Sahih al-Bukhari Hadith 57 – Volume 9, Book 84

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Volume 9, Book 84, Number 57:
Narrated 'Ikrima:
Some Zanadiqa (atheists) were brought to 'Ali and he burnt them. The news of this event, reached
Ibn 'Abbas who said, "If I had been in his place, I would not have burnt them, as Allah's Apostle for –
bade it, saying, 'Do not punish anybody with Allah's punishment (fire).' I would have killed them ac –
cording to the statement of Allah's Apostle, 'Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him.'"