."

You left Islam? You died.

🕋 4. Muhammad Didn’t Just Allow It — He Institutionalized It

🧾 He gave direct orders to kill apostates

In public sermons
Through military commanders
As part of legal precedent

📚 He normalized it in Islamic jurisprudence

Later jurists didn't invent apostasy laws — they canonized what Muhammad practiced.

🔁 He never revoked the command

No verse, no Hadith, no act of Muhammad ever reversed the “kill apostates” policy.

In fact, he doubled down on it — by appointing successors (like Abu Bakr) who enforced it ruthlessly during the Ridda Wars (Wars of Apostasy).

👥 5. Women Too — Equal Opportunity Executions

Don’t think women got a pass.

📖 Sahih Muslim 1676

“Kill the one who leaves his religion…” (no gender qualifier)

🔪 Case: Umm Marwan — a woman who mocked Muhammad and apostatized.

She was murdered in her sleep by her own son. Muhammad’s response?

“You have helped Allah and His Messenger.”

No rebuke. No moral qualms. Just praise.

🤯 6. The Logic: Divine Insecurity and Totalitarian Control

Let’s break it down:

Muhammad preached absolute truth.
Anyone leaving Islam is seen as publicly denying that truth.
Therefore, apostasy isn’t personal — it’s rebellion against God and the state.
Hence: death as divine justice.

But here’s the problem:

If your religion can’t survive a person walking away, what does that say about your God?

🧠 7. The Apologetics Debunked

❌ “These Hadith are weak!”

Sorry. Bukhari and Muslim are graded Sahih (authentic) — the gold standard. These narrations form the backbone of Islamic jurisprudence.

If you toss these out, you also lose how to pray, fast, and perform Hajj. You don't get to cherry-pick just the embarrassing bits.

❌ “Context! These were wartime enemies!”

See Abdullah ibn Khatal — killed after the war, while clinging to the Kaaba, unarmed.
This isn’t war. It’s ideological purging.

❌ “The Prophet encouraged forgiveness!”

He encouraged execution more. Especially when it came to dissent — whether by words, belief, or thought.

💥 Final Verdict: Muhammad Was the Blueprint for Apostate Killings

The command to kill apostates didn’t evolve later — it started with Muhammad.

He gave the order.
He enforced the law.
He praised the killers.
He never once revoked or softened the stance.

If that makes you uncomfortable, good. It should.

Because if you're defending “freedom of religion” while following a prophet who slaughtered those who left his faith, you're not holding a moral worldview — you're holding a loaded contradiction.

⚠️ Disclaimer

This post critiques Islam as an ideology, doctrine, and historical system—not Muslims as individuals. Every human deserves dignity. Beliefs do not. Truth-telling is not hate. Silence is.

📚 Bibliography & Sources

Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith 6922, 3017, 1846 – via sunnah.com
Sahih Muslim, Hadith 1676
Ibn Kathir, Tafsir al-Qur’an al-‘Azim
Al-Tabari, History of Prophets and Kings
Reliance of the Traveller (Umdat al-Salik)
W. Montgomery Watt, Muhammad at Medina
Fred M. Donner, Muhammad and the Believers
Kecia Ali, The Lives of Muhammad
Jonathan A.C. Brown, Misquoting Muhammad

👉 Next up: Part 3 — Shariah on Apostasy: Death, Beheading, No Regret Required
We’ll dissect Islamic law across all four madhhabs and show how execution for apostasy is not fringe — it’s the default.