Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan mutuwar Uthman, Ali, dan uwan da surukin Muhammad, ya zama khalifa kuma ya koma babban birnin daga Madina zuwa Kufa, inda Mukhtar ya rike wasu ƙananan mukamai a ƙarƙashinsa, kuma kawun Mukhtar ya zama gwamnan al-Mada'in da ke kusa. Wasu 'yan sahabban Muhammad, ciki har da Mu'awiya, gwamnan Siriya, sun ki amincewa da ikon Ali, kuma
Yaƙin ya ɓarke. Yaƙin Siffin ya ƙare a cikin rikici (Yuli 657), lokacin da sojojin Ali suka ƙi yin yaƙi don amsa kiran Mu'awiya na yin sulhu. Ali ya yarda da tattaunawar amma wani bangare na sojojinsa, wanda daga baya aka kira Kharijites, ya rabu don nuna rashin amincewa, yana la'antar amincewar Ali da sulhu a matsayin mai saɓo. Sasantawa ba zai iya warware takaddama tsakanin Mu'awiya da Ali ba kuma daga baya wani Kharijite ya kashe Ali a watan Janairun 661.