An Islamic cleric and the National Chairman of the Council of Ulama, Dr. Ibrahim Jalingo, has endorsed death penalty for religious faithful who renounce their religion.
In a strongly worded statement shared on his official Facebook page on Thursday, Jalingo openly defended a Hadith prescribing the death penalty for apostates and accused critics of Hadith literature of what he described as ācompound ignorance.ā
The cleric made the statement in response to criticisms questioning the authenticity of the Hadith, alleging that it contradicts the Quran.
A Hadith is a report of the sayings, actions, or approvals of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).
It serves as a key source of guidance in Islam, second only to the Qurāan.
In his post, Jalingo launched a detailed theological rebuttal against what he described as āfabricatorsā attempting to discredit the Hadith.
Jalingo, wrote: āToday, I came across the first Hadith among the supposed ā100 Hadithsā which the fabricators claim contradict the Qurāan. They assert that Muslims who believe in both the divine revelation of the Hadith and the Qurāan cannot respond to them! The Hadith in question is: āWhoever changes his religion, kill him.ā The person who presented this statement by the fabricators to me is someone named Issiyaku Abdulkadir.
āHere is what I wrote in response to the claims of these fabricators: First, I thank you for starting to bring me what this compound ignoramus refers to as ā100 Hadiths that contradict the verses of the Qurāan.ā This will, God willing, give me the opportunity to expose his ignorance to the worldā, Jalingoās statement partly read.
He continued by reinforcing the divine origin of Hadith, equating it with the Qurāan: āSecond: It should be made clear to everyone that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) never said: āThe role of Hadith is to interpret the Qurāan.ā However, the Prophet said: āIndeed, I was given the Qurāan and something like it alongside it.ā What is true is that the Qurāan is a revelation from Allah, and so is the Hadith a revelation from Allah. Often, the Qurāan addresses a matter in a summarised or brief way, and then the revelation of Hadith comes to elaborate on that matter.ā
In what is sure to spark fierce debates among scholars and human rights advocates, Jalingo defended the Hadith calling for the execution of apostates, citing Qurāanic verses in support: āThird: The Hadith you citedāāWhoever changes his religion, kill himāāis authentic and does not contradict the Qurāanic revelation. This is because Allah says in Surah At-Tawbah, verse 5: āThen, when the sacred months have passed, kill the polytheists wherever you find them.ā
He supported his claims with another Quranic citation in Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 193, saying, āFight them until there is no more fitnah (disbelief and oppression) and religion is for Allah alone.ā Meaning: fight them until they accept Islam.
And in Surah An-Nisaā, verse 89: āKill them wherever you find them.ā And again in Surah An-Nisaā, verse 91: āKill them wherever you confront them.’ā
He further declared that the widely quoted verse advocating freedom of religion had been abrogated: āYou see, unless someone is completely ignorant like the fabricators, no one would claim that the Hadith which says āWhoever changes his religion, kill himā contradicts the Qurāanābecause the Qurāan itself goes even further. It does not only permit the killing of apostates, but all polytheists in certain contexts.
āFourth: You should also know that the verse āThere is no compulsion in religionā (La ikrah fi ad-deen) has had its ruling abrogated (naskh) by the verses weāve just quoted, as well as by the very Hadith you brought: āWhoever changes his religion, kill him.ā And abrogation is a well-established concept within the revelation of the Glorious Qurāan.ā
In a final explosive comment, Jalingo launched a personal attack on his critics, stating, āThis is a brief response to the compounded ignorance of this individualāwhose approach and manner resemble that of prostitutes and effeminate menāi.e., the so-called fabricators.ā
The clericās post has since gone viral across social media, drawing both support and backlash.
While some hardline followers praised him for defending Islam, other Muslim voices have condemned the remarks as dangerous and inflammatory.
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