قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يَقُولُ لَا وَ اللَّهِ مَا عَلَى وَجْهِ الْأَرْضِ شَيْءٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنَ التَّقِيَّةِ يَا حَبِيبُ إِنَّهُ مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ تَقِيَّةٌ رَفَعَهُ اللَّهُ يَا حَبِيبُ مَنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ لَهُ تَقِيَّةٌ وَضَعَهُ اللَّهُ يَا حَبِيبُ إِنَّ النَّاسَ إِنَّمَا هُمْ فِي هُدْنَةٍ فَلَوْ قَدْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ كَانَ هَذَا .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Muhammad Bin Khalid and Al Husayn Bin Saeed altogether from Al Nazar Bin Suweyd, from Yahya Bin Imran Al Halby, from Husayn Bin Abu Al A’ala, from Habeeb Bin Bishr who said, ‘Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘I heard my<sup>asws</sup> father<sup>asws</sup> saying: ‘No, by Allah<sup>azwj</sup>! There is nothing on the face of the earth more beloved to me<sup>asws</sup> than the dissimulation (<span class="iTxt">Taqiyya</span>). O Habeeb! The one who had dissimulation for him, Allah<sup>azwj</sup> would Elevate him. O Habeeb! The one who does not happen to have dissimulation (<span class="iTxt">Taqiyya</span>) for him, Allah<sup>azwj</sup> would Place him down. O Habeeb! The people, rather, they are in a truce (cessation of hostilities). So if that (hostilities) had been there, this (dissimulation) would be there’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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