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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Faith of the Imamiyyah Shi'ah Part 4: Teachings of the Ahl Al-Bayt for Their Followers • Prelude • Supplication (Du`a’) • Supplications of al-Sahifah al-Sajjadiyyah • Pilgrimages to the Holy Shrines • The Meaning of Shi`ism According to the (`a) • Oppression and Injustice • Cooperation with Oppressors • Holding Offices in Despotic Governments • Calling upon Islamic Unity • Mutual Rights of Muslims Prelude The Holy Imams of the (`a) had already concluded that they would not assume the political leadership of the Muslim nation (of which they are worthier than any other person and for which Almighty Allah had prepared them) so long as they are alive, and that their followers (Shi`ah) would suffer under the authority of others who consider it necessary to persecute the Shi`ah with all means of violence and cruelty.
As a result, it was very natural, on the one hand, that the Shi`ah, under the commandments of their Imams, adopt taqiyyah as their style of life and technique in the same way as their Imams had practiced it before them, as long as taqiyyah would be the one and only means of preventing their enemies from shedding their blood and as long as it would do evil neither to them nor to the religion in general, so that they would survive the seditious conditions of their ages and the enmity incurred by the ruling authorities against the (`a).
On the other hand, it was necessary for the Holy Imams (`a), in their capacity as the Divinely commissioned guides of the Muslim nation, to devote themselves to teaching their followers the laws of Islam, guiding them to the path of religiousness and righteousness, and directing them to a socially useful course so that they would be perfect examples of decent Muslim individuals.
The present brief thesis cannot comprehend the ’s (`a) methodology of teaching, which is present in the huge books of traditions that comprise much of such religious sciences. However, we can allude to some doctrines that the Holy Imams (`a) taught their followers to ensure they constituted a righteous community, approximated them to Almighty Allah, cleansed them of the filth of sins and vices, and gave rise to decency and honesty in their inner selves.
Among such socially useful teachings of the Holy Imams (`a) is taqiyyah , discussed in the previous chapter. We will therefore mention some other teachings., discussed in the previous chapter. We will therefore mention some other teachings.