He said: “[It is] ajrad.” He said: I said: And what is ajrad? He said: “Ever-fresh.” I said: “[It is] muqanna'.” He said: “Ever-veiled.” ¹ .

[23] On the authority of Sulaymah bin Salih, tracing it back to Abu Ja'far—His might was mighty—he said: “Indeed, from this speech of ours, the hearts of men shrink away; so whoever confesses it, grant him more, and whoever denies it, leave him. Indeed, there must inevitably be a tribulation in which every intimate confidant and close ally falls away, until even the one who used to split a hair into two hairs falls away, so that none remains except us and our followers (shi'atuna).”².

[24] On the authority of Ubayd bin Zurarah, on the authority of Abu Abdillah—His might was mighty—: “Whatever you hear from me that resembles the speech of the people, then therein is dissimulation (taqiyyah); and whatever you hear from me that does not resemble the speech of the people, then there is no dissimulation in it.” ³ .