Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - I uru a Sa'id ki te tiaki i te whare o Uthman i te wa i whakapaea ai e nga tutu o Ihipa i te 656. I te mutunga ka mate te caliph, ka whara a Sa'id i te whakaeke. I muri mai, i whakaritea ia kia uru atu ki a Aisha, Talha ibn Ubayd Allah me Zubayr ibn al-Awwam i roto i ta raatau whai i te utu mo te matenga o Uthman. Heoi, i whakakahore ia ki te whawhai ki a raatau ki te kaiwhaiwhai o Uthman, Caliph Ali () i te Pakanga o te Camel. Engari, i noho ia ki Meka. Ahakoa kaore i uru ki te pakanga me Ali
Ko Caliph Mu'awiya I (), he hoa whawhai nui o Ali, i whakatu i a Sa'id hei kawana o Medina i te 669. I whakakapia e ia a Marwan ibn al-Hakam tae noa ki te wa i whakatuhia ai a ia ki te pou i te tau 674.