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TYPES OF Auliya (Friends, Protectors, Helpers, Supporters)
According to Quran and Sunnah:
"O you who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians as 'Auliya' (friends,
protectors, helpers etc.), they are but 'Auliya' to one another. And if any
amongst you takes them as 'Auliya' then surely he is one of them. Verily,
Allah guides not those people who are the Zalimun (polytheists and wrongdoers
and unjust)." 5:51
"O you who believe! Take not My enemies and your enemies (i.e.
disbelievers and polytheists, etc.) as friends, showing affection towards
them, while they have disbelieved in what has come to you of the truth (i.e.
Islâmic Monotheism, this Qur'ân, and Muhammad ), and have driven out the
Messenger (Muhammad ) and yourselves (from your homeland) because you believe
in Allâh your Lord! If you have come forth to strive in My Cause and to seek
My Good Pleasure, (then take not these disbelievers and polytheists, etc., as
your friends). You show friendship to them in secret, while I am All-Aware of
what you conceal and what you reveal. And whosoever of you (Muslims) does
that, then indeed he has gone (far) astray, (away) from the Straight Path. 60,
1.
"Should they gain the upper hand over you, they would behave to
you as enemies, and stretch forth their hands and their tongues against you
with evil, and they desire that you should disbelieve". 60, 2.
"Neither your relatives nor your children will benefit you on the
Day of Resurrection (against Allâh). He will judge between you. And Allâh is
the All-Seer of what you do". 60, 3.
Indeed there has been an excellent example for you in Ibrâhim
(Abraham) and those with him, when they said to their people: "Verily, we are
free from you and whatever you worship besides Allâh, we have rejected you,
and there has started between us and you, hostility and hatred for ever, until
you believe in Allâh Alone," except the saying of Ibrâhim (Abraham) to his
father: "Verily, I will ask for forgiveness (from Allâh) for you, but I have
no power to do anything for you before Allâh ." Our Lord! In You (Alone) we
put our trust, and to You (Alone) we turn in repentance, and to You (Alone) is
(our) final Return, 60, 4.
Certainly, there has been in them an excellent example for you to follow, for
those who look forward to (the Meeting with) Allâh (for the reward from Him)
and the Last Day. And whosoever turn away, then verily, Allâh is Rich (Free of
all wants), Worthy of all Praise. 60, 6.
Perhaps Allâh will make friendship between you and those whom you
hold as enemies. And Allâh has power (over all things), and Allâh is
Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. 60, 7.
Allâh does not forbid you to deal justly and kindly with those
who fought not against you on account of religion and did not drive you out of
your homes. Verily, Allâh loves those who deal with equity. 60, 8.
It is only as regards those who fought against you on account of
religion, and have driven you out of your homes, and helped to drive you out,
that Allâh forbids you to befriend them. And whosoever will befriend them,
then such are the Zâlimûn (wrongdoers those who disobey Allâh). 60,9
O you who believe! Take not as friends the people who incurred
the Wrath of Allâh (i.e. the Jews). Surely, they have been in despair to
receive any good in the Hereafter, just as the disbelievers have been in
despair about those (buried) in graves (that they will not be resurrected on
the Day of Resurrection). 60, 13.
Disbelieving Relatives
O you who believe! Take not for 'Auliya' (supporters and helpers) your fathers
and your brothers if they prefer disbelief to Belief. And whoever of you does
so, then he is one of the Zalimun (wrongdoers, etc.) 9:23 Hypocrites.
Then what is the matter with you that you are divided into two
parties about the hypocrites? Allah has cast them back (to disbelief) because
of what they have earned. Do you want to guide him whom Allah has made to go
astray? And he whom Allah has made to go astray, you will never find for him
any way (of guidance). They wish that you reject Faith, as they have rejected
(Faith), and thus that you all become equal (like one another). So take not 'Auliya'
(protectors or friends) from them, till they emigrate in the Way of Allah (to
Muhammad ). But if they turn back (from Islam), take (hold) of them and kill
them wherever you find them, and take neither 'Auliya' (protectors or friends)
nor helpers from them. 4:88-89
Those who take disbelievers for 'Auliya' (protectors or helpers
or friends) instead of believers, do they seek honour, power and glory with
them? Verily, then to Allah belongs all honour, power and glory. 4:139
O you who believe! Take not for 'Auliya' (protectors or helpers
or friends) disbelievers instead of believers. Do you wish to offer Allah a
manifest proof against yourselves? 4:144
Awliya for Muslims
Muslims Behold! verily on the friends of Allah there is no fear nor shall they
grieve. 10.62; Those who believe and (constantly) guard against evil. 10,63.
