The belief that a wali is the one wearing a turban
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. My father is seventy-five years old, and therefore, he holds that no one is a wali except the one wearing a turban. He puts on a turban; they call them the imams of the awliya or the imams of the sayyids.
Answer:
All of this is nonsense. Ibn al-Qayyim says that the awliya (close friends of Allah) have no sign by which they are distinguished; they are like the rest of the people, and people may not even know about them. They have no signs in their clothes or garments, or in the halos around them. He does not pay them any attention. They are the awliya of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), and they cannot be elevated by anything. Rather, they are below people in their clothing, their vehicles, and in
The presenter:
Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. My father is seventy-five years old, and therefore, he holds that no one is a wali except the one wearing a turban. He puts on a turban; they call them the imams of the awliya or the imams of the sayyids.
Answer:
All of this is nonsense. Ibn al-Qayyim says that the awliya (close friends of Allah) have no sign by which they are distinguished; they are like the rest of the people, and people may not even know about them. They have no signs in their clothes or garments, or in the halos around them. He does not pay them any attention. They are the awliya of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), and they cannot be elevated by anything. Rather, they are below people in their clothing, their vehicles, and in
The presenter:
Yes.
Source
شرح زاد المستقنع [59] — alfawzan.live (1:18:37)
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