قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَا أَبَا عَمْرٍو أَ رَأَيْتَكَ لَوْ حَدَّثْتُكَ بِحَدِيثٍ أَوْ أَفْتَيْتُكَ بِفُتْيَا ثُمَّ جِئْتَنِي بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَسَأَلْتَنِي عَنْهُ فَأَخْبَرْتُكَ بِخِلَافِ مَا كُنْتُ أَخْبَرْتُكَ أَوْ أَفْتَيْتُكَ بِخِلَافِ ذَلِكَ بِأَيِّهِمَا كُنْتَ تَأْخُذُ قُلْتُ بِأَحْدَثِهِمَا وَ أَدَعُ الْآخَرَ فَقَالَ قَدْ أَصَبْتَ يَا أَبَا عَمْرٍو أَبَى اللَّهُ إِلَّا أَنْ يُعْبَدَ سِرّاً أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ لَئِنْ فَعَلْتُمْ ذَلِكَ إِنَّهُ لَخَيْرٌ لِي وَ لَكُمْ وَ أَبَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَنَا وَ لَكُمْ فِي دِينِهِ إِلَّا التَّقِيَّةَ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Hisham Bin Salim, from Abu Amro Al Kinany who said, ‘Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘O Abu Amro! What is your view if I<sup>asws</sup> were to narrate to you a Hadeeth or issue a Verdict to you, then you come over to me after that and ask me about it, so I<sup>asws</sup> inform you with different to what I<sup>asws</sup> had informed you beforehand, or issue a verdict different (statement) to that, which of the two would you be taking with?’ I said, ‘With the latest of the two and leave the other one’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said:’ You are correct, O Abu Amro! Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Refused except that He<sup>azwj</sup> be worshipped in secret. But, by Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, if you all were to do that it would be better for me<sup>asws</sup> and for you all; and Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Refused for us<sup>asws</sup> and you all with regards to His<sup>azwj</sup> Religion, except for the dissimulation’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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