خلاصة:
One of the worst phenomena in a Muslim’s life is apostasy. An apostate has renounced the faith and denies the principles and precepts of religion after accepting it. If either parent or both are Muslims and their child accepted Islam after his maturity، but he denied it later، he/she is called a natural apostate. However، if a person was born to a non-Muslim family and converted to Islam after his maturity، later rejects the religion is called a community apostate. If natural apostate is a man under certain circumstances must be penalized with death، but the penalty for the community apostate and women is life imprisonment in order to repent. In this article، some provisions relating to apostasy in Islamic law along with the reason of such severe punishment are discussed.
ملخص الجهاز:
Another term that has a conceptual connection with *kufr* and apostasy is “*fisq*,” which in some cases in the Holy Quran is equated with *kufr* and even apostasy from the religion; such as the noble verse: “And Allah promised those who believed and did righteous deeds [paradise], that He will surely grant them success in the land as He granted success to those before them; and that He will surely establish for them their religion which He has preferred for them; and that He will surely replace their fear with security.
Apostasy is the most important factor in the destabilization of the belief of society When a person suddenly leaves the ranks of the religious, it will cause doubt among the religious, and this behavior is not only unacceptable in a religious community, but also in states and governments, if someone wants to do something that would destabilize the ruling system, they will be officially opposed, and perhaps some people, through conspiracy and solely for this purpose, express a tendency towards religion in one period and present their return and apostasy in another period; as in the early days of Islam, some people tried to weaken the faith of the Muslims with this trick, and the Holy Quran narrates their actions: “And a faction of the People of the Book say, ‘Believe in what has been revealed to those who believe during the day, and disbelieve in it at night, so that they may return [to disbelief].
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