One of them joined the material parties to him like the Umayyads, al-Mugheera bin Shu’ba and the likes, who began to sell their votes and to negotiate the different sides for high prices as it was clear from Abu Sufyan’s words about the caliphate come out from the saqeefa when he arrived at Medina, his talk with Ali and his urging him to revolt, his inclination to the caliph’s side, his giving up the opposition when the caliph granted him the wealth of the Muslims, which he had collected in his travel, and Etab bin Ossayd’s situation, whose secret we will uncover in this chapter.
Kama ambavyo waislamu kwa ujumla, pamoja na madhehe-bu yao na vikundi vyao tofauti tofauti wanaamini hivyo kwani Shia Imamiyya (Ithina asharia) na kiisaniyya na Ismailiyya, wao wana amini kuwepo kwa "Mahdi" na wanasema wazi kuwa hilo ni katika mambo ya lazima ya madhehebu yao. Nao masunni wameamini vivyo hivyo (kuwepo kwa Mahdi) kwa kushikamana na rai hiyo kupitia maimamu wa madhehebu zao na wapokezi wao wa hadithi na baadhi yao wakadai kuwa wao ni akina Mahdi kama ilivyotokea Morocco, Libya na Sudan. Na hivi ndivyo dini tatu za mbinguni (Uislamu,Ukristu na uyahudi) zinavyo kutana katika kuamini fikra hii ya Mahdi.