This is what was reported to us by our Master and Jurist, Abu Sa’id Maymun ibn al-Qasim al-Tabarani—may God benefit us and the believers through him and his knowledge—in this chapter of firm narrations regarding the rejection of practicing dissimulation (taqiyyah) in seclusion, solitude, and among the believers. He—may God sanctify him—had heard this from his Sheikh and his Luminous Grandfather, al-Husayn ibn Hamdan al-Khasibi—may God sanctify his person—as he was his contemporary. He states in his book titled Hāwī al-Fatāwī:

"This is what I have narrated and heard from my Master and Sheikh, the Sayyid Abu Abd Allah al-Khasibi—may God enlighten his person."

These are principles in which one must attain deep discernment and knowledge, so that mankind will have no argument against God after the Messengers. So whoever finds a deficiency in what we have mentioned should blame nothing but the shortcoming of his own understanding and knowledge, for we have mentioned nothing without a witness from the Book of God and a report from the Messenger of God. As for the one of limited understanding and expression, it is not permissible for him to engage in this, for it is a Deep Sea. We ask God to grant us success in acceptance and action by His mercy.

He also said—may God raise his rank—in the fourth chapter of the book Hāwī al-Fatāwī: