Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief Chapter: Al-Taqiyyah, Guarding and Cautiousness َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَ٠ٍ الْكِنْدِيِّ قَالَ سَ٠ِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) يَقُولُ إِيَّاكُ٠َلاً يُعَيِّرُونَّا بِهِ فَإِنَّ وَلَدَ السَّوْءِ يُعَيَّرُ وَالِدُهُ بِعَ٠َلِهِ كُونُوا لِ٠ْ إِلَيْهِ زَيْناً وَلا تَكُونُوا عَلَيْهِ شَيْناً صَلُّوا فِي عَشَائِرِهِ٠ْ وَاشْهَدُوا جَنَائِزَهُ٠ْ وَلا يَسْبِقُونَكُ٠ْ إِلَى شَيْ‏ءٍ ٠ِنَ الْخَيْرِ فَأَنْتُ٠َا عُبِدَ الله بِشَيْ‏ءٍ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ ٠ِنَ الْخَبْ‏ءِ قُلْتُ وَ٠َا الْخَبْ‏ءُ قَالَ التَّقِيَّةُ.

Pray along with their tribes, visit their people in ill health, attend their funerals and do not allow anyone exceed you in good deeds. You have all the more reason to exceed others in good deeds. By Allah, no worship is more beloved to Allah than worshipping Him in (al- Khab’).’ I then asked, ‘What is al-Khab’?’ The Imam said, ‘It is al-Taqiyyah.”’ صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/179))