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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Your Questions Answered (volume 4) 20: Why Imam Husain (a.s.) Did Not Resort To Taqiyah? A person is obliged to save his life by means of Taqiyah, if it is in danger. Then, why Imam Husain (a.s) did not do so in Karbala? A. Taqiyah is based on the principle of opting for the lesser evil. Telling a lie is not as big a sin as destroying a life. Therefore, a lie is preferable to putting one's life in danger.

Now, if safety of one's own life depends on endangering another believer's life then, by the same reasoning, Taqiyah is not allowed. Since one believer must die in either case it is better for you to die rather than cause the death of another believer. And this will not be treated as suicide on your part. By the same token, if there is a danger that one's Taqiyah may destroy the belief of other believers, then Taqiyah is Haram. It means that if someone is of such a status (e.g.

Imam Husain's (a.s.)) that if he resorted to Taqiyah, others would be misled to un-Islamic tenets and beliefs, then the basic principle demands that he must sacrifice his own life to save others from going astray. Q 21: RE-APPEARANCE OF IMAM MAHDI (A.S.) One of the brothers asked me about Imam Al-Mahdi (a.s.) I tried to explain from surah Baqarah verses 30 and 38, and also surah Qadr. Will you, please, tell me if there is any verse which says that Imam Al-Mahdi (a.s.) will come before Qiyamah. ?

A. You will not find every thing explicitly written in the Qur'an. Otherwise, there would have been no need of any interpreter of the Qur'an. Allah has ordained that the Qur'an and Ahlul -Bait (a.s) shall always remain together, so that the true meaning of the Qur'an may be known to the Muslims. So far as the re-appearance of our beloved 12th Imam (a.s.) is concerned, there are some 'Ayat which point to it very clearly. For example, 'Aya No.

33 of Surah At-Taubah, which says:- "He it is who sent His Apostle with Guidance and the religion of Truth, so that He may prevail it over all religions, though the polytheists may detest it." This Ayat is repeated in Sura As-Saf (Ayat 9); and also 'Aya 28 of Sura Al-Fath says:- "He it is who sent His Apostle with the Guidance and the religion of Truth, so that He may prevail it over all religions; and enough is Allah for a witness." In these 'Ayat a promise has been given to our Holy Prophet!

(s.a.w.) that Islam will prevail over all other religions.