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Sura 3 - Ayat 28
Al-Imran (The Family of Imran)

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Transliteration: (Click on Ayat to hear it recited)

3:28 La yattakhithi
almuminoona
alkafireena awliyaa
min dooni
almumineena waman
yafAAal thalika falaysa
mina Allahi fee shayin
illa an tattaqoo
minhum tuqatan Topics discussed in this Ayat:
wayuhaththirukumu [Unbelievers:do not take for friends or helpers]
Allahu nafsahu waila
Allahi almaseeru

English (Yusuf Ali): (Recite)

3:28 Let not the believers Take for friends or helpers Unbelievers rather than believers: if any do that,
in nothing will there be help from Allah. except by way of precaution, that ye may Guard yourselves
from them. But Allah cautions you (To remember) Himself; for the final goal is to Allah.

http://www.answeringmuslims.com/2009/03/taqiyya-does-islam-promote-
deception.html

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Taqiyya:
Does Islam Promote Deception?

This post is not making a point so much as exploring an issue. When the doctrine of
taqiyya is brought forth along with the appropriate verses and ahadith, an
uninformed onlooker would easily conclude that deception is a part of Islam.

However, I wish for the Christians and Muslims who frequent this blog to explore
this issue before I present any conclusion. Let's hear the arguments and the
defenses, and let's let the Muslims defend their doctrine. If they can clarify the
doctrine to be a noble one, then that would be great and this will not be an issue of
division. If not, the non-Muslims will have solid reason to believe that ignoble
 principles are advanced by Allah.

Allow me to post the appropriate Islamic scripture without much commentary.

Verses and Ahadith

This verse implies that Muslim can be deceptive with non-Muslims, feigning
friendship "by way of precuation":

Let not the believers Take for friends or helpers Unbelievers rather than believers: if
any do that, in nothing will there be help from Allah: except by way of precaution,
that ye may Guard yourselves from them.
Surah 3:28

This hadith states that people are allowed to lie if the purpose is to make peace
between people:

He who makes peace between the people by inventing good information or saying
good things, is not a liar.
Sahih Bukhari 3:49:857

This hadith shows Muhammad allowing a lie to be told in order to kill an enemy:

The Prophet said, "Who is ready to kill Ka'b bin Ashraf (i.e. a Jew)." Muhammad bin
Maslama replied, "Do you like me to kill him?" The Prophet replied in the
affirmative. Muhammad bin Maslama said, "Then allow me to say what I like." The
Prophet replied, "I do".
Sahih Bukhari 4:52:271

Example of Taqiyya?

Below is an investigation of an imam in Australia who attempts to deceive the

police by vandalizing his own mosque, and then blaming it on someone
else. Is this taqiyya? I'm not providing an answer, I'm asking you to tell me in the
comments section :-)

Posted by Nabeel Qureshi at 3:56 PM

Labels: Taqiyya

19 comments:
 Jesse said...

I hope promoting myself won't get me booted from your site, but I wrote and article for
Answering-Islam titled, 'Is Lying a Sin or Just a Good Strategy'. For those interested in
the topic, it may be a good read.

March 19, 2009 5:09 PM

Sepher Shalom said...

From a discussion on Taqiyya at al-islam.org:

[begin quote]"Reference 1:
-----------
Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti in his book, "al-Durr al-Manthoor Fi al-Tafsir al-
Ma'athoor," narrates Ibn Abbas', the MOST renowned and trusted narrator of
tradition in the sight of the Sunnis, opinion regarding al-Taqiyya in the
Quranic verse: "Let not the believers take for friends or helpers
unbelievers rather than believers: if any do that, (they) shall have no
relation left with Allah except by way of precaution ("tat-taqooh"), that
ye may guard yourselves ("tooqatan") from them....[3:28]" that Ibn Abbas
said:

"al-Taqiyya is with the tongue only; he who has been COERCED into
saying that which angers Allah (SWT), and his heart is comfortable
(i.e., his TRUE faith has NOT been shaken.), then (saying that which
he has been coerced to say) will NOT harm him (at all); (because) al-
Taqiyya is with the tongue only, (NOT the heart)."

