Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Abu Bakr akasarudza Umar somutsivi wake ari pamubhedha worufu rwake. Umar, mutongi wechipiri, akaurayiwa nomuPersia ainzi Piruz Nahavandi. Mutsivi wake, Uthman, akasarudzwa nedare revanosarudza (majlis). Uthman akaurayiwa nenhengo dzeboka rakanga risingagutsikani. Ali ipapo akatora udzori asi haana kugamuchirwa chose chose sacaliph navabati veEgipita uye gare gare navamwe vavarindi vake amene. Akatarisana nokumukira kukuru kaviri uye akaurayiwa naAbd-al-Rahman ibn Muljam, Khawarij. Utongi hwaAli hwaiva nemhirizhonga hwakagara makore mashanu chete. Iyi nhambo inozivikanwa se
Fitna, kana kuti hondo yevagari vemo yokutanga yechiIslam. Vateveri vaAli gare gare vakava vaShia ("shiaat Ali", vatsigiri vaAli.) sangano duku reIslam uye vanoramba kuzivikanwa kwevatongi vatatu vokutanga. Vateveri vose vana vaRāshidun Caliphs (Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman naAli) vakava vazhinji veSunni.