Ka cika wannan jumla: Bayan kisan khalifa na uku Uthman a shekara ta 656 da 'yan tawayen lardin suka yi, khalifanci
ya fada cikin yakin basasa kamar yadda Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan, dangin Uthman da gwamnan Siriya, suka kalubalanci halattaccen sabon kalifa Ali. Yaƙin da ba a yanke shawara ba tsakanin su biyu a Siffin ya ƙare a yarjejeniyar sulhu a watan Yuli 657. Da yake tabbatar da cewa hukuncin mutum ba shi da inganci kamar yadda umarnin Allah ya bayyana a fili cewa dole ne a yi yaƙi da 'yan tawaye (a wannan yanayin Mu'awiya) kuma a shawo kansu, wasu daga cikin sojojin Ali sun bar rundunar. An kira su Kharijites bayan wannan rabuwa. Daga baya sun yi yaƙi da Ali a cikin Yaƙin Nahrawan a watan Yuli 658 kuma Khalifan ya murƙushe su. Bayan kisan Ali a shekara ta 661 da wani Kharijite, Mu'awiya ya zama mai mulki, ya kafa Khalifancin Umayyad. A lokacin mulkinsa, Kharijites sun bunƙasa a kudancin birnin Iraqi na Basra. Gwamnan Iraqi Ziyad ibn Abih da kuma daga baya Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad sun danne shi sosai, Kharijites sun gudu zuwa Arabiya a kusa da 680.