Walī (Arabic: ولي, plural ʾawliyāʾ أولياء) is an Arabic word primarily meaning primarily "ally", from which other related meanings with Islamic cultural...

to one of the names of God in Islam, Allah – al-Walī (الْوليّ), meaning "the Helper, Friend". In the traditional Islamic understanding, a saint is portrayed...

society." Islamic marriages require acceptance (قُبُوْل, qubūl), of the groom, the bride and the consent of the custodian (walī) of the bride. The wali of the...

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...

tomb or shrine of such a man. Wali or WALI may also refer to: Wali (Islamic legal guardian) Al-Walī (Arabic:الولي) and Al-Wālī (Arabic:الوالي), are two related...

1703–1762), commonly known as Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (also Shah Wali Allah), was an Islamic Sunni scholar and Sufi of the Naqshbandi order, who is seen by...

Noor Wali Mehsud (Pashto/Urdu: نور ولی محسود‎; born 26 June 1978), also known as Abu Mansoor Asim (ابو منصور عاصم), is a Pakistani Deobandi Islamic scholar...

Wali Rahmani (5 June 1943 – 3 April 2021) was an Indian Sunni Islamic scholar and academic who founded Rahmani30. He was a member of the Bihar Legislative...

Mufti Zar Wali Khan (1953 – 7 December 2020), was a Pakistani Islamic scholar, writer and Friday sermon preacher. He was the founder and the principal...

(2012) [1993]. "Walī". In Bearman, P. J.; Bianquis, Th.; Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E. J.; Heinrichs, W. P. (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam (2nd ed.). Leiden:...

Wali al-Ahd (Arabic: ولي العهد, romanized: Walī al-ʿAhd) is the Arabic and Islamic term for a designated heir of a ruler, or crown prince. The title emerged...

Shāh Nimatullāh or Shāh Ni'matullāh Wali (Persian: شاه نعمت‌الله ولی Shāh Ne'matullāh-i Valī), also spelled as Ne'matollah and Ni'matallah was the spiritual...

Khan Abdul Wali Khan (Pashto: خان عبدالولي خان; Urdu: خان عبدالولی خان; 11 January 1917 – 26 January 2006) was a Pashtun Pakistani democratic socialist...

was one the nine revered Javanese Muslim saints, or Wali Songo, credited with the spread of Islam in Java. According to local history, around Demak the...

in fiqh, a father is wali of his children. The term wali holds a special importance in Islamic spiritual life and it is used with various meanings that...

Mchugh, N. (2012). "Walī". In P. Bearman; Th. Bianquis; C.E. Bosworth; E. van Donzel; W.P. Heinrichs (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam (2nd ed.). Brill. doi:10...

Shia Islam (/ˈʃiːə/) is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib (656–661 CE) as his...

Wali Hasan Tonki (born; 1924 - 3 February 1995) (Urdu: مفتی ولی حسن ٹونکیؒ) was a Pakistani Mufti, Islamic scholar, judge and writer. Wali Hasan was born...

they converted to Islam and came back to preach in India in 467 AH/1073 CE. Moulai Ahmed was their companion. Abadullah was the first Wali-ul-Hind (saint...

1788 – 27 July 1866) was an Arab mystic who is regarded in Sufism as a wali (Islamic saint). Allegedly a descendant of Muhammad, Habib Noh was raised in...

Islam concerns the political, social, economic, military, and cultural developments of the Islamic civilization. Most historians believe that Islam originated...

Gresik or Kakek Bantal, was the first of the Wali Songo, the nine men generally thought to have introduced Islam to Java.: 241  His habit of placing the Qu'ran...

did not believe in Islam. There was a spring near his house on the hill. It was the only spring in the area and it was commaned by Wali Kandhari. He blocked...

Java") as one of the Wali Sanga (nine saints), although the chronicles do not generally consider Bayat as one of the main wali. The Wali Sanga are associated...

journey Hāmeed’ūd-Dīn-ee Wālī continued to teach sufism. Shāikh Hāmeed’ūd-Dīn died in 1412 passing his authority to Haji Bayram Wali, who returned to Ankara...

The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Islamic State of...

romanized: Ḥājī Baktāš Walī; Ottoman Turkish: حاجی بکتاش ولی, romanized: Hacı Bektaş-ı Veli; Albanian: Haxhi Bektash Veliu; c. 1209–1271) was an Islamic scholar, mystic...

saints or Wali (Arabic: ولي, plural ʾawliyāʾ أولياء) played an instrumental role in spreading Islam throughout the world. In the traditional Islamic view,...

founder of Kudus, is one of the Wali Sanga (lit. "Nine Saints"), of Java, Indonesia to whom the propagation of Islam amongst the Javanese is attributed...

M. Denny, Françoise Aubin, J. O. Hunwick and N. Mchugh, "Walī", in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, Edited by: P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C. E...