What is the way to attain the status of the awliya (close friends of Allah) that the awliya attained?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What is the way to attain the status of the awliya that these awliya attained?
Answer:
The verse is faith and taqwa (mindfulness of Allah)[Yunus 10:62-63] Through these two matters, the status of being a close friend of Allah the Exalted is attained. People differ in this; every believer who is mindful of Allah is a close friend of Allah according to the amount of faith and taqwa he has. The status may be strong, moderate, or weak. Yes, every believer is a close friend of Allah; everyone who has not left the faith is a close friend of Allah, but the status may be strong or weak according to his faith and taqwa. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What is the way to attain the status of the awliya that these awliya attained?
Answer:
The verse is faith and taqwa (mindfulness of Allah)
(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
أَلَا إِنَّ أَوْلِيَاءَ اللَّهِ لَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَكَانُوا يَتَّقُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [589 -858] ما السبيل إلى الوصول إلى الولاية التي وصل إليها الأولياء؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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