Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Apo Uthman akakomberedzwa kumba kwake muMedina nevapanduki, Mu'awiyah akatumira Habib nemauto eSyria zviuru zvina kuti vamununure, asi vatungamiriri vake vakanga vasvika kuWadi al-Qura kuchamhembe kweHejaz apo nhau dzekupondwa kwaUthman dzakasvika kwaari. Munyori wenhau dzakaitika Wilferd Madelung zvisinei anoona nhau dzokukumbira betsero kwaUthman mukurwisana navaMuslim biyake sechinhu chakaitwa gare gare. Muhondo yevagari vemo
pashure pokuputika ikoko, akaramba akavimbika kuna Mu'awiyah. Munguva yekunyarara uye nhaurirano dzakatevera kurwisana kwekutanga pakati pevatsigiri vaMu'awiyah neavo vemunin'ina waMuhammad uye mukuwasha Ali ibn Abi Talib, Habib, pamwe naShurahbil ibn al-Simt al-Kindi naMa'n ibn Yazid ibn al-Akhnas al-Sulami, vakatumwa senhume kuna Ali. Habib aida kuti Ali ape vapondi vaUthman, pamwe nekumukumbira kuti asiye chigaro chechiKhalifa uye kuendesa nyaya yekutsiva kudare ("shura"), mazwi akarambwa naAli achizvidza.