57: The blood of a Muslim is haraam except in three cases.

The blood of a Muslim who bears witness that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that Muhammad is His Slave and Messenger may not be spilt except in three cases: fornication after having been married; apostasy after faith and one who kills a Believer without right and so is executed for it. Apart from that, the Muslim’s blood is unlawful forever, until the Last Hour is established. [1]

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NOTES

[1] The wording of the hadeeth is, “The blood of a Muslim, who witnesses that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, is not lawful except in three (cases): the married fornicator; a life for a life and the one who abandons his religion and leaves the Jamaa’ah.” Reported by al-Bukhaaree (Eng. trans. 9/10/no.17) and Muslim (Eng. trans. 3/898/no.4152).

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