Aftermath of the Battle of Nahrawan

surrender the murderers of Abdullah and other martyrs. They replied that they considered it licit to kill them as well as Ali and his fellows. Furthermore, they claimed that they all were the murderers. Ali sent Abu Ayyub Ansari to negotiate with them, however they refused to accept peace. Before ordering his soldiers to attack the kharijites, Ali declared that he would welcome and provide amnesty to everyone who would secede the kharijites and join him. After this announcement a large number of people detached from the kharijites. Farwah ibn Nawfal parted from kharijites with his group of five hundred people. A large number of people joined Ali while some went to Kufa.

The strength of kharijites reduced to half. Two thousand kharijites were ready to combat against the army of Ali. When the battle started, kharijites fought vigorously. There body parts were being severed, yet they were fiercely fighting. One of the kharijites, Shurayh ibn Abi‟s foot was cut, yet he continued to fight. The troops of Ali also fought valiantly and ultimately defeated the kharijites. Those stubborn people were killed one after another.

 The kharijites were crushed and their insurgency was buried temporarily.  Except a few, almost all the kharijites were killed in the battle while only seven soldiers of Ali were martyred.  The consequences of this battle were not so beneficial in the favour of Ali because after the battle when he ordered his army to advance towards Syria with him, they refused. In spite of their opposition, when Ali decided to march upon