NOTE: The two words "tat-taqooh" and

"tooqatan," as mentioned in the Arabic
Quran, are BOTH from the same root of "al-
Taqiyya." " [end quote]
Aali-Imran 3:28- La yattakhithi almuminoona alkafireena awliyaa min dooni
almumineena waman yafAAal thalika falaysa mina Allahi fee shayin illa an tattaqoo
minhum tuqatan wayuhaththirukumu Allahu nafsahu waila Allahi almaseeru
 The link below has the full article which is an interesting and detailed discussion of
Taqiyya from a Sunni perspective

March 19, 2009 7:24 PM

David Wood said...

I don't think I would count this as Taqiyya.

Jesse said: "I hope promoting myself won't get me booted from your site . . ."

You'd have to do some major stuff to get booted from our site. Thus far, only one person
has ever been booted.

March 19, 2009 9:49 PM

Taylor said...

From the Encyclopaedia of Islam:

al-Ṭabarī says on sūra XVI, 108 ( Tafsīr , Būlāḳ1323, xxiv, 122): "If any one is
compelled and professes unbelief with his tongue, while his heart contradicts him, in
order to escape his enemies, no blame falls on him, because God takes his servants as
their hearts believe". The reason for this verse is unanimously said to have been the case
of ʿAmmār b. Yāsir [q.v.], whose conscience was set at rest by this revelation when he
was worried about his forced worshipping of idols and objurgation of the Prophet.

March 19, 2009 10:12 PM

Bryant said...

Well this Muslim Imam lies against his own brother. I don't think thats what Muhammad
meant. The Hadith you quoted seems to imply that it is ok to lie against "enemies" of
Islam, not fellow Muslims.

March 19, 2009 11:09 PM

Semper Paratus said...

 I know there isn't much by way of context that would help to nail this down, but it
appears to me just from reading it that the second quote you supplied - Sahih Bukhari
3:49:857 - justifies one Muslim lying to another Muslim, not just to an unbeliever.

March 19, 2009 11:25 PM

Semper Paratus said...

My last post was a response to the general point of the thread...I didn't see Bryant's post
until I hit the refresh button.

What do you think of the second quote, Bryant? Do you think it looks like a justification
for lying to a "fellow" Muslim? That was my impression at first glance.

March 19, 2009 11:29 PM

David Wood said...

Muslims are allowed to lie to their fellow Muslims for certain causes (e.g. to make peace
when Muslims are arguing). But this doesn't seem to fit.

March 19, 2009 11:51 PM

Bryant said...

Semper Paratus,

Actually, yes this Hadith does appear to teach that it is ok for Muslims to lie to each
other to make peace. In a weird twisted way Muhammad seems to be teaching that peace
formed on the basis of lies is really truly peace. This is insane.

I can't seem to understand how knowledgeable Muslims stay in Islam.

Still, I believe that it would be a far stretch for the Imam to use this Hadith in order to
justify his actions. However, with the Muhammadans, twisting texts is never a far stretch.

March 20, 2009 1:53 AM

 Bfoali said...

Without a doubt this is not Taqiyya in Practise.

Now Again I am A Shia so Maybe my veiws on Taqqiya are differnt but never the less
this is not Taqqiya according to Jafari School of thought.

March 20, 2009 2:59 AM

Royal Son said...

Unless he is "at war" with his fellow muslims to gain leadership of the mosque, in which
case... perhaps he doesn't consider them.... muslims.

I dunno...

Deception is a horribly complex thing.

March 20, 2009 4:17 AM

DAN12345 said...

God is not a liar and doesnt want his people lying for any reason at all,that is the whole
point never there should be a valid reason for any religion to condone and allow
lying.........You will know a bad tree from the fruit it produces,,,if allah is telling its
followers to lie, then it shows if its God or not

March 20, 2009 6:38 AM

Taylor said...

