Siddiqi said the first secular cleric was Satan himself.
The interim Friday prayer leader of Tehran, referring to the fact that the first secular cleric was Satan himself who stood against the Islamic government, added that the government of the Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist is the greatest blessing, and the best leader is one who leads in asceticism, piety, and detachment. In the story of Prophet Abraham, God also poured clean water over the hands of secularists.