Does a person who leaves Islam have no right to life?

Dear brother/sister, the inviolability of human life is a fundamental principle in Islam. As clearly stated in the Holy Quran in Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 32: 'Whoever kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption [done] in the land - it is as if he had slain mankind entirely.' The issue of leaving Islam (apostasy) has been addressed in fiqh (jurisprudence) books in the context of a person's religious choice and their relationship with social order. According to Imam Abu Hanifa, the founder of the Hanafi madhab, female apostates are under no circumstances executed; they are imprisoned and invited to return to Islam. Regarding male apostates, this ruling was related to political and military crimes such as rebellion against the social order of that time, high treason, and a state of war (disrupting social peace by stirring up fitnah) rather than individual disbelief. In Hanafi jurisprudence, a male apostate is given time to repent. If he does not repent, in the classical period, since this was considered equivalent to crimes such as high treason and collaboration with the enemy, penal sanctions could be applied by state authority. However, considering contemporary international law, international relations, and the modern state order, many Islamic scholars state that this matter was related to the political and sociological conditions of that era. In summary, it is never permissible in Islam to unjustly end the life of an innocent person. The punishment of a person who leaves Islam is a period-specific and legal application aimed at protecting social security and the political integrity of the Islamic society, rather than restricting individual freedom of belief. Allah knows best.