ADNAN OKTAR: Hypocrites are in fact satan, and satan is in fact hypocrite. They are both the same. And sometimes satan dons a human disguise and gets into believer community. And it takes time before believers realize him. Satan basically lives among them and participate in all their activities, while believers remain oblivious to the fact that they are accompanied by satan. Then satan comes out of his disguise, revealing his true identity. He introduces his true self, that is, satan. This is quite vital in terms of trial. Once satan is caught, he should never be let go. Since he has manifested himself in human form, that is, a physical manifestation, he cannot disguise himself anymore. It means that you have him right in front of you, out in the open. From that moment forward, one needs to re-enforce their form of worship in line with the Qur'an. One should not avoid satan and let him go behind a faulty reasoning of "Let the sleeping dog lies", or "dogs bark but the caravan goes on." Doing so is contrary to the principle of worship. If God has dropped satan on your lap, it means that the time has come for fulfilling your religious duty. That duty should be carried out in the most perfect manner. And the way to carry it out is through the Qur'an, through law, wisdom and knowledge. Satan is indeed a shrew, aggressive, vicious creature. But this vicious, aggressive, ferocious nature of satan makes it easier for believers to identify his true nature and keep him under control. His aggressive nature is an indication, an undeniable sign of the fact that he is satan and the revelations he receives should be followed closely. However, only the wisest among hypocrites can interpret these revelations. Satan ceaselessly sends revelations to hypocrites, and if the hypocrites also write about their anger then that is even more important. Every sentence of that writing is vital; because that shows at what points that grudge and hatred in satan against believers is, and whom satan targets. Satan usually targets the prophets or the leaders of the believers. This is the most pivotal issue as can be clearly seen from the verse of the Qur'an. Our Prophet (saas) was the foremost target of hypocrites, followed by his companions, Hazrat Ali (ra), Hazrat Osman (ra), Hazrat Omar (ra), all of whom were martyred. But hypocrites could not succeed in any of their schemes during the era of the Messenger of God (saas). Because the Messenger of God (saas) essentially enthralled the hypocrites through the Qur'an and made use of them. He made use of 300 hypocrites and they worked day and night in the service of our Prophet (saas). They brought our Prophet (saas) countless things including concubines, money, goods, croplands, livestock, hundreds of caravans of camels; they kept our Prophet's house and its surrounding areas clean. Our Prophet (saas) had them keep the stables clean and clean up after camels. It was hypocrites’ duty to keep all the stables, horses, mules, camels clean. In fact, this is what pained hypocrites the most. They would say; "The Prophet is leading a heavenly life with his wives while we are cleaning up stables after mules and horses." Our Prophet (saas) would of course treat them with utmost politeness. It continued this way until the day hypocrites ran out of patience. After then, they started to viciously attack the companions, complaining and accusing them about their wives, about the way they lived, and at many points fromtheir clothes to their eating habits. From that point forward, the Prophet (saas) parted ways with the hypocrites and led a more peaceful and comfortable life by following a more studious policy against hypocrites. However, now that they were no longer the focus of attention, or more importantly, now that satan was no longer the focus of attention, he was let loose and since he was no longer kept under check, the hypocrites went on a rampage. They martyred Hazrat Osman (ra), they martyred Hazrat Ali (ra), and Hazrat Omar (ra). While they were readily under control, it would be better to keep them that way and use them. But they did a mistake; dear, precious Hazrat Osman (ra) made a grave mistake. Hypocrites laid in ambush on the roof his house, yet he said, "I do not wish any harm to come to Muslims." However, they were not Muslims; they were satan in human forms. They were not Muslims at all. They told Hazrat Osman (ra), "Either step down from your position as the Caliph, or we will kill you." What they did was to cause dissension. Dissension is worse than killing. The sentence of doing so is quite severe in Islam. After that, it became much worse. Hazrat Osman (ra) did not intervene with the hypocrites in any way. What course should Muslims follow when they have capture satan? They should confront him through law, legislation, and wisdom. Hazrat Ali (ra) did the same mistake and left hypocrites to their own devices. H