The commandment of dissimulation in the Baha’is behavior
Shoqi Effendi has deprecated hiding belief in every situation; while Abdul Baha has mentioned several days in Baha’ism as dissimulation days. Anyway, how have the Baha’i authors mentioned the explicitness of all writings of the Baha’i leaders concerning the prohibition of dissimulation to justify Shoqi Effendi’s commandment?
The first guardian of the faith of Baha’ism (Shoqi Effendi has deprecated hiding belief in each situation and has ordered the Baha’is to avoid it. As Ishraq Khawari writing narrated by Shoqi Effendi: “The third question was about hiding belief he answered hiding belief is deprecated and against the faith.[1]” The author continues to claim that all writings by the Baha’i leaders have stipulated this principle: “There are many tablets in this regard and there are few ones not to stipulate.[2]”
However; studying the Baha’i works, we will figure out that there works, we will figure out that there has been a period of time before Shoqi Effendi’s which has been called dissimulation days by Abdul Baha; as we read narrated by Abdul Baha: “After appointing and interrupting between both people, delay is not allowable. According to the exact text of the book, it must be acted unless a great prohibition is happened because These days are the dissimulation ones.[3]”
Questions: Abdul Baha has considered hiding belief as allowable in Baha’ism and mentioned the days called the dissimulation ones. So, why has Shoqi Effendi boycotted it?! Should the Baha’is obey Bahaullah and Abdul Baha or be the follower of Shoqi Effendi?!
[۱] Abdul Hamid IShraq Khawari, the treasury of limitations and commandments, Tehran: the national institute of the faith press, 3rd edition, 128 Badi’a, p. 459.
[۲] Ibid, p. 459.
[۳] Fadhel Mazandarani, Amr & Khalq epistle, the electronic copy, Vol. 4, p. 169.
