At a glance
- Era
- The Rashidun Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Civil wars and revoltsReconciliation and unity efforts
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موجز
بعد وقعة الجمل كتب علي إلى معاوية يدعوه إلى الدخول في البيعة، فرد معاوية بأنه لا يبايع حتى تُسلَّم إليه قتلة عثمان 2.
رسالة علي
رد معاوية
قراءة المؤلف
ما لم يُحسم
النصوص هنا كما يوردها العقاد، ولم تُقابل بمصدر سني محدد بعد. وقد زحف علي بعدها إلى صفين 3.
Opinions on the question
The question: Did the Medinan pledge bind the people of Syria?
First opinion · Sunni tradition (the museum's frame)Main reference
Not yet set out from a named Sunni source
More opinions (1)
Other viewOther opinion
Al-Aqqad: two parties who did not share a point of reference
Connections
- Had participant
- Ali ibn Abi Talib· Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan
- Led to
- Battle of Siffin
People and things also explored
Ali declines to keep Muawiya in office· Qays ibn Sa'd's governorship of Egypt and Ali's letter to him· the truce between ʿAli and Muʿāwiya (40 AH)· Ali spares Amr ibn al-As after he was exposed· Muawiya's demand that the killers of Uthman be surrendered· Muslim ibn ʿUqba at Dūmat al-Jandal — the town that would give bayʿa to neither (39 AH)· Muwatta 2154· Ali moves the capital to Kufa
Sources
- The Genius of Imam Ali (Abqariyyat al-Imam Ali) , p.77
- The Genius of Imam Ali (Abqariyyat al-Imam Ali) , p.78
- The Genius of Imam Ali (Abqariyyat al-Imam Ali) , p.79
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Letters between Ali and Muawiya after the Camel”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/ali-letter-exchange-with-muawiya/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.