Arbitration (Battle of Siffin): Difference between revisions

After the ceasefire for the sake of arbitration, another group of Imam 'Ali's (a) army chanted the slogan, "there is no verdict except for God", and thereby they expressed their will to continue the battle and considered arbitration to amount to infidelity, calling the Imam to [[tawba|repent]] to God. However, the Imam (a) appealed to the Quranic verse, "fulfill your indentures",<ref>Qur'an, 5:1.</ref> and thus he refused to violate his agreement with Mu'awiya. When Imam 'Ali (a) returned to [[Kufa]] and Mu'awiya returned to Syria, opponents of the arbitration left Imam 'Ali (a) and resided in the village, Harura', near Kufa.<ref>Naṣr b. Muzāḥim, ''Waqʿat ṣiffīn'', p. 513-514; Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', vol. 5, p. 63, 72, 78.</ref> Thus, a group called [[Khawarij]] emerged.