Death to anyone who reverts?

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here are couple of hadithes i found

"Allah's Apostle said, "The blood of a Muslim who confesses that none
has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that I am His Apostle,
cannot be shed except in three cases: In Qisas for murder, a married
person who commits illegal sexual intercourse and the one who reverts
from Islam (apostate) and leaves the Muslims." Sahih Bukhari

"Whoever changed his (Islamic) religion, then kill him" Sahih Bukhari

however the apostate should not be put straight to death, he should be asked to repent if he does not then you put him to death.

Ibn Qudaamah said:
The apostate should not be put to death until he has been asked to
repent three times. This is the view of the majority of scholars,
including ‘Umar, ‘Ali, ‘Ata’, al-Nakhaii, Maalik, al-Thawri, al-Awzaa’i,
Ishaaq and others. Because apostasy comes about because of doubt, and
cannot be dispelled in an instant. Time should be allowed for the person
to rethink the matter, and the best length of time is three days

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
Apostasy is of two types: ordinary apostasy and extreme apostasy, for which execution is prescribed. In both cases there is evidence that it is essential to execute the apostate, but the evidence indicating that the sentence of death may be waived if the person repents does not apply to both types of apostasy. Rather the evidence indicates that that is allowed only in the first case – i.e., ordinary apostasy – as will be clear to anyone who studies the evidence that speaks about accepting the repentance of the apostate. In the second type – i.e., extreme apostasy – the obligation to put the apostate to death still stands, and there is no text or scholarly consensus to indicate that the death sentence may be waived. The two cases are quite different and there is no comparison between them. It does not say in the Qur’aan or Sunnah, or according to scholarly consensus, that everyone who apostatizes in word or deed may be spared the death sentence if he repents after he is a captured and tried. Rather the Qur’aan and Sunnah, and scholarly consensus, differentiate between the different kinds of apostates.
 

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