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According to [[Ayatollah Makarim Shirazi]], the [[Shiite authority]], taqiyya is not exclusive to Shiism.<ref>Makārim Shīrāzī, ''al-Qawāʿid al-fiqhīyya'', vol. 1, p. 388.</ref> He argues that all individuals or minorities throughout history, anywhere in the world, who face prejudiced adversaries such that expressing their views may result in harm to their life or property—and when expressing their beliefs is less important than protecting their life and property—will naturally resort to dissimulation and taqiyya, concealing their beliefs.<ref>Makārim Shīrāzī, ''al-Qawāʿid al-fiqhīyya'', vol. 1, p. 388.</ref> | According to [[Ayatollah Makarim Shirazi]], the [[Shiite authority]], taqiyya is not exclusive to Shiism.<ref>Makārim Shīrāzī, ''al-Qawāʿid al-fiqhīyya'', vol. 1, p. 388.</ref> He argues that all individuals or minorities throughout history, anywhere in the world, who face prejudiced adversaries such that expressing their views may result in harm to their life or property—and when expressing their beliefs is less important than protecting their life and property—will naturally resort to dissimulation and taqiyya, concealing their beliefs.<ref>Makārim Shīrāzī, ''al-Qawāʿid al-fiqhīyya'', vol. 1, p. 388.</ref> | ||
In some hadiths transmitted from [[Shiite Imams (a)]], the practice of taqiyya is attributed to several early [[prophets]], preceding the [[Prophet of Islam ( | In some hadiths transmitted from [[Shiite Imams (a)]], the practice of taqiyya is attributed to several early [[prophets]], preceding the [[Prophet of Islam (s)]], including [[Seth]],<ref>Majlisī, ''Biḥār al-anwār'', vol. 75, p. 419.</ref> [[Abraham]],<ref>Ḥurr al-ʿĀmilī, ''Wasāʾil al-Shīʿa'', vol. 16, p. 208.</ref> and [[Joseph (a)]],<ref>Ṭabāṭabāʾī, ''al-Mīzān'', vol. 11, p. 238.</ref> as well as to the [[Companions of the Cave]] (the Seven Sleepers).<ref>Majlisī, ''Biḥār al-anwār'', vol. 11, p. 238.</ref> | ||
[[Al-Shahid al-Awwal]], an eighth/fourteenth century Shiite jurist, believes that many hadiths transmitted from the Infallible Imams (a) reflect the practice of taqiyya. He argues that taqiyya accounts for many differences and conflicts among the hadiths.<ref>Shahīd al-Awwal, ''al-Qawā'id wa al-fawāʾid'', vol. 2, p. 157.</ref> Therefore, determining whether a hadith involves taqiyya is crucial for accurately inferring Sharia rulings.<ref>Ṭāhirī Iṣfahānī, ''al-Muḥāḍirāt'', vol. 2, p. 119.</ref> | [[Al-Shahid al-Awwal]], an eighth/fourteenth century Shiite jurist, believes that many hadiths transmitted from the Infallible Imams (a) reflect the practice of taqiyya. He argues that taqiyya accounts for many differences and conflicts among the hadiths.<ref>Shahīd al-Awwal, ''al-Qawā'id wa al-fawāʾid'', vol. 2, p. 157.</ref> Therefore, determining whether a hadith involves taqiyya is crucial for accurately inferring Sharia rulings.<ref>Ṭāhirī Iṣfahānī, ''al-Muḥāḍirāt'', vol. 2, p. 119.</ref> | ||