وقد بايعه الحسن والحسين وقيس بن سعد بن عبادة؛ ثم خرج الحسن يريد المدينة؛ فوجه إليه معاوية وقد تجاوز في طريقه، يسأله أن يكون المتولّي لمحاربتهم
having been acknowledged as caliph by al-Hasan, al-Husayn, and Qays ibn Sa'd ibn 'Ubada. Al-Hasan then left for Medina. Mu'awiya sent word to him while he was on his way, asking him to take charge of fighting the Kharijites