Civil Actions of Amir al-Momenin Before the Battle of Seffain

One of the important historical issues is the study of the civilian actions of Amir al-Momenin before the battle of Seffain, because the explanation of this issue clarifies the character of Amir al- Momenin in terms of being belligerent. This article has been collected by researching the books of historians and historical analysts and by refining and recovering these contents. At the beginning of the article, we mentioned that Amir al- Momenin went to Kufa to pursue the issue of Syria after ending the intrigue of Jamal participants. In his first action, Ali (A.S) sent Qeys, who had a generous and powerful personality, to Egypt, which had a sensitive strategic military position. Because of the sensitivity of Egypt, Amir Almomenin ordered him not to be merciful with the opponents and to go to Egypt with a great army. But Qeys did not go to Egypt with a great army in order for sympathy for the Imam, and when he arrived in Egypt, he did not deal with the opponents and behaved politically. Because of this action and also because of his writings to Mu’awiya, Imam Ali dismissed him. In the second action, Imam sent Abdullah Bajli to Egypt as a mediator. Mu’awiya planned and attracted Sharhbil to himself  who had conflicted Jarir before, and sent him to confront with Jarir, which led Jarir not to fulfill his mediation role. In his third act, Imam started a pre-war propaganda and replied Mu’awiyah’s letters, which with impolite words had accused Imam of jealousy. Of course, this propaganda war was not limited to these letters, but other events, such as sending the reciters of Qur’an by Mu’awiyah, also took place in this regard. What is evident from this is that Imam did everything to prevent the war.