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==The Sunni Perspective==
==The Sunni Perspective==
According to ''al-Mawsu'at al-fiqhiyyat al-Kuwaitiyya'' (The Kuwaiti Jurisprudential Encyclopedia, a 45-volume work on Sunni jurisprudence), the majority of Sunni scholars believe that taqiyya is permissible in cases of necessity—such as fear of death, persecution, or significant harm. In such situations, one may practice taqiyya to the extent necessary to prevent the harm.<ref>Group of authors, ''al-Mawsūʿa al-fiqhīyya al-Kuwaitīyya'', vol. 13, p. 186-187.</ref>
According to ''al-Mawsu'a al-fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya'' (The Kuwaiti Jurisprudential Encyclopedia, a 45-volume work on Sunni jurisprudence), the majority of Sunni scholars believe that taqiyya is permissible in cases of necessity—such as fear of death, persecution, or significant harm. In such situations, one may practice taqiyya to the extent necessary to prevent the harm.<ref>Group of authors, ''al-Mawsūʿa al-fiqhīyya al-Kuwaitīyya'', vol. 13, p. 186-187.</ref>


To establish the permissibility and legitimacy of taqiyya, Sunni scholars also refer to hadiths<ref>See: Bukhārī, ''Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī'', vol. 9, p. 19; Haythamī, ''Kashf al-astār'', vol. 4, p. 113; Ṭabarānī, ''al-Muʿjam al-kabīr'', vol. 20, p. 94; Ḥabīb al-ʿAmīdī, ''Taqīyya az dīdgāh-i madhāhib wa firqa-hā-yi Islāmī-yi ghayr-i Shīʿī'', p. 72-77.</ref> in addition to verses such as verse 28 of Qur'an 3 and verse 106 of Qur'an 16.<ref>Group of authors, ''al-Mawsūʿa al-fiqhīyya al-Kuwaitīyya'', vol. 13, p. 186-187.</ref>
To establish the permissibility and legitimacy of taqiyya, Sunni scholars also refer to hadiths<ref>See: Bukhārī, ''Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī'', vol. 9, p. 19; Haythamī, ''Kashf al-astār'', vol. 4, p. 113; Ṭabarānī, ''al-Muʿjam al-kabīr'', vol. 20, p. 94; Ḥabīb al-ʿAmīdī, ''Taqīyya az dīdgāh-i madhāhib wa firqa-hā-yi Islāmī-yi ghayr-i Shīʿī'', p. 72-77.</ref> in addition to verses such as verse 28 of Qur'an 3 and verse 106 of Qur'an 16.<ref>Group of authors, ''al-Mawsūʿa al-fiqhīyya al-Kuwaitīyya'', vol. 13, p. 186-187.</ref>
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