[Machine] "When Uthman was killed and Ali was elected, Abu Musa delivered a sermon while he was in Kufa, advising people against fighting and getting involved in strife. Ali then removed him from Kufa and sent Ammar ibn Yasir and Hasan ibn Ali to him. They also removed him and appointed Qarzah ibn Kaab as the governor. He continued to serve as the governor until Ali arrived from Basra several months later. Ali then removed him from his position upon his arrival. When Ali marched towards Siffin, he appointed Uqbah ibn Amr Abu Mas'ud al-Ansari as his deputy, upon his arrival from Siffin."

Note: The sentence at the end seems to be a separate line unrelated to the rest of the text and is attributed to Hitham ibn Adi, and it is not clear for this sentence to be included in the translation.  

«لَمَّا قُتِلَ عُثْمَانُ وَبُويِعَ عَلِيٌّ خَطَبَ أَبُو مُوسَى وَهُوَ عَلَى الْكُوفَةِ فَنَهَى النَّاسَ عَنِ الْقِتَالِ وَالدُّخُولِ فِي الْفِتْنَةِ فَعَزَلَهُ عَلِيٌّ عَنِ الْكُوفَةِ مِنْ ذِي قَارٍ وَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ عَمَّارَ بْنَ يَاسِرٍ وَالْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ فَعَزَلَاهُ وَاسْتَعْمَلَ قَرَظَةَ بْنَ كَعْبٍ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ عَامِلًا حَتَّى قَدِمَ عَلِيٌّ مِنَ الْبَصْرَةِ بَعْدَ أَشْهُرٍ فَعَزَلَهُ حَيْثُ قَدِمَ فَلَمَّا سَارَ إِلَى صِفِّينَ اسْتَخْلَفَ عُقْبَةَ بْنَ عَمْرٍو أَبَا مَسْعُودٍ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ حَيْثُ قَدِمَ مِنْ صِفِّينَ» الهيثم بن عدي متروك