House of Islam (Peace/Safety) – House of Disbelief
عيون أخبار الرضا عليه السلام عَنِ ابْنِ عُبْدُوسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ قَالَ: سَأَلَ الْمَأْمُونُ الرِّضَا ع أَنْ يَكْتُبَ لَهُ مَحْضَ الْإِسْلَامِ عَلَى إِيجَازٍ وَ اخْتِصَارٍ
(The book) ‘Uyoun Akhbar Al-Reza-asws’ – From Ibn Ubdous, from Ibn Quteyba, from Al Fazl Bin Shazan who said,
Al-Mamoun asked Imam Al-Reza-asws to write for him-asws the pure Al-Islam upon shortness and the brevity, so from what was written by Imam Al-Reza-asws, an extract is:
وَ إِنَّ الدَّارَ الْيَوْمَ دَارُ تَقِيَّةٍ وَ هِيَ دَارُ الْإِسْلَامِ لَا دَارُ كُفْرٍ وَ لَا دَارُ إِيمَانٍ وَ الْإِيمَانُ هُوَ أَدَاءُ الْأَمَانَةِ وَ اجْتِنَابُ جَمِيعِ الْكَبَائِرِ وَ هُوَ مَعْرِفَةٌ بِالْقَلْبِ وَ إِقْرَارٌ بِاللِّسَانِ وَ عَمَلٌ بِالْأَرْكَانِ
‘And that the house today is a house of Taqiyya (dissimulation), and it is ‘دَارُ الْإِسْلَامِ ’ house of Al-Islam nor a ‘دَارُ كُفْرٍ ’ house of Kufr, nor a house of Eman; and the Eman, it is fulfilling the entrustment and shunning entirety of the major sins, and recognising with the hearts, and acknowledging with the tongue, and working with the limbs…’ (an extract).[1]
[1] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 65 – The book of Eman and Kufr – Ch 24 H 20