40 Nawawi
Hadiths
When it is understood that there are amongst mankind those who are the Awliya of the Most Merciful and those who are the Awliya of Shaytan, it becomes necessary to distinguish between the two, in the same way that Allah and His Messenger (SAW) distinguished between the two.
| "Unquestionably, for the Awliya of Allah there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve - those who believed and were fearing Allah. [Yunus (10): 62-63] |
In the sahih hadith, reported by Bukhari and others, from Abu Hurayrah (RA) that the Prophet (SAW) said,
| "Allah says, 'whosoever has mutual animosity with a friend (Waliy) of Mine, then he has declared war on Me - or I declare war on him. My servant does not draw close to Me with anything as he does by carrying out what I have made obligatory upon him. My servant continues to draw near to Me by performing optional deeds such that I love him. And when I love him, I am his hearing by which he hears, his sight by which he sees, his hand with which he strikes and his leg with which he walks. Were he to ask of Me, I would surely give him and were he to ask Me for refuge, I would surely grant it to him. I am never so hesitant to do something as I am to take the soul of my believing servant, he dislikes death and I Dislike to harm him but he must die'" [1] |
In another report the wording is,
| "So it is for My sake that he hears, it is for My sake that he sees, it is for My sake that he strikes and it is for My sake that he walks." [2] |
This is the most authentic hadith that has been reported concerning the Awliya and in it the Prophet (SAW) explained that whosoever displays enmity to a Waliy of Allah has declared war against Allah.
In another hadith it is mentioned,
| "Indeed I will fight for My Awliya like the fighting of a ferocious, angry lion." [3] |
Meaning that I will fight against those who display enmity [to My Awliya] on their behalf in the same way that the ferocious, angry lion fights. This is because the Awliya of Allah are those who have believed in Him and befriended Him. They love what He Loves, hate what He Hates, are pleased with what Pleases Him and are angered by what Angers Him. They command what He commands, they prohibit what He prohibits, they give to those whom He Loves to be given and they withhold from those who He Loves to be withheld from. It is reported in at-Tirmidhi and others that the Prophet (SAW) said,
| "The firmest bond of Faith is to love for the sake of Allah and to hate for the sake of Allah." [4]] |
In another hadith reported by Abu Dawud, the Prophet (SAW) said,
| "Whosoever loves for Allah, hates for Allah, gives for Allah and withholds for Allah has perfected faith." [5] |
Part 1 : 1.2 The Basic Meaning of Wilayah
Part 2 : 1.3 The Best and Most Noble of the Awliya
Part 3 : 1.4 Wilayah is Conditional Upon Following the Prophet (SAW) Inwardly and Outwardly
Part 4 : 1.5 The People of Suffah
Part 5 : 1.6 True Faith
Part 6 : 1.7 The Obligation to Believe Everything the Messenger Came With
Part 7 : 1.8 The Influence of the Devils Over Their Awliya
Part 8 : Footnotes