(1) باب الْحُكْمِ فِيمَنِ ارْتَدَّ
Abu Burdah said:
A man who turned back from Islam was brought to Abu Musa. He invited him to repent for twenty days or about so. Muadh then came and invited him (to embrace Islam) but he refused. So he was beheaded. (DE)
Reference (DE): Sunan Abi Dawud 4356 (DE)
In-book reference (DE): Book 40, Hadith 6 (DE)
English translation (DE): Book 39, Hadith 4342 (DE)