فَٱصْدَعْ بِمَا تُؤْمَرُ وَأَعْرِضْ عَنِ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ
Fasda' bimaa tu'maru wa a'rid anil mushrikeen
Then declare what you are commanded and turn away from the polytheists.
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So proclaim O Muhammad (s) what you have been commanded to proclaim in other words declare it openly and carry it out and turn away from the idolaters — this was revealed before the command to struggle against the idolaters.
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Recite (the Surah) 'Say, O you disbelievers!' and then go to sleep at its end, for it is a declaration of freedom from polytheism.
Between man and polytheism and unbelief is the abandonment of salat.
Go out and announce in medina that prayer is not valid but the recitation of the Qur’an even though it might be fatihat al-kitab and something more.
Ibn ‘Abbas said that the Prophet (ﷺ) gave three instructions saying “Expel the polytheists from Arabia, reward deputations as I did”. Ibn ‘Abbas said “He either did not mention the third or I have been caused to forget it. Al Humaidi said on the authority of Sufyan that Sulaiman said “I do not know whether Sa’id mentioned the third and I forgot or he himself did not mention it.”
When a slave runs away and reverts to polytheism, he may lawfully be killed.
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