Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Mutongi wechitatu Uthman akatsamwisa vaMuslim vaigara munyika dzaakanga akunda pamusana pemitemo yake yainetsa, yaionekwa nevakawanda seyokuda hama uye kupindira 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. Muhondo yevagari vemo yokutanga yechiIslam yakatevera
(656<unk>661), Mu'awiya akapikisa Ali kubva kunhare yake muSyria, achimurwisa kusvika pakurwisana paHondo 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.