Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Uthman paakaurayiwa, akasarudzwa kuti ave mutungamiriri wechina wevaMuslim. Caliphate yake yakabatana ne
hondo dzomukati menyika dzokutanga pakati pavaMuslim. Ali akatarisana nemasimba maviri akasiyana anopikisa: boka raitungamirirwa naAisha, Talhah, naZubayr muMecca, avo vaida kuunganidza dare kuti rione caliphate. Uye rimwe boka raitungamirirwa naMuawiyah muLevant iro rakanga richida kutsiva ropa raUthman. Mwedzi mina mushure mekubata kwake caliphate, Ali akakunda boka rekutanga muHondo yeCamel; asi pakupedzisira, Hondo yeSiffin neMuawiyah yakanga isingabatsiri muchiuto, uye yakatungamira mukutonga kwakaguma mune zvematongerwo enyika kurwisa Ali. Zvadaro, mugore ra38 AH, akarwa nemaKharijites - ayo aiona kubvuma kwaAli kutonga senhema, uye akamupandukira - muNahrawan ndokuvakunda. Ali akazourayiwa mumusikiti weKufa nebakatwa remumwe wevaKharijites, Ibn Muljam Moradi, uye akavigwa kunze kweguta reKufa. Gare gare nzvimbo yake tsvene neguta reNajaf zvakavakwa zvakapoteredza guva rake.