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example of this type is the way chosen by the Sahâbî martyred by
Musaylama. The third type embodies harmful deeds such as
homicide, fornication, usurpation, false witness, qazf of a chaste
woman [imputing unchaste motives to her], betraying Muslim
women to disbelievers, which are forbidden. The fourth type of
taqiyya is permissible at places where there are disbelievers. In
Shâfi’î Madh-hab it is permissible also when one is among cruel
Muslims. The fifth type of taqiyya is done in order to protect one’s
property and it is permissible. The hadîth-i-sherîf, “The Believer’s
property is as valuable as his life,” confirms this fact. Another
hadîth-i-sherîf in this connection is: “A person who is killed in his
struggle for protecting his property attains martyrdom.” Property
is extremely necessary for a person. For instance, when water (is so
scarce that it) is sold at exorbitant prices called Ghaban-i-fâhish, it
is not farz to make an ablution (for types of worship, e.g. namâz,
which require ablution). In such cases it becomes permissible to
make tayammum. The sixth type is the one which, as Imâm-i-
Mujâhid [1] states, was employed during the initial years of Islam.
For at that time Muslims were lonely and weak. When an Islamic
state was established this rule was modified. There are scholars
who say that taqiyya is permissible till the end of the world. This
inference of theirs is preferable. For a Believer has to do his best
to elude harms.
Ignorant pantheistics and Mulhids, whose credal eclecticism
has exceeded the limits of belief laid down by Islam, do not
hesitate to be friends with disbelievers. They say, “The essence of
Tasawwuf is to get on well with everybody.” Rasûlullah ‘sall-
Allâhu alaihi wa sallam’ was the leader of Awliyâ and said, “I am
proud of poverty.” However, Allâhu ta’âlâ commanded (him) as
is purported in the seventy-fourth âyat of Tawba sûra: “O My
Prophet! Make Jihâd against disbelievers! Do hostility against
them!” The way taken and guided by the Messenger of Allah
‘sall-Allâhu alaihi wa sallam’ was hostility towards disbelievers
and Jihâd against them. What kind of sufis are these people?
They have strayed from the way guided by the Messenger of
Allah and wandered away into an altogether different way. The
way taken by these people is sheer aberration, which means
abandonment of the right way. It is stated plainly in Qur’ân alkerîm
and in hadîth-i-sherîfs that Allâhu ta’âlâ is hostile against
disbelievers. Is it possible for a person who sympathizes with His
[1] Mujâhid passed away in 104 [A.D. 723] in Mekka.
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