He was consumed with the desire to kill Ali, and was in quest of an opportunity to do so. By a coincidence, he met a Kharji woman, one Qattama, whose father and brothers had also been killed in Nehrwan, and she too had nursed an undying hatred of Ali.
Japokuwa baada ya kufariki Mtume Mtukufu (saw) kulitokea hitilafu juu ya nani anapaswa kuwa khalifa wake, lakini Waislamu hawakuhitilafiana juu ya ukweli kwamba khalifa na kiongozi wa baada ya Mtume anapaswa kuwa mtu bora zaidi.