TANI ALASUNMO OLOHUN(WOOLI) GEGE BI QURAN ATI SUNNAH SE SALAYE.(WHO IS WALIYYU ACCORDING TO QURAN AND SUNNAH.) PART 1 Praise be to Allaah. Firstly: According to Ahl al-Sunnah, the wali (in the sense of being a close friend of Allaah) is as defined by Allaah, may He be glorified and exalted, in His holy Book, where He says (interpretation of the meaning): “No doubt! Verily, the Awliya’ of Allaah, no fear shall come upon them nor shall they grieve. 63. Those who believed, and used to fear Allaah much (by abstaining from evil deeds and sins and by doing righteous deeds). 64. For them are glad tidings, in the life of the present world, and in the Hereafter. No change can there be in the Words of Allaah. This is indeed the supreme success”[Yoonus 10:62-64]. This verse states that the waliyyu (close friend) of Allaah is the pious believer who fears Allaah, who loves Allaah and supports His Religion, and seeks to please Him, who adheres to the limits He has set and supports His law and His religion. He is one of the slaves of Allaah, and is not beyond His control and authority, rather he does not even have the power to benefit or harm himself, and he does not know what Allaah has decreed for him. This is the waliyyu of Allaah according to Ahl al-Sunnah. The way in which a person may attain the status of being a waliyyu is to perform obligatory duties, then start to perform naafil acts of worship until Allaah loves him,then when He loves him, he will be a true waliyyu of His. In the saheeh hadeeth it says: “When Allaah loves a person, He calls Jibreel (A) and says: ‘I love So and so, so love him.’ So Jibreel loves him, then he calls out to the people of heaven, ‘Allaah loves So and so, so love him.’ So the people of heaven love him and he finds acceptance on earth”Narrated by Muslim (2637). May Allaah guide us to the straight path. To be continued.....
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