is no conflict in Imami Shia approach to the principle of dissimulation. Adherence or non-adherence to it just varied in the different conditions. In the end, the authors prove that traditions associated with the dissimulation have nothing to do with sectarian distinctions; rather they were subject to advantages and disadvantages that authors were unaware of them.

Key Words: Fiqh al-Hadith (Hadith Scholarship), Twelver Shia, Imami traditions, Dissimulation, Etan Kohlberg.