وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا النَّفْسَ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَمَن قُتِلَ مَظْلُومًا فَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا لِوَلِيِّهِ سُلْطَانًا فَلَا يُسْرِف فِّي الْقَتْلِ إِنَّهُ كَانَ مَنصُورًا
Do not kill a soul [whose life] Allah has made inviolable, except with due cause, and whoever is killed wrongfully, We have certainly given his heir an authority. But let him not commit any excess in killing [the murderer], for he has been assisted [by law].
Agha Ali Puya Commentary
Commentary on Quran 17:33
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 17:33] Refer to the commentary of al Baqarah: 178 and 179. When Abd al Rahman ibn Muljim, the assassin of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib, was arrested and brought before him, he directed the people not to molest him in any way and said that he would himself decide his case if he lived, otherwise, as he hit him only once with the sword he should also be hit by a sword only once. The Quran says that the murderer of even an ordinary person cannot be let off, because Allah has made life sacred, therefore the murderers (of eleven Imams and Bibi Fatimah) who were never put to trial for their unpardonable and heinous crimes, shall be dealt with by the living Imam Al Mahdi Al Qa-im under the authority given to him by Allah. Bibi Fatimah was killed by the door of her house when, kicked from outside with full force, it fell on her. It also killed the child (Muhsin) she was carrying in her womb. Imam Ali, Bibi Zaynab and Imam Ali bin Husayn were assassinated. Imam Husayn along with his 72 friends, relatives and children were killed in Karbala. Imam Muhammad bin Ali. Imam Jafar bin Muhammad, Imam Musa bin Jafar, Imam Ali bin Musa, Imam Muhammad bin Ali, lam Ali bin Muhammad and Imam Hasan bin Ali were killed by poisoning.