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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books A Shi'ite Creed Concerning Dissimulation (Taqiyya) Says the Shaykh, may the mercy of Allah be on him: Our belief concerning taqiya [^1] (permissible dissimulation) is that it is obligatory, and he who forsakes it is in the same position as he who forsakes prayer.[^2] Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq was told: O son of the Messenger of Allah, verily we see in the mosque one who openly abuses your enemies, calling out their names. And he said: May Allah curse him!

Why does he refer to us? He, Who is Exalted above all, says: “Revile not those who invoke (deities) other than Allah, lest wrongfully they revile Allah through ignorance” (Qur'an 6:108). And Imam Ja'far in explaining this verse has said: So do not revile them, lest they revile your 'Ali. And he also said: He who reviles the friend (wali) of Allah (i.e. Ali) has reviled Allah.

And the Prophet said: He who reviles thee, O 'Ali, has verily reviled me; and he, who reviles me, has verily reviled Allah. Now until the Imam al-Qa'im appears, taqiya is obligatory and it is not permissible to dispense with it. He, who abandons it before the appearance of the Qa'im, has verily gone out of the religion of Allah, Exalted is He, and the religion of the Imams, and disobeys Allah and His Messenger and the Imams.

Imam Ja'far was asked concerning the Word of Allah, Mighty and Glorious is He: “Verily the noblest among you, in the sight of Allah, is the most pious” (Qur'an 49:13) . He said: (It means) he who adheres most scrupulously to the practice of taqiya. And Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, has described the showing of friendship to unbelievers as being (possible only) in the state of taqiya.

And He the Mighty and Glorious says: “Let not believers take disbelievers for their friends in preference to believers.