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Wali. A wali ( Arabic: وَلِيّ, romanized : walī; plural أَوْلِيَاء, ʾawliyāʾ) is most commonly used by Muslims to indicate a saint, otherwise referred to by the more literal "friend of God ". [1] [2] [3] When the Arabic definite article al ( ال) is added, it refers to one of the names of God in Islam, Allah – al-Walī ...
In the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Supreme Leader of the government is a wali al-faqih (guardian jurist), under the principle advanced by the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini that "in the absence of an infallible Imam", Islam gives a just and capable Islamic jurist "universal" or "absolute" authority over all people, including adult males.
Wāli, Wā'lī or vali (from Arabic: والي Wālī) is an administrative title that was used in the Muslim world (including the Rashidun, Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates and the Ottoman Empire) to designate governors of administrative divisions. It is still in use in some countries influenced by Arab or Muslim culture.
The verse of walaya ( Arabic: آيَة ٱلْوَلَايَة) is verse 5:55 of the Quran, the central religious text of Islam. This verse specifies three authorities as the only sources of walaya for Muslims. In Sunni Islam, walaya in this context signifies 'friendship' or 'support', whereas Shia Muslims interpret it as 'spiritual authority ...
The mausoleum of Ahmad Yasawi who was also considered a Sufi saint and poet in Turkistan, current day Kazakhstan.. Sufi saints or Wali (Arabic: ولي, plural ʾawliyāʾ أولياء) played an instrumental role in spreading Islam throughout the world.
v. t. e. In Islam, nikah ( Arabic: نِكَاح, romanized : nikāḥ) is a contract exclusively between a man and woman. Both the groom and the bride are to consent to the marriage of their own free wills. A formal, binding contract – verbal or on paper [1] – is considered integral to a religiously valid Islamic marriage, and outlines the ...
Walayah or Walayat is a pillar of Shia Islam specifically in Ismaili and Druze denoting: "love and devotion for God, the Prophets, the Imam and the dai .". One should have Walayat (guardianship of the faith) on the wali. If someone has been made Wali of yours than have full walayat (guardianship of faith) of him.
Barakzai. v. t. e. Pashtunwali ( Pashto: پښتونوالی ), also known as Pakhtunwali and Afghaniyat, [1] is the traditional lifestyle or a code of honour and tribal code of the Pashtun people, from Afghanistan and Pakistan, by which they live. Many scholars widely have interpreted it as being "the way of the Pashtuns" or "the code of life". [2]