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Auliya Allah - Friends
of Allah (Azzo Jal)
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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