As to those who turn (for friendship) to Allah His Apostle and
the (fellowship of) believers it is the fellowship of Allah that must
certainly triumph. 5, 56.
Those who believed and adopted exile and fought for the faith
with their property and their persons in the cause of Allah as well as those
who gave (them) asylum and aid these are (all) friends and protectors one of
another. As to those who believed but came not into exile ye owe no duty of
protection to them until they seek your aid in religion it is your duty to
help them except against a people with whom ye have a treaty of mutual
alliance: and (remember) Allah seeth all that ye do . 8, 72.
Let not the believers take for friends or helpers unbelievers rather than
believers; if any do that in nothing will there be help from Allah; except by
way of precaution that ye may guard yourselves from. 3, 28.
Verily, your Walî (Protector or Helper) is Allâh, His Messenger,
and the believers, - those who perform As-Salât (Iqâmat-as-Salât), and give
Zakât, and they bow down (submit themselves with obedience to Allâh in
prayer). 5:55 What hadith says about Awliya Allah
The Prophet (s) said, "'ulama ummati ka anbiya'i Bani Isra'il" which means
"the scholars of my Nation are like the prophets of the Bani Isra'il." And the
Prophet (s) said in another hadith "al-'ulama warithat ul-anbiya," (Ibn Majah
and Tirmidhi) which means "the scholars are the inheritors of the prophets."
Therefore it is difficult to see a way in Islam which allows one to discard
scholars and scholarship.
Abu Hurayra narrated that Rasool Allah (saw) said (hadith Qudsi),
" Whoever harms any of my Deputies, I shall declare war on him. The striving
of my Servant to please Me does not receive a reward greater than that of
fulfilling what I have commanded him to do. My servant volunteers in his
perseverance, offering supererogatory devotion to please Me and to earn my
Love. Once I cast My love upon him, I become his hearing with which he hears,
his sight with which he sees, his hand with which he exacts justice, and his
foot that carries him. Should my servant pray for something, I will answer his
prayers and should he seek refuge in me, I will protect him. Indeed, there is
nothing that I have decreed, which I hesitate to do for the sake of a believer
except causing him to experience death. He dislikes it, and I hate to
displease him, but I have thus ordained."
`Umar ibn Al-Khattaab once found Mu`adh ibn Jabal (ra) sitting
and crying near the Grave of RasuuluLLah (saw). He asked him, " Why are you
crying?" Mu`adh said, " I remember something RasuuluLLah said : "The slightest
ostentatiousness is Shirk, and whoever harms any of Allah`s Deputies has
surely earned Allah`s Wrath."
`Umar ibn Al-Khattaab (ra) said, " Some of Allah blessed servants are neither
Prophets nor Martyrs, they are special People, who on the Day of Reckoning,
the Prophets and the Martyrs will envy them for their ranks and nearness to
their Lord. " Someone asked, " O RasuuluLLah , who are they, and what kind of
deeds do they perform so that we may love Them as well?" RasuuluLLah said, "
They are People who love one another in Allah, even though they have no
consanguineous ties, money to exchange or worldly business to barter with. I
swear by Allah on the Reckoning, their faces will be effulgent lights and they
will be raised on Pulpits of Light. They will not be subject to fear when the
creation is seized by the awesomeness of the Day of Resurrection, nor will
they be subjected with sorrow when the rest of creation will be seized by it."
He then recited << Surely, Allah`s Deputies are not subject to fear nor shall
they grieve>> (Quran 10:62).
No Muslims in Town to be Friends With?
Or have they taken (for worship) Auliyâ' (guardians, supporters, helpers,
protectors, etc.) besides Him? But Allâh, He Alone is the Walî (Protector,
etc.). And it is He Who gives life to the dead, and He is Able to do all
things. 42:9 And whoever takes Shaitân (Satan) as a Walî (protector or helper)
instead of Allâh, has surely suffered a manifest loss. 4:119
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