Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Abu Bakr akasarudza Umar somutsivi wake 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 seFitna
, kana kuti hondo yokutanga yevagari vemo 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.