مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب السيرBook of Expeditions
ما قالوا في المرتد: كم يستتاب؟Those Who Said: How Many Times Repentance Is Sought from the Apostate
Hadith 34953
٣٤٩٥٣ - [حدثنا حفص عن أشعث عن الشعبي قال: قال على: يستتاب المرتد ثلاثًا، فإن (عاد) (١) قتل (٢).
Imam Shabi (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The apostate will be asked to repent three times. If he does it again, he will be killed.
