<P> The Battle of Siffin ( Arabic : وقعة صفين ‎ ; May -- July 657 occurred during the First Fitna , or first Muslim civil war , with the main engagement taking place from July 26 to July 28 . It was fought between Ali ibn Abi Talib who ruled as the Fourth Caliph and Muawiyah I , on the banks of the Euphrates river , in what is now Raqqa , Syria . </P>
<P> The Battle of Siffin ( Arabic : وقعة صفين ‎ ; May -- July 657 occurred during the First Fitna , or first Muslim civil war , with the main engagement taking place from July 26 to July 28 . It was fought between Ali ibn Abi Talib who ruled as the Fourth Caliph and Muawiyah I , on the banks of the Euphrates river , in what is now Raqqa , Syria . </P>
where did the battle of siffin take place
where did the battle of siffin take place
on the banks of the Euphrates river , in what is now Raqqa , Syria
on the banks of the Euphrates river , in what is now Raqqa , Syria