فإنSo if قتلَهkilled him رجلٌa man قبلbefore عَرْضpresentation الإسلامof Islam عليهupon him كرِهdisliked ولاand no شيءَthing عليه.upon him.
If someone kills him before Islam is presented to him it is disliked and nothing is due upon [the killer].
فصل ومَن ارتدَّ عرِضَ عليه الإسلام، وكشِفَت شبهته وحبس ثلاثةَ أيّام استحباباً، وقيل: وجوباً، فإن لم يسلم قتِل.
Chapter: The apostate — presentation of Islam, detention, and rulings
والمرتدةAnd female apostate لاnot تقتل،executed, بلrather تحبسdetained حتىuntil تسلم.she submits.
The female apostate is not executed; rather she is detained until she submits.
وكذاAnd likewise الصبيchild المميز.discerning.
Likewise the discerning child.
ويزولAnd lapses ملكownership المرتدّof apostate عنfrom أموالهhis wealth زوالاًlapse موقوفاً،suspended, فإنso if أسلمَsubmitted عادreturns ملكه،his ownership, وإنand if ماتdied أوor قتلwas executed فكسبearning إسلامهhis Islam لورثته،for heirs وكسبand earning ردّتهhis apostasy فيءٌ.fayʾ.
The apostate’s ownership of wealth lapses in suspended fashion; if he returns to Islam ownership returns; if he dies or is executed what he earned as Muslim goes to heirs and earnings during apostasy are fayʾ.
ويَعتقAnd freed مدبروهhis mudabbars وأمهاتand mothers أَولاده،of his children, وتَحِلّand lawful الديونdebts التيthat عليه.upon him.
His promised freedmen (mudabbar) and mothers of his children are freed; debts owed by him become lawful [to collect].
والمرتدةAnd female apostate كسبهاher earnings لورثتها.for her heirs.
The female apostate’s earnings go to her heirs.
ولحاقهAnd his joining بدارland الحربof war معwith الحكمjudgement بهthereof كالموت.like death.
His reaching enemy territory together with judgement thereof is treated like death.
وتصرّفاتAnd acts المرتدof apostate أقسام:categories: نافذٌ:effective: كالطّلاقlike divorce والاستيلادand establishing lineage وقبولand accepting الهديةgift وإسقاطand waiving الشفعة.pre-emption.
The apostate’s acts fall into categories—effective: divorce, establishing lineage, accepting gifts, waiving pre-emption;
وباطل:And void: كالنّكاحlike marriage والذّبح.and slaughter.
void: marriage and slaughter;
وموقوف:And suspended: كالمفاوضة،like informal partnership, والبيع،and sale, والشراء،and purchase, والرّهن،and pledge, والإجارة،and lease, والهبة،and gift, والإعتاق،and manumission, والتّدبير.and tadbīr.
suspended: informal partnership, sale, purchase, pledge, lease, gift, immediate manumission, and tadbīr;
ولاAnd not تصحّvalid ردَّةapostasy مجنونinsane وصبيٍّand child وسكرانand intoxicated لاnot يعقلان.they discern.
Apostasy of an insane person, child, or two intoxicated persons without discernment is not valid.
ويصحّAnd valid إسلامIslam الصبيّchild المميز.discerning.
The discerning child’s Islam is valid.