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Walayah or walayat is a pillar of Shia Islam specifically in Isma'ilism 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, then they have full walayat (guardianship of faith) of them.
Ahmad Yasawi (1093–1166, buried in the Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi, poet, founder of Turkish Sufism) Akshamsaddin (1389–1459, buried in Göynük, tutor and advisor to Mehmed the Conqueror) Akhundzada Saif-ur-Rahman Mubarak (1925–2010, buried in Lahore, founder of the Saifia Sufi order)
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The Arabic root w-l-y of the word wali describes affinity and proximity between two parties, [1] and the word itself thus means one who is near and close, [2] as in guardian, [3] friend, helper, master, [4] or heir. [2] In a political context, wali is an individual who exercises political authority on behalf of a superior power (even God).
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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.
t. e. The Wali Songo (also transcribed as Wali Sanga, English: Nine Saints) 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 ...