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During the arbitration, Amr b. al-'As, the arbitrator from Mu'awiya's side, deceived Abu Musa into announcing that they had agreed on the removal of both Mu'awiya and Ali (a) from power. When Abu Musa announced so, Amr rose and announced that he also removed Ali (a) from power but made Mu'awiya the sole ruler of the Muslim community. The Imam's (a) companions objected to the arbitration, and some of them, who later formed the first [[Kharijites]], considered the acceptance of the arbitration an act of apostasy, left the Imam's army, and gathered in [[Harura]] instead of returning to Kufa. | During the arbitration, Amr b. al-'As, the arbitrator from Mu'awiya's side, deceived Abu Musa into announcing that they had agreed on the removal of both Mu'awiya and Ali (a) from power. When Abu Musa announced so, Amr rose and announced that he also removed Ali (a) from power but made Mu'awiya the sole ruler of the Muslim community. The Imam's (a) companions objected to the arbitration, and some of them, who later formed the first [[Kharijites]], considered the acceptance of the arbitration an act of apostasy, left the Imam's army, and gathered in [[Harura]] instead of returning to Kufa. | ||
The objections of the Kharijites continued for six months. Imam Ali (a) sent [['Abd Allah b. al-'Abbas]] and [[Sa'sa'a b. Sawhan]] to talk to them and convince them to end their protest—a request which the Kharijites refused. Afterwards, the Imam (a) asked them to choose twelve people for a dialogue with twelve representatives of the Imam (a). He also wrote a letter to the leaders of the Kharijites and asked them to return to the community, but 'Abd Allah b. Wahb, one of the Kharijite leaders, reminded the Imam (a) that he had committed an act of apostasy and must repent. The Imam (a) also called the Kharijites several more times through prominent figures such as [[Qays b. Sa'd b. 'Ubada]] and [[Abu Ayyub al-Ansari]] to return and granted them amnesty if they did so. However, when none of the solutions worked, Imam Ali (a) decided to confront them with an army of fourteen thousand men. The two armies met in an area called [[Nahrawan]]. Imam Ali (a) emphasized that his troops should not begin the battle. So the Kharijites started the battle and were soon defeated; all of them were either killed or wounded, whereas only less than ten soldiers from the Imam's (a) army were killed in the battle. The wounded (about 400 men) from the Kharijites were given to their families. Only ten Kharijites could flee the battleground, one of whom was [[Abd al-Rahman b. Muljam al-Muradi]], the assassinator of Imam Ali (a). Ibn Muljam attacked the Imam (a) on the eve of [[Ramadan 19]], [[40]]/[[January 26]], [[661 CE|661]] in the [[mosque of Kufa]] and wounded him with his poisoned sword. Two days later, on [[Ramadan | The objections of the Kharijites continued for six months. Imam Ali (a) sent [['Abd Allah b. al-'Abbas]] and [[Sa'sa'a b. Sawhan]] to talk to them and convince them to end their protest—a request which the Kharijites refused. Afterwards, the Imam (a) asked them to choose twelve people for a dialogue with twelve representatives of the Imam (a). He also wrote a letter to the leaders of the Kharijites and asked them to return to the community, but 'Abd Allah b. Wahb, one of the Kharijite leaders, reminded the Imam (a) that he had committed an act of apostasy and must repent. The Imam (a) also called the Kharijites several more times through prominent figures such as [[Qays b. Sa'd b. 'Ubada]] and [[Abu Ayyub al-Ansari]] to return and granted them amnesty if they did so. However, when none of the solutions worked, Imam Ali (a) decided to confront them with an army of fourteen thousand men. The two armies met in an area called [[Nahrawan]]. Imam Ali (a) emphasized that his troops should not begin the battle. So the Kharijites started the battle and were soon defeated; all of them were either killed or wounded, whereas only less than ten soldiers from the Imam's (a) army were killed in the battle. The wounded (about 400 men) from the Kharijites were given to their families. Only ten Kharijites could flee the battleground, one of whom was [[Abd al-Rahman b. Muljam al-Muradi]], the assassinator of Imam Ali (a). Ibn Muljam attacked the Imam (a) on the eve of [[Ramadan 19]], [[40]]/[[January 26]], [[661 CE|661]] in the [[mosque of Kufa]] and wounded him with his poisoned sword. Two days later, on [[Ramadan 21]]/[[January 28]], Imam Ali (a) was martyred at the age of 63{{enote|Lunar years}} and was secretly buried. | ||
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