Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kusagutsikana nemitemo yaOthman yokuremekedza hama dzomunhu uye kutorerwa kwaiitwa nyika dzaimbova dzamambo weSasanian muIraq kwakaita kuti vaKuraysh uye vanhu vakasarudzwa veKufa neEgypt varwise mutongi wacho. Pakuvamba muna 656, vapanduki vaibva kuEgipita neKufa vakapinda muMedina kuti vamanikidzire Uthman kuchinja mitemo yake. Marwan akakurudzira kuti vapindurwe nechisimba. Panzvimbo pezvo, Uthman akaita chibvumirano nevaIjipiti, boka guru uye raiva noushingi kupfuura mamwe ose pakati pevapanduki. Pavakadzokera kuIjipiti, vapanduki vacho vakawana tsamba yaiva muzita raOthman yainyorerwa gavhuna weIjipiti, Ibn Abi Sarh, ichimurayira kuti aite chimwe chinhu pamusoro pevapanduki vacho. Vachipindura, vaEgipita vakadzokera kuMedina ndokukomba Uthman mumusha make muna June 656. Uthman akataura kuti akanga asingazivi nezveshoko racho, uye ringangodaro rakanyorwa naMarwan pasina ruzivo rwaUthman. Pasinei nemirairo yakasiyana, Marwan akashingaira kudzivirira imba yaUthman uye akakuvadzwa zvakaipisisa mumutsipa paakadenha vapanduki vakaungana pamusuwo wayo. Maererano netsika, akaponeswa nekupindira kwemuchengeti wake, Fatima bint Aws, uye akaendeswa kunzvimbo yakachengeteka yeimba yake ne "mawla" wake (akasunungurwa kana mutengi), Abu Hafs al-Yamani. Nokukurumidza pashure pacho, Uthman akaurawa navapanduki, uko kwakava chimwe chezvinhu zvikuru zvinoparira ku
Hondo Yenyika Yokutanga yevaMuslim. Kudanidzira kwokuti atsive rufu rwake, kwakatungamirirwa nevaUmayyad uye mumwe wevakadzi vaMuhammad A'isha, uyo akanga ambopopotera Uthman, akava kuridza mhere kwokupikisa mutsivi wake, Ali ibn Abi Talib, hama nomukwasha waMuhammad.