Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 642, Umar ya nada al-Mughira gwamnan Kufa, wani garin da ke zaune a Larabawa na Iraki. Shekaru biyu bayan haka, wani tsohon bawan al-Mughira, wanda aka fi sani da Abu Lu'lu'a, ya kashe Umar yayin da na biyun yake addu'a a Madina. Magajin Umar, Halifa Uthman (as), ya ci gaba da al-Mughira a matsayin gwamna har tsawon shekara guda har sai ya maye gurbinsa da Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas. Al-Mughira ya yi ritaya daga rayuwar jama'a kuma ya koma Ta'if lokacin da Halifa Ali () ya hau gadon sarauta bayan kisan gillar Uthman a shekara ta 656. Daga garinsa, ya lura da rikice-rikicen abubuwan da suka faru a yakin basasa na Musulmi na farko
tsakanin magoya bayan Ali, wanda ya sanya Kufa babban birninsa, da kuma mafi yawan Quraysh, wanda ya yi tsayayya da Khalifancin Ali. Lokacin da Ali da Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan, gwamnan Siriya wanda ya dauki alhakin ramuwar mutuwar danginsa Umayyad Uthman, suka yanke shawarar sasanta yakin Siffin ta hanyar sasantawa a shekara ta 657, al-Mughira, ba tare da gayyatar kowane bangare ba, ya halarci tattaunawar a Adhruh.