attend their funerals and always be first for doing good as you are more deserving for it. By God, devotions to the Almighty Allah are greater to Him when they are done covertly. When he was asked about what ‘covertly’ refers to, he said, ‘The Secrecy’ (Taqiyeh)”.
C – Sheikh Al-Ansari – God bless his soul – said:“To talk about it from a religious perspective, Taqiyeh can be divided into five types:
A religious duty: when it is to push away all forms of serious damages; examples in this regard are numerous.
A desirable act: when it is to protect yourself on condition that you refrain from it gradually like when you comply with other people.
An allowable act: when whether you protect yourself or not would have the same result like showing disbelieving acts; it is reported that once two people from Kufa were ordered to curse Amir Al-Mu’menin (PBUH).
A repulsive act: when it is rather take the damage than practicing it; showing disbelieving acts is an example as
the purpose of faith is to exalt Islam and not the other way round.
A Forbidden act: when it is about shedding blood”.
Anwar:Excellent. Now, some say that Taqiyeh is hypocrisy, and that hypocrisy is a religiously forbidden act (Haram). What do you say?
Hasan:I will explain in details. Please, listen carefully.
First of all, Taqiyeh is only permissible with those who resent truth and justice.
Second of all, Taqiyeh is the very opposite of hypocrisy. If we say that Taqiyeh is showing wrong and disbelieving acts and hiding the truth, then hypocrisy is showing the truth and rightful acts. But, Taqiyeh is, in fact, the exact opposite; it is, as we define it earlier, taking precautions in the sense that we show approval to what is wrong. This is also supported by Holy Verses from the Noble Quran:
(Let not the believers take the unbelievers for friends rather than believers; and whoever does this, he shall have nothing of the guardianship of Allah, but you should guard yourselves against them, guarding
carefully; and Allah makes you cautious of retribution from Himself; and to Allah is the eventual coming)3;28.
(He who disbelieves in Allah after his having believed, not he who is compelled while his heart is at rest on account of faith, but he who opens his breast to disbelief - on these is the wrath of Allah, and they shall have a grievous chastisement)16;106.
Third of all, human beings, by nature, act in self-defense, and the oppressed, in particular, have the right to do something to protect themselves; this is also clarified by Al-Bokhari in his ‘Sahih’ under ‘Compulsion’ section. However, these Holy Verses are crystal clear:
(...not he who is compelled while his heart is at rest on account of faith, but he who opens his breast to disbelief - on these is the wrath of Allah, and they shall have a grievous chastisement)16;106.
(….but you should guard yourselves against them, guarding carefully…)3;28.
(Surely as for those whom the angels cause to die while they are unjust to their souls, they shall say: In what state were you? They shall say: We were weak in the
earth. They shall say: Was not Allah's earth spacious, so that you should have migrated therein? So these it is whose abode is hell, and it is an evil resort۞Except the weak from among the men and the children who have not in their power the means nor can they find a way to escape۞So these, it may be, Allah will pardon them, and Allah is Pardoning, Forgiving)4;97-99.
(And what reason have you that you should not fight in the way of Allah and of the weak among the men and the women and the children, of those who say: Our Lord! cause us to go forth from this town, whose people are oppressors, and give us from Thee a guardian and give us from Thee a helper)4;75.
The oppressed and the weak are excused by the Almighty Allah to refrain from the orders of Allah. Al-Hasan said:“Taqiyeh is until the Day of Judgment”. Of course,“it is all about the intention”as the Prophet (PBUH) put it. There is a lot to say if we want expand in this regard.
Anwar:It is all right. It will be great if you tell us about Taqiyeh from the religious perspective.
Hasan:I can tell you what Sheikh Al-Ansari – God bless
his soul – said again:
“To talk about it from a religious perspective, Taqiyeh can be divided into five types:
A religious duty: when it is to push away all forms of serious damages; examples in this regard are numerous.
A desirable act: when it is to protect yourself on condition that you refrain from it gradually like when you comply with other people.
An allowable act: when whether you protect yourself or not has the same result like showing disbelieving acts; it is reported that once two people from Kufa were ordered to curse Amir Al-Mu’menin (PBUH).
A repulsive act: when it is rather take the damage than practicing it; showing disbelieving acts is an example as the purpose of faith is to exalt Islam and not the other way round.
A Forbidden act: when it is about shedding blood”.
Anwar:Thank you very much. Can we talk a bit about the Returning (Raj’a)?
Hasan:Let us discuss this next time, Inshallah.
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Words on the Returning (Raj’a)
Anwar:Salam ‘Alaykom!
Hasan:Alaykom As-Salam Wa Rahmatollah Wa Barakatoh!
Anwar:All right. What can you tell us about the Returning (Raj’a)?
Hasan:We believe that the Almighty Allah brings back some people from the death to this world with the same appearance they used to have; this is in accordance with what Sheikh Al-Muzaffar.
This will happen at the time of the Revelation of Imam Al-Mahdi (AHHR) when the Most Gracious Allah brings
back to life some pure believers and some pure disbelievers; the believers defeat the disbelievers and punish them in this world, then they are moved to such a disgrace and grave torment in the Hereafter; this is all to serve justice and to give the oppressed their rights back.
Anwar:So, it is possible!
Hasan:Yes, it is very similar to the Hereafter as far as possibility of happening is concerned. The difference between the two is that in the Hereafter, people are resurrected and there is no coming back; it is not temporary, but with the Returning (Raj’a), it takes place in this life and it is temporary, not to mention that the Returning (Raj’a) has to do with certain people part from others.
Anwar:Thank you. God rewards you well. Will you now give us some evidence about the Returning?
Hasan:Of course! As a matter of fact, the Returning has already occurred in the past, of which we can mention these incidents:
The revivification of the children of Israel as it is
mentioned in the Noble Quran:
(Have you not considered those who went forth from their homes, for fear of death, and they were thousands, then Allah said to them, Die; again He gave them life; most surely Allah is Gracious to people, but most people are not grateful)2;243.
The revivification of Uzair is also evident in the Noble Quran:
(Or the like of him who passed by a town, and it had fallen down upon its roofs; he said: When will Allah give it life after its death? So Allah caused him to die for a hundred years, then raised him to life. He said: How long have you tarried? He said: I have tarried a day, or a part of a day. Said He: Nay! you have tarried a hundred years; then look at your food and drink -- years have not passed over it; and look at your ass; and that We may make you a sign to men, and look at the bones, how We set them together, then clothed them with flesh; so when it became clear to him, he said: I know that Allah has power over all things)2;259.
The revivification of seventy men from the people of