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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 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

حدثنا ابو النعمان، محمد بن الفضل حدثنا حماد بن زيد، عن ايوب، عن عكرمة، قال اتي علي رضى الله عنه بزنادقة فاحرقهم فبلغ ذلك ابن عباس فقال لو كنت انا لم احرقهم لنهى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ولقتلتهم لقول رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " من بدل دينه فاقتلوه