Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekufa kwaUthman, Ali, hama uye mukwasha waMuhammad, akava muKalifa uye akatamisa guta guru kubva kuMedina kuenda kuKufa, uko Mukhtar akabata imwe hofisi diki pasi pake, uye babamunini vaMukhtar vakava gavhuna wepedyo al-Mada'in. Shamwari shomanene dzaMuhammad, kubatanidza Mu'awiya, gavhuna weSiria, vakaramba kuziva chiremera chaAli, uye hondo
akapukunyuka. Hondo yeSiffin yakapera pakamira (Chikunguru 657), apo mauto aAli akaramba kurwa achipindura kudanwa kwaMu'awiya kwekugadzirisa nyaya. Ali akabvuma kutaura asi boka revarwi vake, rakazonzi vaKharijites, rakatsauka richipikisa, richiti kubvuma kwaAli kutongwa kwenyaya iyi kwaiva kusvibisa zita raMwari. Arbitration haina kukwanisa kugadzirisa gakava pakati paMu'awiya naAli uye wekupedzisira akazourayiwa naKharijite muna Ndira 661.