▁finally ▁agreed . ▁▁ ▁According ▁to ▁Ab u ▁M ek h na f ' s ▁narr ation ▁Tal h ah ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁prominent ▁companion ▁who ▁gave ▁his ▁p ledge ▁but ▁the ▁other ▁narr ations ▁claim ▁they ▁didn ' t ▁do ▁so ▁or ▁even ▁somebody ▁forced ▁them ▁to ▁do ▁so . ▁However ▁he ▁and ▁Al - Z ub ay r ▁later ▁claimed ▁they ▁did ▁so ▁rel uct antly , ▁but ▁Ali ▁refused ▁this ▁claim ▁and ▁said ▁that ▁they ▁did ▁so ▁volunt arily . ▁M ud el ong ▁believe ▁that ▁force ▁was ▁not ▁used ▁to ▁ur ge ▁people ▁to ▁give ▁their ▁p ledge ▁and ▁they ▁p led ged ▁in ▁public ▁in ▁the ▁mos que . ▁ ▁While ▁the ▁over wh el ming ▁majority ▁of ▁people ▁who ▁lived ▁in ▁Med ina ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁reb els ▁gave ▁their ▁p ledge , ▁some ▁major ▁figures ▁did ▁not . ▁Um ay y ads , ▁k ins ▁of ▁U th man , ▁escaped ▁to ▁Lev ant ▁or ▁remained ▁in ▁their ▁houses ▁and ▁later ▁refused ▁Ali ' s ▁legit im acy . ▁Sa ` ad ▁ibn ▁Ab i ▁Wa qq as ▁were ▁absent ▁and ▁Abd ul lah ▁ibn ▁U mar ▁ab st ained ▁from ▁offering ▁his ▁alleg iance ▁but ▁both ▁of ▁them ▁assured ▁Ali ▁that ▁they ▁wouldn ' t ▁do ▁anything ▁against ▁Ali . ▁▁ ▁Another ▁prominent ▁figure ▁who ▁was ▁in ▁Me cca ▁at ▁that ▁time ▁and ▁later ▁opposed ▁Ali , ▁was ▁A ' ish a , ▁Muhammad ' s ▁wid ow . ▁ ▁Re ign ▁as ▁C ali