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Walī (Arabic: ولي, plural ʾawliyāʾ أولياء), is an Arabic word meaning "custodian", "protector", "helper", etc.[1] "Wali" is someone who has "Walayah" (authority or guardianship) over somebody else. For example, in fiqh, a father is wali of his children especially for his daughters in marriage.
In Islam, the phrase ولي الله walī allāh can be used to denote one vested with the "authority of God":
Only Allah is your Wali and His Messenger and those who believe, those who keep up prayers and pay the poor-rate while they bow. — Quran, sura 5 (Al-Ma'ida), ayah 55[2]
However, the most common meaning of the word is that of a Muslim saint or holy person.[3] In Turkish the word has been adopted as veli.[4] In Palestine the word wali means both holy man and the tomb or mausoleum of a holy man. This is reflected in 19th- to early 20th-century Western scholarly literature, where the word is spelled "wali", "weli", "welli" etc. in English and "oualy"[5] in French.
It should not be confused with the different word wāli (والي) which is an administrative title that means magistrate[6] or governor and is still used today in some Muslim countries, such as the former Wali of Swat.
According to Islamic law (shari'a) a woman needs a wali, that is a custodian, to get married, as the marriage contract is signed by her wali and the bridegroom. Normally the father or the paternal grandfather of the bride is her wali. In this case the father or paternal grandfather is wali mujbir, if it is her first marriage. In this case, the bride's silence is considered consent.[7] If father and grandfather are deceased another male relative may function as wali. If there is no Muslim relative, a qadi may function as wali. There are only very few exceptions to this ruling, e.g. in the Hanafi school of Islamic law a woman may under certain circumstances marry without a wali, if it is not her first marriage.
A hierarchy of ʾawliyāʾ and their functions are outlined in the books of Sufi Masters. There is disagreement as to the terms used for each rank but there is a general agreement about the numbers and functions of each level. Starting from the top downwards:[8]
Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi and Ibn Arabi amongst others also contended that there was a Seal of the ʾawliyāʾ much in the same way that Muhammad is considered the Seal of the Prophets.[8][9]
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