(1) In al-Furu‘ (6/287) it is stated: Ibn Abi Musa reports that whoever reviles the Messenger is to be executed even if he subsequently accepts Islam; this is the sole opinion cited in al-Mustaw‘ib, and Ibn al-Banna also mentions it in al-Khisal. Shaykh Taqi al-Din Ibn Taymiyya says in al-Ikhtiyarat (p. 320): “This is the correct view within the Hanbali madhhab.” I add: The author affirms this ruling here without qualification, and, in the “Chapter on the Apostate’s Repentance” (p. 324), he likewise states: “In this world, outwardly, the repentance of a zindiq (a hypocrite who professes Islam while concealing unbelief) is not accepted, nor that of someone who repeatedly apostatizes, nor of anyone who curses Allah or His Messenger….”