And from Sheikh Muhammad al-Kalazi—may God sanctify his soul—regarding the clarification of lifting the outward obligation (Raf' al-Taklif al-Zahiri) from the believers in the book Al-Ta'yid (The Support), he said: "A question regarding the outward prayer performed openly among the common people (Al-’Amma): Is it permissible for a believer to perform it? Is he commanded to do so and obligated (Mukallaf) to establish it or not?"

The Answer: From what was narrated in the book Al-Haft al-Kabir (The Great Heptad), a narration by Mufaddal ibn Umar from the Master Ja'far al-Sadiq—peace be from him—that he said: "O Mufaddal, the chains and burdens (Al-Aghlal wa al-Asar) were only placed upon the Muqassira (those who fall short)."

Verily, the shackles and burdens (Al-Aghlal wa al-Asar) are the outward obligations (Al-Furood al-Zahira) and the publicized Sunnahs (Al-Sunan al-Shahira). They are necessary for the People of the Outward (Ahl al-Zahir), who are mandated to establish them and take on their burden. However, these are lifted from the mature, Gnostic (Arifun), monotheistic believers who acknowledge the Wilaya of the Anza' al-Batin (The Peerless Inward—a title of Imam Ali).

This is in accordance with the saying of the Prophet: "Whoever knows Allah with the reality of gnosis and believes in the Master of Miracles—that He is the Ultimate Goal—the limit of religious obligation (Hadd al-Taklif), the shackles, and the burdens fall away