Sheikh ('Id al-Salih)—may God sanctify his spirit and theirs—and I would hear the debates between him and them due to his prohibition of religiously practicing and believing in the exoteric aspects of acts of worship (Zawahir al-'Ibadat) and establishing them in seclusions (Khalwat). And [I heard] the decisive testimonies, the righteous proofs, and the transmitted and rational interpretations and evidences (al-Ithbatat al-Naqliyyah wa-al-'Aqliyyah) he would bring forth, for he—may God sanctify his spirit—was among the scholars firmly grounded in knowledge and practice. And never in my life have I seen anyone in his presence bring forth anything that proves the obligation of believing in and religiously practicing the exoteric acts of worship and establishing them in seclusions and among the believers, because it is impermissible in the books of monotheism (Tawhid).

And it has been narrated to this effect in the third council of the Taliqani Councils (al-Majalis al-Taliqaniyyah) regarding the man who refrained from drinking in the presence of the youths and servants. The governor (Wali) said to him: "What prevents you from gladdening my heart on a day like this by drinking with me, and keeping me company with your presence?" And the man answered him, saying: "A narration (Khabar) I heard prevents me from that." So I said to him: "What is the narration?" He said to me: "I heard that ten of my brethren gathered for discussion (Mudhakarah), and they concealed their gathering from their youths.