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34 – Al-Ḥusayn narrated to us; ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; Abū Khaythamah narrated to us; Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd narrated to us, from Sufyān, from ʿImrān ibn Ẓubyān, from Ḥakīm ibn Saʿd Abū Taḥyā, who said: ⦗43⦘ They said to ʿAli, “If we were to seize your killer, should we show kindness to his family?” He replied, “Bih, bih! That would be sheer injustice—life for life.”
٣٤- حدثنا الحسين نا عبد الله نا أبو خيثمة نا يحيى بن سعيد عن سفيان عن عمران بن ظبيان عن حكيم بن سعد أبي تحيا قال ⦗٤٣⦘ قالوا لعلي لو أخذنا قاتلك أبرنا عترته فقال به به ذاكم الظلم النفس بالنفس.