Re-reading the Narrations of Ibn Muljam's Farjam

After the assassination of Ali ibn Abi Talib by Abd al-Rahman ibn Muljam al-Moradi, the murderer was arrested. According to famous historical sources and Hadith, Imam Ali gave orders as to how Inb Muljam should be treated. Famous historians have reported hard and violent dealings of Imam Ali’s family with the killer. On the one hand these reports come from authentic and first-hand sources of Islamic history and on the other, they are in contrast with Islam’s and Imam Ali’s recommendations regarding the proper conduct toward ibn Muljam. The question is what happened to ibn Muljam and how the accounts of the historians should be analyzed. Thus, the purpose of this research is to discover a historical truth. It seems that the distortion of historical accounts and concealing some facts have led to the ambiguity and confusion of the accounts on the fate of ibn Muljam.