Abdullah (b. Masud) reported: Allahs Messenger ﷺ stood up and said: By Him besides Whom there is no god but He, the blood of a Muslim who bears the testimony that there is no god but Allah, and I am His Messenger, may be lawfully shed only in case of three persons: the one who abandons Islam, and deserts the community [Ahmad, one of the narrators, is doubtful whether the Holy Prophet ﷺ used the word lil-jamaah or al-jamaah), and the married adulterer, and life for life.