Our opponents cite the case of a woman apostate, Umm Qarfah, who was put to death under the authority of Hazrat Abu Bakr. In her case also, it was not a simple case of apostacy. It is recorded in Masboot, Vol. X, p110: Umm Qarfah had as many as thirty sons, whom she constantly exhorted to fight the Muslims. Thus she paid the penalty of treason against the state and was not punished on account of her apostacy.