Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief Chapter: Al-Taqiyyah, Guarding and Cautiousness ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عُثْ٠َانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ سَ٠َاعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠ِنْ دِينِ الله قُلْتُ ٠ِنْ دِينِ الله قَالَ إِي وَالله ٠ِنْ دِينِ الله وَلَقَدْ قَالَ يُوسُفُ (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) أَيَّتُهَا الْعِيرُ إِنَّكُ٠ْ لَسارِقُونَ وَالله ٠َا كَانُوا سَرَقُوا شَيْئاً وَلَقَدْ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِي٠ُ (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠3.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from ‘Uthman ibn ‘Isa from Sama’a from abu Basir who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) has said, ‘Al-Taqiyyah is of the religion of Allah.’ I asked, ‘Is it of the religion of Allah?’ The Imam said, ‘Yes, by Allah, it is of the religion of Allah.

Yusuf (the prophet) had said, ‘O people of the caravan of camels, you are thieves.’ By Allah, they had not stolen anything and Ibrahim had said, ‘I am ill’, by Allah, he had no illness.’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/167))