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Walī (Arabic: ولي‎, plural Awliyā' أولياء), is an Arabic word meaning "custodian", "protector", "helper", or authority as denoted by its definition "crown".^[1] "Wali" is someone who has "Walayah" (authority or guardianship) over somebody else. For example, in fiqh, a father is wali of his children. In Islam, the phrase ولي الله walīyu l-Lāh^[2] can be used to denote one vested with the "authority of God":

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِنَّمَا وَلِيُّكُمُ اللّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ الَّذِينَ يُقِيمُونَ الصَّلاَةَ وَيُؤْتُونَ الزَّكَاةَ وَهُمْ رَاكِعُونَ
"In the name of God the Merciful, the Compassionate: Only God is your wali and his messenger and those who believe, establish worship, and pay the poor due while bowing down (in prayer)."^{[Quran 5:55]}

In English, wali most often means a Muslim saint or holy person. It should not be confused with the different word wāli (والي) which is an administrative title that means magistrate^[3] and is still used today in some Muslim countries, such as the Wali of Swat.

Sunni Islam[link]

In religious uses, it is generally short for Waliullah (Arabic ولي الله) or friend of God. Belief in the Awliya is an agreed upon article of faith in Sunni Islam having been mentioned in the earliest creeds to the most recent. Imam Tahawi mentions them in his creed:

We do not prefer any of the saintly men among the Ummah over any of the Prophets but rather we say that any one of the Prophets is better than all the awliya' put together. We believe in what we know of Karamat, the marvels of the awliya' and in authentic stories about them from trustworthy sources.^[4]

Islamic books of Aqeedah are not meant to be exhaustive of every branch of faith but rather to clarify points deviated from by non-Sunni sects. Thus Imam Tahawi clarifies some Sufis mistaken belief that the Awliya could become greater than Prophets and confirmed the majority of Sunni Muslims' belief that the Awliya can perform miracles.

Use in Tasawuf/Sufism[link]

A hierarchy of Awliya and their functions are outlined in the books of Sufi Masters. There is disagreement as to the terms used for each rank but there is a general agreement about the numbers and functions of each level. Starting from the top downwards:^[5]

• One Ghawth (Helper)
• Three Qutub (Pole)
• Three Nuqaba (Watchmen)
• Four Awtaad (Pegs)/Aqtab (Poles)
• Seven Abraar (Pious)
• Forty Abdal (Substitutes)
• Three Hundred Akhyaar (Chosen)

Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi and Ibn Arabi amongst others also contended that there was a Seal of the Awliya much in the same way that Muhammad is considered the Seal of the Prophets.^[5][6]

Shi'a term[link]

Wali not only means “authority” to Shi’as, but is also used as a short form of Waliullah, the one vested with the "authority of God". Waliullah references the authority that was vested in the Prophet Muhammad, then succeeded by Ali ( the cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad; husband of his daughter Fatimah Zahra) as the first of twelve divinely appointed “Imams”, or male descendants of Muhammad through his daughter . According to this view, there is always an “Imam of the Age”, and the twelfth is in occultation until God will command him to establish His government on earth. For Shi’as, following this "Wali" and believing in "Walayah" (divine authority) is mandatory. The Shi’a accordingly include the third phrase “Ali-un-Wali-ul-lah” ("Ali is God’s appointed Wali”) in their kalimah.

Shi'as corroborate the revelation of the Quranic verse 5:55 with the incident widely narrated in both Sunni and Shia narrations (ahadith) where Ali gave his ring in charity to a beggar while bowing in prayer, and cite the verses use of the word إِنَّمَا to indicate that the subjects are specific, not general.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِنَّمَا وَلِيُّكُمُ اللّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ الَّذِينَ يُقِيمُونَ الصَّلاَةَ وَيُؤْتُونَ الزَّكَاةَ وَهُمْ رَاكِعُونَ

"Only Allah is your Wali and His Messenger and those who believe - establish worship and pay the poor due and bow down humbly (in prayer)."[Quran 5:55]

Another disputed use of “wali” in Quran includes the verse:

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَتَّخِذُوا الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَىٰ أَوْلِيَاءَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءُ بَعْضٍ وَمَن يَتَوَلَّهُم مِّنكُمْ فَإِنَّهُ مِنْهُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ

"Oh you who believe! Do not take the Jews and the Christians as your Wali; they are but Wali of each other; and whoever amongst you takes them for a Wali, then surely he is one of them; surely Allah does not guide the unjust people." [Quran 5:51]

Sunnis interpret this verse to mean that a Muslim may not take a Christian or Jew as a “friend”, whereas Shi’as reject this and interpret the verse in a political sense to mean that Christians and Jews should not act as “authorities” over Muslim people.

Salafi[link]

Salafis (and all Wahhabis) also quote the following verse but denounce any meaning of the word wali other than master/owner/guardian but the Arabic word also means "friend" and "helper":

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِنَّمَا وَلِيُّكُمُ اللّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ الَّذِينَ يُقِيمُونَ الصَّلاَةَ وَيُؤْتُونَ الزَّكَاةَ وَهُمْ رَاكِعُونَ ^{[Quran 5:55]} "Only Allah is your Wali and His Messenger and those who believe, establish worship, and pay the poor due while bowing down (in prayer)."[Quran 5:55]

Legal (fiqh) uses of the term[link]

Marriage[link]

In the Islamic law of marriage, the wali is a woman's closest adult male relative, who has authority and responsibility with respect to her marrying; in this context, wali can be translated as "marriage guardian".

