What they said on a woman who apostatises from Islam

Khilas (may Allah have mercy on him) says that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said concerning the female apostate: "She is to be made a bondwoman."

And Hammad (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "She is to be killed."

Abu Razin (may Allah have mercy on him) says that Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "When women apostatize from Islam, they are not to be killed; rather, they are to be imprisoned and called to Islam, and compelled to it."

Layth (may Allah have mercy on him) says that Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) said concerning the female apostate: "She is not to be killed."

Amr (may Allah have mercy on him) says that al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "The female apostate is not to be killed."

Ash'ath (may Allah have mercy on him) says that al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "When women apostatize from Islam, they are not to be killed. Rather, they are to be invited to Islam. If they refuse, they are to be taken captive and made bondwomen of the Muslims, and they are not to be killed."

Abu Hurrah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) said concerning a woman who apostatizes from Islam: "She is not to be killed; she is to be imprisoned."

Ubaydah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "The female apostate is not to be killed."

Hisham (may Allah have mercy on him) says that al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) said concerning the female apostate: "She is to be asked to repent. If she repents, well and good; otherwise she is to be killed."

Yahya bin Sa'id (may Allah have mercy on him) says that Umar bin Abd al-Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "The umm walad (a slave woman who has borne her master's child) of a man from the Muslims apostatized, so that man sold her at Dumat al-Jandal to a person not of her religion."

Abu Ma'shar (may Allah have mercy on him) says that Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) said concerning a woman who apostatizes from Islam: "She is to be asked to repent. Then if she repents, well and good; otherwise she is to be killed."

The above statement of Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) is also narrated from Abu Ma'shar (may Allah have mercy on him) through this chain.