Hazrat Nafi’ narrates that Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) said: A slave-girl of Hazrat Hafsa practiced magic on her, and people found her performing magic, and she also confessed to it. Hazrat Hafsa ordered Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Zaid, so he killed her. When this news reached Hazrat Uthman, he did not like it and expressed his anger over it. So Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) came to him and informed him that indeed she had practiced magic on you, and people had also found her performing magic, and that sorceress had also confessed to it. Thus, it seems Hazrat Uthman disliked this because she was killed without his permission.

Hazrat Zaid Abu Al-Ma'la (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that a soldier of Hazrat Sinan bin Salamah told me that a sorceress was brought to Hazrat Sinan, so he ordered regarding her, and she was thrown into the sea.

Hazrat Bajalah says that I was the scribe of Hazrat Juz’ bin Mu’awiyah. Then a letter from Hazrat Umar bin Khattab came to us stating that you should kill every male and female magician, so we killed three magicians.

Hazrat Amr bin Shuaib narrates that Hazrat Saeed bin Musayyib said regarding a magician: When he confesses, he should be killed.

Hazrat Amr narrates that regarding the magician, it is reported from Hasan Basri that he said: He should be killed.

Hazrat Abdur Rahman narrates that when the news of the conquest of Tustar reached Hazrat Umar—Tustar is the name of a region in Basra—he asked those people: "Is there any other news from a distant place?" They said: "A Muslim man had joined the polytheists, so we captured him." He asked: "What did you do with him?" They said: "We killed him." He said: "Why did you not take him into a house and lock the door on him, and give him one chapati to eat each day, then ask him to repent three times? If he repented, then fine; otherwise, you could have killed him!" Then he said: "O Allah! I was not present, nor did I order it, nor was I pleased with it when the news reached me."

Hazrat Sha'bi narrates that Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The apostate will be asked to repent three times; if he returns to disbelief again, he should be killed.

Hazrat Sulaiman bin Musa states that Hazrat Usman said: The apostate will be asked to repent three times.

Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that repentance will be sought from the apostate three times; if he repents, he will be released, and if he refuses, he will be killed.

Hazrat Mughira narrates that Ibrahim said: The apostate will be asked to repent; if he repents, he will be released, and if he refuses, he will be killed.