The preachers, and if he appointed one of his followers for a suicidal mission, he would say to him: "Go to so-and-so and kill him, and my angels will carry your soul to the Garden of Bliss, and if you die in the attempt, my angels will send for you and take you to the Garden of Eternity." This incident terrified the souls of the great and frightened them of him. These Assassins once wanted to kill Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi because he was one of the great Sunni leaders and because he had destroyed the Fatimid state in Egypt. This was because the leader of Aleppo sent these Assassins to kill Salah al-Din when he first besieged it. This leader was called Rashid al-Din and was known as the Old Man of the Mountain. However, Salah al-Din miraculously escaped this assassin.

This sedition continued to terrorize the country by killing great men, achieving this through precise and secret conspiracies and organizing their affairs with great precision until their influence grew and their destruction increased. However, they had a commendable stance, which was their fighting the Crusaders and instilling terror in their hearts. Finally, Hulagu the Mongol persuaded them, and he seized the Castle of Alamut in the year 1256 AD. Then came Baybars, who finally destroyed them in the year 1272 AD. Since then, their ranks have dispersed in Syria, Persia, Oman, and Zanzibar.