Imam Ali (AS) said in his will to his son after he had been struck by Ibn Muljim, ‘Know that Muawiya will oppose you just as he opposed me, and in conciliating and making peace with him, you will be following in the footsteps of your grandfather (AS) when he conciliated with the Bani Aamra and the Bani Ashjaa tribes … and if instead you wish to fight your enemy, know that you will not find any from among your followers willing to make peace alongside you, as your fathers followers did alongside him.