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The '''Battle of Șiffīn''' (Arabic: معركة صفين) was a battle between [[Imam Ali (a)]] and [[Mu'awiya b. Abi Sufyan]] occurred in the [[Safar]] month of [[37]]/May 657 in an area called [[Siffin]]. Mu'awiya and his army later came to be called "[[Qasitun]]" (the cruel). When the army of Mu'awiya was about to be defeated, they put volumes of the [[Qur'an]] on their spears and discouraged some people in Imam Ali (a)'s army from the battle. Eventually, some arbiters were elected in order to judge between the two parties, and the battle ended with no result. | The '''Battle of Șiffīn''' (Arabic: معركة صفين) was a battle between [[Imam Ali (a)]] and [[Mu'awiya b. Abi Sufyan]] occurred in the [[Safar]] month of [[37]]/May 657 in an area called [[Siffin]]. Mu'awiya and his army later came to be called "[[Qasitun]]" (the cruel). When the army of Mu'awiya was about to be defeated, they put volumes of the [[Qur'an]] on their spears and discouraged some people in Imam Ali (a)'s army from the battle. Eventually, some arbiters were elected in order to judge between the two parties, and the battle ended with no result. | ||
==The cause of the battle== | ==The cause of the battle== | ||
{{Timeline of Imam 'Ali's (a) life}} | |||
Origins of the Battle of Siffin go back to when [[Imam Ali (a)]] undertook the position of [[caliphate]], since he wanted to dismiss [[Mu'awiya b. Abi Sufyan]] from the rule of [[Sham]] and appoint [['Abd Allah b. 'Abbas]] in his place. Imam Ali (a) wrote a letter to Mu'awiya, asking him to go to [[Medina]] together with the noblemen of Sham. He wrote to Mu'awiya that people murdered [['Uthman b. 'Affan]] without consulting him, but they elected him as the [[Caliph]] on the basis of consensus and consultation. In one of his letters to Mu'awiyya, Imam Ali (a) wrote: | Origins of the Battle of Siffin go back to when [[Imam Ali (a)]] undertook the position of [[caliphate]], since he wanted to dismiss [[Mu'awiya b. Abi Sufyan]] from the rule of [[Sham]] and appoint [['Abd Allah b. 'Abbas]] in his place. Imam Ali (a) wrote a letter to Mu'awiya, asking him to go to [[Medina]] together with the noblemen of Sham. He wrote to Mu'awiya that people murdered [['Uthman b. 'Affan]] without consulting him, but they elected him as the [[Caliph]] on the basis of consensus and consultation. In one of his letters to Mu'awiyya, Imam Ali (a) wrote: | ||