Cika jumla mai zuwa: Kafin
Yaƙin basasa na musulmi na farko (656 <unk> 661), Zufar ya zauna a Basra. A yakin Rakumi a watan Nuwamba na 656, ya yi yaƙi tare da sojojin A'isha, matar annabin musulunci Muhammad, a kan dan uwan Muhammad da surukin Khalifa Ali (), wanda ke jagorantar mutanen Banu Amir. Bayanai a cikin tarihin al-Tabari (d. 923) lura cewa a lokacin yaƙin, Zufar ita ce ta ƙarshe daga cikin jerin magoya bayan A'isha don riƙewa da jagorantar hancin raƙumi wanda ta zauna, tana kare ta daga sojojin adawa. Dukkanin dattawan Banu Amir da suka halarci an kashe su a yakin ban da Zufar. Ali ya ci A'isha, wanda ya yi ritaya zuwa Madina. Zufar ya koma Jazira (Babban Mesopotamiya).