From Yemen Ya`la ibn Munabbih who had been governor there during `Uthman's caliphate
and the former governor of Basrah, `Abdullah ibn `Amir ibn Kurayz also reached there, and
joining together began preparing their plans. Battle had been decided upon but discussion was
about the venue of confrontation. `A'ishah's opinion was to make Medina the venue of the
battle but some people opposed and held that it was difficult to deal with Medinites, and that
some other place should be chosen as the venue. At last after much discussion it was decided
to march towards Basrah as there was no dearth of men to support the cause.