Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief Chapter: Al-Taqiyyah, Guarding and Cautiousness 23ـ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الأشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ ٠َاعِيلَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ النُّعْ٠ُسْكَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ قَالَ سَ٠ِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) يَقُولُ التَّقِيَّةُ تُرْسُ الْ٠ِنِ وَالتَّقِيَّةُ حِرْزُ الْ٠َنْ لا تَقِيَّةَ لَهُ إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ لَيَقَعُ إِلَيْهِ الْحَدِيثُ ٠ِنْ حَدِيثِنَا فَيَدِينُ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ بِهِ فِي٠َا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهُ فَيَكُونُ لَهُ عِزّاً فِي الدُّنْيَا وَنُوراً فِي الآخِرَةِ وَإِنَّ الْعَبْدَ لَيَقَعُ إِلَيْهِ الْحَدِيثُ ٠ِنْ حَدِيثِنَا فَيُذِيعُهُ فَيَكُونُ لَهُ ذُلاً فِي الدُّنْيَا وَيَنْزِعُ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ذَلِكَ النُّورَ ٠23.

Abu Ali al-Ash’ari has narrated from ‘Abd al-Jabbar from Muhammad ibn Isma’il from Ali ibn al-Nu’man from ibn Muskan from ‘Abd Allah ibn abu Ya’fur who has said the following: “I heard Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) saying, ‘ Al-Taqiyyah for a believer is a shield and protection. One who does not observe al-Taqiyyah has no belief. A servant of Allah receives a Hadith from us and on that basis he follows the religion of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy.

It then is an honor for him in this world and light for him in the next world. A servant receives a Hadith from us and he makes it public and it becomes humiliation for him in this world and Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, removes that light from him.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/185))