Many Muslims, even in the West, believe that they are currently at war (against U.S. &
others). Because of that, many Muslims feel that it's permissible to lie.

Also, Muslims lie by not expressing their true beliefs about the violent nature of Islam,
because if they did not, they would be in danger of being imprisoned.

Some Muslims intentionally lie when they say: "Islam is a religion of peace," when in
reality the aim of Islam which was clearly taught by Muhammad is to rule the world.

March 20, 2009 12:41 PM

 Fernando said...

I had a quite longue debatte with Ibn (iff I can remenber it whell) on the meaning of
taqiyya...

the problemm itt seamed, was on the interpretation off "in case of danger"... does this
mean:

a) danger off lossing one's life?;

b) danger off lossing one's reputtation?
c) danger for islam's reputtation?
d) danger mouse? (to be in sinthony with Khayyam's power off argumentattion...)

so: inn whatt do we stand? perhaps some mislim reader can educate us all based on
solidd documentes...

March 20, 2009 5:57 PM

KeithTruth said...

Here is Sami Zaatari's taqiyya exposed:

http://keithtruth.blogspot.com/2009/03/contra-sami-zaatari.html

Series refuting what the snake said in his last rebuttal, closing and Q&A after I was
banned from the debate.

March 20, 2009 7:34 PM

BlackBaron said...

HA! It looked like a Way of the Master segment when the reporter asks the Imam if he's
lying and the Imam gets mad and yells "NO, YOU LIE!". Too funny.

March 20, 2009 8:45 PM

FaroCelestial said...
 I am currently unable to view the video due to the firewall at work, but I do have a
comment on what I have read: I do not see how the second quotation from Sahih Bukhari
supports the doctine of taqiyya. When Muhammad bin Maslama states "...allow me to
say what I like", this does not imply a false statement in and of itself. Could it not also be
referring to making an opinionated or preferential statement? This excerpt as a stand-
alone is too vague to make a solid conclusion.

Please clarify.

March 24, 2009 10:23 PM

Claude L said...

What is astonishing and frightening with Islam is the fact that it doesn’t teach not to lie
and not to kill anytime as a basic principle like all other religions do, but it teaches when
to kill and when to lie. It teaches when you may or must kill a Muslim, a women, a
daugther, a wife, a khafir, an unbeliever. It teaches that you may or must lie if it serves
the cause of Islam. Muslims can argue as they want on interpretation of words or
sentences but the facts do and will remain unchanged at the end. Only Muslims admit
killing and lying as a religious duty, evetually. But not too much…just enough. Allah is
great ! And Muhammad too, for sure.

March 26, 2009 7:11 PM

Fernando said...

Yes Claude L... you're righte... and that's whate is fascinatting to manie people about
islam: it does nott rekire them to overcome theyre "animal instincts" of hunger, violence,
lust, revenge, hatre, decieve, and so onn... they don't need to be more humans... theu can
be just like an narcisistic (pseudo)omnipotent two-years olde child who cries and beats
when he does not habe what he wantes... islam is also a "mentall desiesed" in many
aspectes... if you follow the DSM or the ICD-10 (the internationall catalogation of health
problems, speciallie the section on metal problems), you just will understand mie
words... I'm deeply sorrow for muslims around the world...

March 28, 2009 4:45 AM

http://www.answering-islam.org/Index/L/lying.html

LYING

see also DECEPTION.

The morality of lying is one of the most confusing aspects of Islamic thought and, as a result,
creates the impression that whether a person is truthful, or deceitful, depends entirely on the
ethics of the situation.

