They swear by Allah that they did not say it. But they certainly did utter the word of unfaith and renounced faith after their Islam.
Sunã rantsuwa da Allah, ba su faɗa ba, alhãli kuwa lalle ne, haƙĩƙa, sun faɗi kalmar kãfirci, kuma; sun kãfirta a bãyan musuluntarsu, kuma sun yi himma ga abin da ba su sãmu ba.