Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure porufu rwaUthman, Ali, hama nomukwasha waMuhammad, akava muKhalifa ndokutamisa dzimbahwe kubva kuMedina kuenda kuKufa, uko Mukhtar akabata basa duku pasi pake, uye babamunini vaMukhtar vakava gavhuna weAl-Mada'in yaiva pedyo. Shamwari shomanene dzaMuhammad, kubatanidza Mu'awiya, gavhuna weSiria, vakaramba kuziva chiremera chaAli, uye
hondo yakatanga. 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.