Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Markii Cuthmaan lagu hareereeyay gurigiisa Madiina, Mu'awiyah wuxuu u diray Xaabiib iyo 4,000 oo ciidamo Suuriyaan ah si ay u badbaadiyaan, laakiin horjoogayaashiisa ayaa kaliya gaadhay Wadi al-Qura ee waqooyiga Hejaz markii warka dilka Cuthmaan uu soo gaadhay. Taariikhyahan Wilferd Madelung ayaa si kastaba ha ahaatee u arkaa sheekooyinka Uthman ee ku saabsan caawimaadda uu ka codsaday muslimiinta walaalihiis ah in ay yihiin khiyaano dambe. Waxaa ku
Dagaalkii sokeeye ka dib, wuxuu ku adkeystay Mu'awiyah. Intii lagu guda jiray xabad joojinta iyo wadahadaladii ka dambeeyay iska horimaadyadii ugu horreeyay ee u dhexeeyay taageerayaasha Mu'awiyah iyo kuwa adeerka Muxamed iyo soddogga Ali ibn Abi Talib, Xabiib, oo ay weheliyaan Shurahbil ibn al-Simt al-Kindi iyo Ma'n ibn Yazid ibn al-Akhnas al-Sulami, ayaa loo diray sidii ergo u ah Ali. Xabiib wuxuu Ali ka dalbaday in la soo gacan geliyo kuwii dilay Cuthmaan, sidoo kale wuxuu ka codsaday inuu iska casilo xafiiska khaliijka oo uu u gudbiyo arrinta dhaxalka golaha ("shura"), shuruudaha uu Ali diiday ee quudinta.