Skip to content
Wellsprings
islamic-shiaWe're still mapping where this idea was first discussed. Key passages and related ideas below.

Taqiyya (Precautionary Dissimulation)

The permitted concealment of one's beliefs under threat of persecution, doctrinally developed especially in Shīʿism.

The permitted concealment of one's beliefs under threat of persecution, doctrinally developed especially in Shīʿism.

Key passages(4)

Tathbit Dalail Nubuwwa · al-Qadi Abd al-Jabbar

High

Fihrist · Shaykh al-Tusi

High

Kamal Din · Ibn Babawayh (al-Saduq)

High

Shafi Fi Imama · al-Sharif al-Murtada

High