At first glance, Islam appears to place great importance on the truth:

And cover not Truth with falsehood, nor conceal the Truth when ye know
(what it is). (YA, al-Baqarah 2:42)

There are TWO categories of lies which are not tolerated in Islam:

1. A lie against Allah.

Who can be more wicked than one who inventeth a lie against Allah, or saith,
"I have received inspiration," when he hath received none, or (again) who
saith, "I can reveal the like of what Allah hath revealed"? If thou couldst but
see how the wicked (do fare) in the flood of confusion at death! - the angels
stretch forth their hands, (saying), "Yield up your souls: this day shall ye
receive your reward,- a penalty of shame, for that ye used to tell lies against
Allah, and scornfully to reject of His signs!" Sura 6:93

2. A Lie against Muhammad

Narrated Al-Mughira: I heard the Prophet saying, "Ascribing false things to

me is not like ascribing false things to anyone else. Whosoever tells a lie
against me intentionally then surely let him occupy his seat in Hell-Fire." ...
(Sahih al-Bukhari 2.378, cf. 1.106-108)

Lying to, or about, fellow Muslims is also a sin according to the Traditions.

Cases in which lying IS permitted

One of the most interesting moral dilemmas for Islam are the cases in which lying is permitted

The Traditions tell us that there are three instances where deception can be used:

Humaid b. 'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Auf reported that his mother Umm Kulthum
daughter of 'Uqba b. Abu Mu'ait, and she was one amongst the first
emigrants who pledged allegiance to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him), as saying that she heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: A liar is not one who tries to bring reconciliation amongst people
and speaks good (in order to avert dispute), or he conveys good. Ibn Shihab
 said he did not hear that exemption was granted in anything what the people
speak as lie but in three cases: in battle, for bringing reconciliation
amongst persons and the narration of the words of the husband to
his wife, and the narration of the words of a wife to her husband (in
a twisted form in order to bring reconciliation between them). (Sahih
Muslim, Hadith number 6303-05; see also Sahih al-Bukhari 3.857)

More information is provided by William Muir's "Life of Mahomet", Volume I, footnote 88:

The common Moslem belief is that it is allowable to tell a falsehood on four

occasions:

1st, to save one's life;

2nd, to effect a peace or reconciliation;
3rd, to persuade a woman;
4th, on the occasion of a journey or expedition.

To save one's life

The first is borne out by Mahomet's express sanction. Ammar ibn Yasir was
sorely persecuted by the pagans of Mecca, and denied the faith for his
deliverance. The Prophet approved of his conduct: - "If they do this again,
then repeat the same recantation to them again." Katib al Wackidi; p. 227 ½.
Another tradition preserved in the family of Yasir, is as follows: - "The
idolators seized Ammar, and they let him not go until he had abused
Mahomet and spoken well of their gods. He then repaired to the Prophet, who
asked of him what had happened." - "Evil, oh Prophet of the Lord! I was not
let go until I had abused thee, and spoken well of their gods." - "But how,"
replied Mahomet, "dost thou find thine own heart?" - "Secure and steadfast in
the faith." - "Then," said Mahomet, "if they repeat the same, do thou too
repeat the same." Ibid. Mahomet also said that Ammar's lie was better than
Abu Jahl's truth.

To effect a peace or reconciliation

The second is directly sanctioned by the following tradition:- "That person is

not a liar who makes peace between two people, and speaks good words to
do away their quarrel, although they should be lies. Mishcat, vol ii. p.427.

To persuade a woman

As to the third, we have a melancholy instance that Mahomet did not think it
wrong to make false promises to his wives, in the matter of Mary his Egyptian
maid.

[This article provides more information on this incident.]

On the occasion of a journey or expedition

 And regarding the fourth, it was his constant habit in projecting expeditions
(excepting only that to Tabuk) to conceal his intentions, and to give out that
he was about to proceed in another direction from the true one. Hishami, p.
392; Katib al Wackidi, p. 133 ½.

What was Muhammad's attitude towards lying?

