How the Holy Prophet (saww) and Amir al-Mu mineen(a.s) Confronted the Hypocrites; Comparison and Analysis

Muslim community, from the time Islam appeared up to now, has always been suffering from hypocrisy (nifaq). Rasoul Allah (saww) and Amir al-Mu’mineen (a.s) whose mission was to lead the Muslim Ummah during two different periods of time, sought a confrontation with the hypocrites and tried hard to reveal what they did and neutralized them. An issue which is not paid enough attention to is that if there is a difference between the way Rasoul Allah (saww) and Amir al-Mu’mineen (a.s) confronted the hypocrites. This paper, comparing and studying these two confrontations, is to show that the intensity level used by Amir al-Mu’mineen (a.s), forced by circumstances, in an confrontation with the hypocrites had been more than that used by Rasoul Allah (saww) in his time.