Note 466 — KAMAR AL-ZAMAN AND THE JEWELLER’S WIFE.[375] (continued 2)

This is taking the law into one’s own hands with a witness; yet amongst races who preserve the Pundonor in full and pristine force, e.g. the Afghans and the Persian Iliyát, the killing so far from being considered murder or even justifiable homicide would be highly commended by public opinion.