Ask a Shia

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:bismillah:


I promised i wouldnt get offended. Indeed there is no use for derogatory language like Rafidha, disfiguring faces. Nevertheless Brother Abdulwalee brought many points which I may address.

Which sect of the Shi'a are you from?

I belong to the Ithna Ashari which is the overwhelming majority of Shia found in Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Pak-Indo subcontinent, Persian and Arab Gulf and Some african countries like Nigeria.

Tuqya(Lying) is from the manhaj of the shi'a.

Taqiyyah or disimulation means concealing one's religion or faith due to fear, but in one's heart, the person must believe in the religion s/he is concealing. It is a necessary religious protection granted by Shariah to safeguard life, property and belief.


Consider the Following verses.


<b>3:28 Let not the believers Take for friends or helpers Unbelievers rather than believers: if any do that, in nothing will there be help from Allah. except by way of precaution, that ye may Guard yourselves from them. But Allah cautions you (To remember) Himself; for the final goal is to Allah.</b>


<b>16:106 Any one who, after accepting faith in Allah, utters Unbelief,- except under compulsion, his heart remaining firm in Faith - but such as open their breast to Unbelief, on them is Wrath from Allah, and theirs will be a dreadful Penalty.</b>


It should be clear that in certain circumstances Concealment or dissimulation may be required as way of precaution of compulsion. This in a nutshell is Taqiyyah. Here is an example from history.


<i>Narrated Ikrima bin Khalid: </i>


Ibn 'Umar said, "I went to Hafsa while water was dribbling from her twined braids. I said, 'The condition of the people is as you see, and no authority has been given to me.' Hafsa said, (to me), 'Go to them, and as they (i.e. the people) are waiting for you, and I am afraid your absence from them will produce division amongst them.' " So Hafsa did not leave Ibn 'Umar till we went to them. When the people differed. Muawiya addressed the people saying, "'If anybody wants to say anything in this matter of the Caliphate, he should show up and not conceal himself, for we are more rightful to be a Caliph than he and his father." On that, Habib bin Masalama said (to Ibn 'Umar), "Why don't you reply to him (i.e. Muawiya)?" 'Abdullah bin 'Umar said, "I untied my garment that was going round my back and legs while I was sitting and was about to say, 'He who fought against you and against your father for the sake of Islam, is more rightful to be a Caliph,' but I was afraid that my statement might produce differences amongst the people and cause bloodshed, and my statement might be interpreted not as I intended. (So I kept quiet) remembering what Allah has prepared in the Gardens of Paradise (for those who are patient and prefer the Hereafter to this worldly life)." Habib said, "You did what kept you safe and secure (i.e. you were wise in doing so)."


Sahih Bukhari Volume 5, Book 59, Number 434 cited in http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/h...ri/059.sbt.html.