Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Mutongi wechiIslam wechitatu ainzi Uthman akatsamwisa vaMuslim vaigara munyika dzaakanga akunda nemhaka yemitemo yake yainetsa, yaionekwa nevakawanda sekuti yaipesana nemitemo yehurumende uye kuti yaipindira munyaya dzematunhu. Muna 656 akaurayiwa nevapanduki vemudunhu muMedina, ipapo guta guru reCaliphate, mushure meizvozvo Ali, hama uye mukwasha waMuhammad, akazivikanwa sa caliph nevanhu veMedina nevapanduki. Mumhedzisiro
Hondo yokutanga yeIslam yevagari vemo (656<unk>661), Mu'awiya akapikisa Ali kubva kunhare yake muSyria, achimurwisa kusvika pakurohwa muhondo yeSiffin muna 657. Muna Ndira 661 Ali akaurayiwa neKharijite (boka raipesana naAli naMu'awiya), mushure mezvo mwanakomana wake Hasan akazivikanwa semutsivi wake. MunaAugust, Mu'awiya, uyo akanga atozivikanwa semukadzi wechiKaliph nevatsigiri vake muSyria, akatungamirira uto rake kuenda kuKufa, guta guru raHasan naAli muIraq, uye akawana simba pamusoro pevamwe vose veCaliphate nokuwana chibvumirano chorugare naHasan. Mashoko echibvumirano chacho aiti Mu'awiya aisazodoma mutsivi. Kunyange zvazvo chibvumirano chacho chakaunza rugare rwechinguvana, hapana gadziriro yokutsiva yakagadzwa.