Certains Zanadiqa (athées) furent amenés à Ali et il les brûla. La nouvelle
de cet événement arriva à Ibn Abbas qui dit, "Si j'avais été à sa place, je ne les aurais pas brûlés, car le
Messager d'Allah (ﷺ) l'a interdit, en disant, Ne punissez personne avec le châtiment d'Allah n1le feu. Je les aurais tués conformément à la déclaration du Messager d'Allah (ﷺ), Celui
qui change de religion, tuez-le."
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ، مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ،
عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، قَالَ أُتِيَ عَلِيٌّ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ بِزَنَادِقَةٍ فَأَحْرَقَهُمْ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ
فَقَالَ لَوْ كُنْتُ أَنَا لَمْ أُحْرِقْهُمْ لِنَهْىِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَلَقَتَلْتُهُمْ لِقَوْلِ
رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَنْ بَدَّلَ دِينَهُ فَاقْتُلُوهُ ".
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
Messenger (ﷺ) forbade it, saying, Do not punish anybody with Allah's punishment (fire). I would have killed
them according to the statement of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill
him."
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
Messenger (ﷺ) forbade it, saying,