Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Apo Uthman akakombwa mumusha wake muMedina nevapanduki, Mu'awiyah akatumira Habib nemauto eSyria 4.000 kuti vamununure, asi boka rake rokutanga rakanga risati rasvika kuWadi al-Qura kuchamhembe kweHejaz apo mashoko okuurawa kwaUthman akasvika kwaari. Munyori wenhau dzakaitika Wilferd Madelung zvisinei anoona nhau dzokukumbira betsero kwaUthman mukurwisana navaMuslim biyake sechinhu chakaitwa gare gare. Mu
pashure pehondo yevagari vemo yakatanga, akaramba akavimbika kuna Mu'awiyah. Munguva yekunyarara uye nhaurirano dzakatevera kurwisana kwekutanga pakati pevatsigiri vaMu'awiyah neavo vemunin'ina waMuhammad uye mukuwasha Ali ibn Abi Talib, Habib, pamwe naShurahbil ibn al-Simt al-Kindi naMa'n ibn Yazid ibn al-Akhnas al-Sulami, vakatumwa senhume kuna Ali. Habib aida kuti Ali ape vapondi vaUthman, pamwe nekumukumbira kuti asiye chigaro chechiKhalifa uye kuendesa nyaya yekutsiva kudare ("shura"), mazwi akarambwa naAli achizvidza.