Even if it is proven that ‘Ali (‘a) permitted the killing of...

Even if it is proven that ‘Ali (‘a) permitted the killing of a number of men for having killed only one single person, the execution of all those who participated in killing ‘Uthman is not valid except after proving them guilty, and after the offspring of the murdered person present themselves at his court to demand retribution for their father's murder, and if the killing does not lead to as much chaos and disorder as that which followed ‘Uthman's murder, or even more so.

Postponing effecting retribution to its right time is better for the nation, and it avoids any worsening of the situation.[^9] Abu ‘Abdullah, Muhammad Ibn ‘Abdullah, better known as Al-Hakim al-Naishapuri (d.

405 A.H/1015 A.D.), has said, “The narratives relevant to the Commander of the Faithful (‘a) receiving the oath of allegiance are all authentic according to the general consensus, and it is in reference to them that Khuzaymah Ibn Thabit delivered these poetic lines as he stood before the pulpit: If fealty to ‘Ali we swear, Hasan's father suffices us Against the dissensions we fear: The best of people we found him to be, The most knowledgeable among the Quraish Of the Book and the Sunnah…