Al-Waliyy - The Patron

Al-Waliyy is the friend and helper. The meaning of His love and His friendship have already been stated. The meaning of His help is obvious, for He subdues the enemies of the faith and He helps His friends. God Most High said, “God is the patron of those who believe”, and He (also) said, “That is because God is patron of those who believe, and because the disbelievers have no patron”; that is to say, they have no helper. He, the Most High, went on to say, “God hath decreed: Lo! I verily shall conquer, I and My messengers”.

Al-Waliyy among men is the one who loves God and his friends, the one who helps God and his friends and the one who treats God’s enemies as his enemies. Both self and Satan are among the enemies of God. The one who forsakes these two and (thereby) causes the affairs of God Most High to triumph, the one who is a friend of the friends of God and an enemy of God’s enemies, he is Al-Waliyy among men.