Anas ibn Malik reported: I said, “O commander of the faithful, some people have turned renegade against Islam and joined the idolaters. What is to be done other than killing them?” Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “That I take hold of them on peaceful terms is more beloved to me than everything over which the sun rises, from the horizon to the zenith.” I said, “O commander of the faithful, what would you do if you seized them?” Umar said, “I would offer them the door through which they exited, that they would enter it again. If they did so, I would accept it from them; otherwise, I would keep them in prison.”
Ibrahim al-Nakha’i said about the apostate, “He is held for his repentance indefinitely,” and Sufyan al-Thawri said, “This is what we adhere to.”
Source: Muṣannaf ‘Abd al-Razzāq 18696
Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Ibn Kathir
عَنْ أَنَسٍ قُلْتُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَوْمٌ ارْتَدُّوا عَنِ الْإِسْلَامِ وَلَحِقُوا بِالْمُشْرِكِينَ مَا سَبِيلُهُمْ إِلَّا الْقَتْلُ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ لَأَنْ أَكُونَ أَخَذْتُهُمْ سِلْمًا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِمَّا طَلَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ صَفْرَاءَ أَوْ بَيْضَاءَ قُلْتُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَمَا كُنْتَ صَانِعًا بِهِمْ لَوْ أَخَذْتَهُمْ قَالَ كُنْتُ عَارِضًا عَلَيْهِمُ الْبَابَ الَّذِي خَرَجُوا مِنْهُ أَنْ يَدْخُلُوا فِيهِ فَإِنْ فَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ قَبِلْتُ مِنْهُمْ وَإِلَّا اسْتَوْدَعْتُهُمُ السِّجْنَ
عَنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ النَّخَعِي قَالَ فِي الْمُرْتَدِّ يُسْتَتَابُ أَبَدًا وقَالَ سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِي هَذَا الَّذِي نَأْخُذُ بِهِ
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