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Wali. The Arabic root w-l-y of the word wali describes affinity and proximity between two parties, and the word itself thus means one who is near and close, as in guardian, friend, helper, master, or heir. In a political context, wali is an individual who exercises political authority on behalf of a superior power (even God).
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.
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 ...
The wali is typically the father or, failing that, another male relative, and failing that a qadi (Islamic judge). This order of succession of who may serve as a wali is often spelled out by jurists, such as in this list written by Ibn Abd al-Wahhab: if the father is otherwise unavailable guardianship should be assigned
Map of the Umayyad conquest of Hispania. The Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula ( Arabic: فَتْحُ الأَنْدَلُس ), also known as the Arab conquest of Spain, [2] by the Umayyad Caliphate occurred between approximately 711 and the 720s. The conquest resulted in the defeat of the Visigothic Kingdom and the establishment of the ...
The southern part of the Iberian peninsula was under Islamic rule for seven hundred years. In medieval history, "al-Andalus" (Arabic: الأندلس) was the name given to the parts of the Iberian Peninsula and Septimania governed by Arab and North African Muslims (given the generic name of Moors), at various times in the period between 711 and 1492.
v. t. e. The Wali Songo (also transcribed as Wali Sanga) are revered saints of Islam in Indonesia, especially on the island of Java, because of their historic role in the spread of Islam in Indonesia. The word wali is Arabic for "trusted one" or "friend of God" ("saint" in this context), while the word sanga is Javanese for the number nine.
Apparently in 859, Musa's son Lubb ibn Musa al-Qasawi was appointed Wali of Toledo, and the same year, Musa permitted a Viking force to pass through his lands to attack Pamplona, where they captured Musa's nephew and former ally García Íñiguez and ransomed him for either 70,000 or 90,000 gold dinars.