Q331: The questioner asks: Are there awliya (close friends of Allah) in our present time, or were the awliya only in the era of the messengers and those who were with them? Or those who came after them? Who is a wali in the view of the Shari'ah? And does he have conditions? A331: Allah the Exalted said: أَلاَ إِنَّ أَوْلِيَاءَ اللَّهِ لاَ خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلاَ هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ (62) الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَكَانُوا يَتَّقُونَ (62) Unquestionably, [for] the allies of Allah there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve (63) Those who believed and were fearing Allah [Yunus 10:62-63] , in which He the Exalted clarified who the awliya of Allah are; they are the believers who are mindful of Him; so every believer who is mindful of Allah is a wali of Allah the Exalted, and they are found in every time, from the era of Adam to the end of the world.

Defining the Awliya

Shaykh Salih ibn Fawzan al-Fawzan

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Q331: The questioner asks: Are there awliya (close friends of Allah) in our present time, or were the awliya only in the era of the messengers and those who were with them? Or those who came after them? Who is a wali in the view of the Shari'ah? And does he have conditions?
A331: Allah the Exalted said:

⁽⁶²⁾ Unquestionably, [for] the allies of Allah there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve ⁽⁶³⁾ Those who believed and were fearing Allah

أَلاَ إِنَّ أَوْلِيَاءَ اللَّهِ لاَ خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلاَ هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ (62) الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَكَانُوا يَتَّقُونَ

[Yunus 10:62-63]

, in which He the Exalted clarified who the awliya of Allah are; they are the believers who are mindful of Him; so every believer who is mindful of Allah is a wali of Allah the Exalted, and they are found in every time, from the era of Adam to the end of the world.

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