the time of the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) and his caliphs, then returned to Islam, such as al-Ash‘ath ibn Qays, al-Aqra‘ ibn Hābis, and ‘Uyaynah ibn Hisn. Among the best of those apostates who returned to Islam was ‘Abd Allāh ibn Sa‘d ibn Abī Sarh, for he