Shia scholars calling themselves "Shafi`i", "Maliki" etc...

[Hani]

Salam,


Here are Shia scholars talking about their comrades, who of course used Taqiyyah to convert Sunnies.


وأن إظهاره أحد المذهبين تقية واستصلاح وقد وقع مثله في رجالنا كثيـراً مما يطــــــــــــــــــول تعدادهم ممن كانوا يتظاهرون بالشافعية وغيره.
الكشكول - البحراني 3/ 19


[And he (i.e Shia scholar) when he would present himself as being from one of the two Madhabs, he did so out of Taqiyyah and to win them over. This kind of thing happens a lot with our scholars (i.e Shia scholars) and it's too long to count the examples of those who claimed to be Shafi`i among others.]


Al-Bahrani - al-Kashkoul 3/19.


وكان يتحنف ويفتي على مذهب أبي حنيفة نعمان بن ثابت الكوفي تقية.
معجم رجال الحديث - الخوئي 5/ 54


[And he (i.e Shia scholar) used to identify himself as Hanafi and gave verdicts according to the Madhab of abi Hanifah Nu`man bin Thabit al-Kufi out of Taqiyyah.]


Mu`jam Rijal - al-Khu'i 5/54


والظاهر ان الضعف باعتبار القضاء من جهة العامة ويمكن ان يكون للتقية ولسهولة نشر اخبار اهل البيت (عليهم السلام) كما فعله جماعة من اصحابنا
خاتمة المستدرك - الطبرسي 5/ 33


[What's apparent is that they weakened him due to his verdicts concerning the mainstream Muslims (Sunnies), this could be out of Taqiyyah as it facilitates the spreading of Ahlul-Bayt's (as) narrations as a group of our companions (i.e scholars) did.]


Khatimat al-Mustadrak - Tabrasi 5/33


وكان على الظاهر يتفقه على مذهب الشافعي ويرى رأي الشيعة الامامية في البــــاطن.
الفهرست - الطوسي ص208


[He apparently was a jurist of the Shafi`i school but he believed in the opinion of the Shia internally.]


Al-Fehrest - Tusi 208


كنت في الشام مظهراً أني على مذهب الشافعي.
روضات الجنات - الخونساري 7/ 71


[When in Sham (Syria) I showed that I was a Shafi`i.]


Rawdat al-Jannat - Khawansari 7/71.



[كــــــــــــان يظهر خلاف عقيدة الإمامية مداراة واستصلاحاً لرعيته].
أعيان الشيعة - الأمين 5/ 182


[He (i.e Shia scholar) used to appear as an opponent of the Imami creed to be friendly and win-over his followers.]


A`yan al-Shi`ah - Amin 5/182


[قـــال بعض علمائنا أنه زيدي , وقـــال بعضهم أنه كان إمامي إثنى عشري كما يظهر من تأليفاته , و أنه لما كان يدعو الفرق المختلفة في المذاهب إلى نصرته , أظهر بعض الأمور التي توجب ائتلاف القلوب خوفاً من أن ينصرف الناس عنه].
تنقيح المقال في علم الرجال - المامقاني 20/ 100


[Some of our scholars labeled him as Zaydi, others said he's Twelver as his books show. Seeing as though he called the various sects to support him, he would display outwardly things to make them friendlier so they wouldn't abandon him.]


Tanqih al-Maqal - Mamaqani 20/100

[MuslimK]

Walaikum Salam,

Thanks for sharing this information. They must be very proud of their scholars.

[Hadrami]

is it known if many pretended to be shafi'i than hanafi?

[Hadrami]

the religion full of lies made for liars 😀