Bacha Bazi

[Rayaan]

In the Hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Muhammad is commanded that those who leave Islam be killed.

I have recently learned that the hadiths on killing someone just for leaving Islam was never established during the time of the Prophet Muhammad. Rather, the death penalty was only imposed by the Prophet when apostasy was combined with a treasonous act, meaning that an apostate would betray or violently rebel against the Muslim state, and thereby endangering the safety of the people.

However, the death penalty should not be applied to one's individual choice of religion because (1) it contradicts with the Quran, and any hadith which contradicts the Quran should be discarded, because the Quran is the ultimate source of Sharia, (2) there is no report that the Prophet ever ordered a death penalty on someone just for leaving Islam, and (3) the majority of scholars agree that the ruling on apostasy should applied if there are treasonous acts involved, which is, when the apostates try to cause harm or damage to the citizens of the state.

Mustafa Akyol, a Turkish Muslim writer, said:

"In the early Muslim state, apostasy became regarded as a crime because it was seen as a rebellion against the state. In other words, the real consideration was political and, by time, this turned into a religious rule as well. This is, of course, a deviation we Muslims should rid ourselves today."

Also The following Quran verses approve of sexually desiring handsome young men. Which are the following; 52:24, 56:17 and 76:19.

If you read the preceding verses in each of the verses that you mentioned, you'll know that the Quran is only talking about the young male servants in Paradise, not on Earth.

56:17 - Round about them will (serve) youths of perpetual (freshness).
52:24 - Round about them will serve, (devoted) to them, young male servants (handsome) as pearls well-guarded.
76:19 - And round about them will (serve) youths of perpetual (freshness): If you see them, you would think them to be scattered pearls.