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Bigotry:
The Dark Danger

The Killing of People Who Abjure

the Faith When Drunk

If the one who is intoxicated abjures the
faith, it is valid. But that person must not

be killed until he recovers his senses and is

called on to repent. (Imam Shafi'i Kitab al-

Umm, vol. 6, p. 148; Al-Insaf, vol. 10, pp.
331-332; Mughni al-Muhtaj 4/137;

Hashiyat al-Dasuki 4/363; Ibn Qudama

al-Mughni 9/25-26)

According to this fabricated hadith, someone who has drunk
alcohol and is intoxicated has abjured the faith if he says as much
while in that state of unawareness. This is a horrifying idea. Obvi-

ously, someone who is intoxicated cannot be expected to speak
rationally or logically, and will be unaware of what he is saying. That
person clearly cannot be held responsible for what he says. Howev-
er, the fanatical mindset commands, on the basis of this fabricated
hadith, that this person should be killed. Once again, a false practice
that appears nowhere in the Qur'an becomes a commandment, and

murder is decided upon.

This false and terrifying mentality is refuted by the Qur'an. God

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