Siyosiy manevrlar tashqi siyosatda zarur bo'lib, bu manevrlarning samaradorligi maqsadlarni yashirish va harakatlarni oshkor qilishga bog'liqdir.

Political manoeuvres are necessary in foreign policy, and the effectiveness of these manoeuvres is dependent on concealing (your) aims and disclosing (your) acts.

Ushbu modda imomning ijtihodi va fikriga qoldirilgan ruxsat etilgan masalalardan bo‘lib, siyosiy hiylalar davlat tomonidan amalga oshiriladigan shunday harakatlardirki, ularning maqsadi amalga oshirilayotgan ish zohiran ko‘rsatayotgan maqsaddan boshqa narsadir. Payg‘ambar ﷺ bunday hiylalarni qo‘llagan, masalan, Hijriy birinchi yilning oxiri va ikkinchi yilning boshida amalga oshirgan yurishlarida. Bu yurishlarning zohiriy maqsadi Rasululloh ﷺ Quraysh ustiga hujum qilmoqchi ekanligi edi, lekin ularning ortidagi haqiqiy maqsad Quraysh ustida qo‘rquv solish va boshqa arab qabilalarini u bilan Quraysh o‘rtasidagi nizoda betaraflik pozitsiyasini egallashga undash edi. Buning dalili shuki, bu yurishlar son jihatidan kichik edi — oltmish, ikki yuz yoki uch yuz kishi — bu esa Quraysh bilan urushish uchun yetarli emas edi va u hech bir yurishda Quraysh bilan jang qilmagan. Ulardan faqat shu natija chiqdi: u arab qabilalarining ba’zilari bilan shartnomalar tuzdi, masalan, Damra bilan ittifoq qildi va Banu Mudlij bilan do‘stona munosabatlar o‘rnatdi. Yana bir misol — Hijriy oltinchi yilda haj qilish niyatida Makkaga qilgan safari va u paytda Ka’ba ostida turgan Quraysh bilan o‘rtasida urush holati mavjudligiga qaramay, ehrom bilan kelganini e’lon qilishi. Bu safarning maqsadi Quraysh bilan sulh shartnomasiga erishib, Xaybar masalasini hal qilish edi, chunki unga Xaybar va Quraysh Madinaga hujum qilish uchun kelishuv ustida muzokara olib borayotgani yetib kelgan edi. Bu siyosiy hiyla ekanligining dalili shuki, u shartnomaga erishgach, haj ibodatini tugatmasdan qaytishdan xursand bo‘ldi va qaytganidan ikki hafta o‘tgach Xaybarga hujum qilib, uni hal qildi. Bularning barchasi siyosiy hiylalardir. Ushbu manevrlarning kuchi amalga oshirilayotgan harakatlarda bo‘ladi: manevr e’lon qilinadi va ko‘zga tashlanadi, lekin uning maqsadlari yashirin saqlanadi. Shuning uchun uning samaradorligi harakatning ko‘zga yaqqol tashlanishiga va maqsadlarning yashirinligiga bog‘liq.

This Article is from the permitted issues left to the opinion and Ijtihad of the Imam, and the political manoeuvres are the actions which are undertaken by the State which are intended for goals other than the goals which are apparent from the action undertaken. The Prophet used to carry out these manoeuvres, such as the expeditions which he carried out at the end of the first and beginning of the second year Hijri, as the apparent goal of these expeditions was that the Messenger (pbuh) wanted to attack the Quraysh, but the reality behind them was to intimidate the Quraysh and make the other Arab tribes take a neutral position regarding the conflict between him and the Quraysh. The evidence for that is that these expeditions were small in number - sixty, or two hundred, or three hundred - which is not large enough to fight the Quraysh, and he did not fight the Quraysh in any of them. All that resulted from them was that he concluded treaties with some of the Arab tribes, such as his alliance with Damra and concluding friendly relations with Bani Mudlej. Another example is his trip to Makkah in the sixth Hijri year intending to perform the pilgrimage, and his announcing that while there was a state of war between him and the Quraysh under whose authority the Ka’bah was at that time. The intention of that journey was to arrive at an armistice treaty with the Quraysh in order to deal with Khaybar, since it had reached him that Khaybar and the Quraysh were negotiating an agreement to attack Madinah. The evidence for this being a political manoeuvre is that he was pleased to return without having completed the pilgrimage once he had achieved the treaty, and he then attacked and dealt with Khaybar two weeks after his return. All of these are political manoeuvres. The power of these manoeuvres are the actions which are undertaken, such as that the manoeuvre is announced and apparent, but the goals of it are hidden, and so its effectiveness is dependent upon the prominence of the action and the concealment of the goals.