Muhammad treated truth and deception according his own style of situational ethics.
Muhammad condoned, and actually permitted, lying to further his goals:

For example,

Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah:

Allah's Apostle said, "Who is willing to kill Ka'b bin Al-Ashraf who has hurt Allah and
His Apostle?" Thereupon Muhammad bin Maslama got up saying, "O Allah's Apostle!
Would you like that I kill him?" The Prophet said, "Yes," Muhammad bin Maslama said,
"Then allow me to say a (false) thing (i.e. to deceive Kab). "The Prophet said, "You
may say it." ... (Sahih al-Bukhari 5.369, cf. the article on Ka'b bin Al-Ashraf for further
details)

Muhammad clearly condoned dishonesty, as well as murder, when it suited his purposes.

Lying today

Imam Abu Hammid Ghazali says: "Speaking is a means to achieve objectives. If a

praiseworthy aim is attainable through both telling the truth and lying, it is unlawful
to accomplish through lying because there is no need for it. When it is possible to
achieve such an aim by lying but not by telling the truth, it is permissible to lie if
attaining the goal is permissible." (Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Misri, The Reliance of the
Traveller, translated by Nuh Ha Mim Keller, amana publications, 1997, section r8.2,
page 745)

Note that Al-Ghazali is one of the most famous and respected Muslim theologians of all time.

Articles which are exploring this topic further:

• Understanding Dishonesty and Deceit in Islam

• Is Lying a Sin, or Just a Good Strategy?

One of the foundational theological problems for Islam in this matter is the fact that Allah prides
himself to be "the best of deceivers" (Âl 'Imran 3:54, Al-Anfal 8:30). How then can deception be
negative and morally wrong for Muslims when it is a matter of pride for Allah, the god of Islam?
For a detailed discussion of this matter, see Allah – The Greatest Deceiver of them All and
further articles listed under DECEPTION.

One specific instance of a Muslim missionary using deception to make Islam look more
acceptable to a Western audience: Sunni Muslims and Taqiyyah.
One should always be very cautious and careful regarding debating Muslims, as many see no
problem to use lies and deception on those occasions. Oftentimes, they do not understand
dialogue and debate meetings as an open and honest exchange of convictions, but it is part of the
Islamic war against unbelievers in another form, and "war is deceit" as Muhammad said. A
couple of examples are given in these articles:

• Nadir Ahmed: Taqiyya Incarnate

• Jesus as God's Son in Luke-Acts: Responding to the Distortions of a Muslim
Taqiyyist

And deception (a.k.a. the wise choice of words) also features in the high-profile "dialogue"
initiated by a letter of 138 Muslim scholars to the leaders of all Christian churches, see the
detailed analysis The Truth About "A Common Word" and other material provided in our
overview page on "A Common Word Between Us And You".

For further implications and current reality, see e.g.

• The Islamic Agenda And Its Blueprints

• The Peace of Jerusalem and Yasser Arafat
• Islamic Law On Female Circumcision
• Civilization of Deception

Two articles giving details regarding a particularly blatant case of Muslim lies for political
expediency:

• The Muslim Claim to Jerusalem

• The Modern Destruction of the Temple Mount (this is criminal!)

One particular deception that resulted in great destruction and the killing of innocent people:

• The Muhammad Cartoon Hoax (for further discussion of the cartoon issue,
see Is Islam above Criticism?)

Sunni Muslims often criticize the Shi'a for their use of Taqiyya, or not showing their faith
openly. In other words, if a Shi'a Muslim's life is in danger, he may lie as long as he holds true to
Ali in his heart.

Related:

• Muslim (and other) Hoaxes

Go Back to Main Index

 http://muslim-responses.com/Islam_on_Lying/Islam_on_Lying_

Examining the issue of the Prophet

Muhammad allowing Muslims to lie

By Sami Zaatari

One of the most common claims thrown against Muslims is that the prophet
Muhammad allowed Muslims to lie. Christians always like to go around claiming that
Muslims are allowed to lie, and they often make these claims on their websites and
sermons.

The Christians are guilty of intentionally distorting what the prophet Muhammad really
said, since when we look at what the prophet said, it is nothing near the claims the
Christians are making.

Now it must be said, that lying is forbidden in Islam, however so, UNDER 3
OCCASIONS, it is not. This point must be made crystal clear, that it is only under 3
specific circumstances in which a Muslim is allowed to lie, not like the Christian tries
to make it seem, that Muslims are always allowed to lie.

These three specific circumstances are as follows:

Sahih MuslimBook 032, Number 6303:

Humaid b. 'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Auf reported that his mother Umm Kulthum
daughter of 'Uqba b. Abu Mu'ait, and she was one amongst the first emigrants who
pledged allegiance to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him), as saying that she
heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: A liar is not one who
tries to bring reconciliation amongst people and speaks good (in order to avert
dispute), or he conveys good. Ibn Shihab said he did not hear that exemption was
granted in anything what the people speak as lie but in three cases: in battle,
for bringing reconciliation amongst persons and the narration of the
words of the husband to his wife, and the narration of the words of a wife
to her husband (in a twisted form in order to bring reconciliation between
them).

So as you can see, Muslims are allowed to only lie during battle, essentially in war.
Muslims are allowed to lie in order to bring peace between two people, and also
when a wife and husband are fighting with each other and they lie to bring about
an end to their problems.

As you can see, there is nothing wrong or extreme about that now is there? During
war, many people will lie; this is how war is, if an enemy comes to you asking you
where you're other soldiers are, would you tell him? Off course not, and if you were
forced into giving the enemy army some information, you would give him false
information. This is something very common during wars, and is practiced by every
single army and every practicing soldier yet no one says they are commiting a
crime or something bad! How ironic American Marines who kill, rape, and bomb
innocent Iraqis are hailed as heroes by many Christians in the west yet they have a
problem with a command from the Prophet Muhammad allowing people to lie in
war!

Also How more ironic it is, that Americans have no problems with the CIA and US
military being taught on how to give false information to enemies during war, and
see it as something very normal and okay, yet when Islam permits the same type
of action, the Christian goes all crazy shouting out evil! Such double standards
simply reflect the low character of such Christians, and I am ONLY referring to
those Christians who use these double standards.
Any sane rational person would lie during war to save yourself, or your comrades,
and only a fool would say this is something wrong.

The second circumstance, in which a person is allowed to lie, is when you want to
bring peace between 2 people. Again, does this seem like something evil? If two of
your best friends were fighting, and the only way to bring a peace between both of
them was to make something up, would you not do it? Off course you would, and
many of you have done so.

This is something very normal, and logical, and this is something any person would
do. Your intention is not to cause problems; rather your intention is to cause good
and peace, only a fool would argue saying to lie to make peace is bad. If a lie could
bring peace and end war, or blood-shed, or violence, would you not lie to end it
and bring the peace? Only an idiot would say no.

The third circumstance of when it's permissible to lie is when you are trying to fix
things up between your wife or husband. Again, is this something wrong or evil?
The majority of married people have lied to each other to fix things up, and this is
a FACT, yet no one has a problem with it or cries out evil! Yet when Islam allows
such a rational act, the Christians go mad. Remember, the intention of this is
something good, not to bring evil, you are doing this to fix your marriage, and to
reconcile things, you are not doing this to do bad things.

Now it must be said, Muslims cannot use this hadith to always lie to their husbands
and wives intentionally, no, it is only when your intention is to really fix things up,
then you can commit the lie. You cannot commit the lie to simply help yourself,
and then go back to doing bad things, and lie again, and play around. This is not
how it goes.

So as you can see, Islam only allows you to lie under special circumstances, and as
we saw, there is nothing evil about these circumstances, and only a fool would
argue that this is something bad and evil.

So in conclusion, Christians should stop claiming that Muslims are allowed to lie for
fun or whenever they feel like, that is something false and is an intentional lie and
a distortion of the facts. Muslims are only allowed to lie under 3 specific
circumstances, and as you can see, it is something very natural to lie in these 3
specific circumstances, and it must be done with a good intention, to save your life
or the life of your fellow soldiers and army.

And Allah Knows Best!

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