Guardian of orphans[link]

See Islam and children

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See also[link]

• Mawla
• Wali Songo

References[link]

Sources and external links[link]

• Sajid, Imam Dr. Abduljalil (22 December 2004). "Scholars Smash Hizb Argument Against British Politics". Muslim Public Affairs Committee UK. http://www.mpacuk.org/content/view/211/. 

شاہ ولی Shahy Walli
Background information
Born	1952, Tagab, Kapisa, Afghanistan
Genres	Ghazals Classical music
Occupations	Singer
Years active	1963–present
Labels	Various

Ustad Shah Wali (Pashto: شاہ ولی) is a renowned musician from Afghanistan. He was born in 1952, in Tagab, Kapisa Province of Afghanistan.^[1]

Shah Wali is an ethnic Pashtun^[2] who has sung more than 300 songs in Pashto, Persian, and Urdu. His father was a businessman and had nothing to do with music. It was on his own account that Shah Wali carved a name for himself in this line.

Before his migration to Pakistan, Shah Wali had already sung more than 250 songs for Afghanistan Television. Once in Pakistan, he was taken in as a pupil by Ustad Nawab Ali Khan of the "House of Patiala" for 12 years and where he got an opportunity to learn from "King of Ghazal" Mehdi Hassan, Farida Khanam, and Nawab Shahabuddin Shahab, becoming by 1985 the leading Afghan singer in Pakistan.^[3] At the conclusion of his training he was conferred upon with the title of Ustad. His singing career started with his famous song "Shah Laila Rasha" for Afghanistan TV and the journey still goes on.

Personal life[link]

Shah Wali has a wife and twelve children^{[citation needed]}. Out of the twelve children, seven are boys and five are girls^{[citation needed]}. Shah Wali along with his family now resides in Ontario, Canada^{[citation needed]} and is actively involved with teaching music to a number of students.^{[citation needed]}

Discography[link]

• Watan (وطن)
• Songs of Love from Afghanistan (د مينې سندرې له افغانستان نه)
• Nazawelay Laila (نازولې ليلا)

References[link]

Neeru Bajwa (Punjabi: ਨੀਰੂ ਬਾਜਵਾ; born 26 August 1980) is an Indian actress who started her career with Dev Anand in the bollywood film Main Solah Baras Ki and then moved onto working in Indian Soap Opera's and Punjabi Films. Her real name is Arshvir Bajwa.

Biography[link]

She was born and brought up in Vancouver, British Columbia. In her documentary film Bollywood Bound she admits to being a high school drop out who had little interest in studies and was always stricken by the glamour of Bollywood, so she moved to Mumbai to chase her dreams. ^[1] She was engaged to television actor Amit Sadh,^[2] according to her interview they lived in together and were set to marry in December 2005^[3] but broke off the relationship after being together for eight years.^[4]

Career[link]

Indian Television[link]

She started her career in Indian Soap Opera's in 2003 with Hari Mirchi Lal Mirchi ^[5] on DD1 before moving on to Astitva...Ek Prem Kahani on Zee TV followed by Jeet on Star Plus and then Guns and Roses on Star One where she met ex-fiance Amit Sadh. ^[6]

Music Videos[link]

She appeared in her first Punjabi video in 2003 for Punjabi singer Kamal Heer for the song Kainthey Wala. She went on to do several other Punjabi videos for different artists like Hey Soniye with Silinder Pardesi, Juggy D, Rishi Rich.^{[citation needed]} and recently she was seen in Gippy Grewal`s music video Daang from his album Desi Rockstar.^{[citation needed]} She

she also appeared in a music video "hum kis gali ja rahay hain" sung by Atif Aslam.

Bollywood Films[link]

She made her debut in Bollywood in 1998 with Dev Anand in the film Main Solah Baras Ki and then came back to the Bollywood screen in 2010 with Prince alongside Vivek Oberoi. She was also seen in Phoonk 2.

Punjabi Films[link]

She made her Punjabi Film debut in 2004 opposite Harbhajan Mann in the movie Asa Nu Maan Watna Da and did two more films with him before going on to work with other Punjabi actors like Jimmy Shergill, Amrinder Gill, Gippy Grewal, Diljit Dosanjh and Tarun Khanna. She has many blockbusters to her name in Punjabi Cinema.

Her next Punjab film is Jatt & Juliet co starring Diljit Dosanjh releasing in June 2012. ^[7] Her next film Jatt Romantic also features her again with Diljit Dosanjh followed by Pinky Mogewali with Gavie Chahal.

Film Work[link]

• Main Solah Baras Ki (1998)
• Bollywood Bound (2003)
• Asa Nu Maan Watna Da (2004)....
• Dil Apna Punjabi (2006) ... Laadi
• Munde U.K. De (2009) ... Reet Brar
• Heer Ranjha (2009) ... Heer
• Mel Karade Rabba (2010) ... Seerat Randhawa
• Prince (2010) ...Maya
• Phoonk 2 (2010) ...Arushi
• Jihne Mera Dil Luteya (2011)... Noor Bajwa
• Miley Naa Miley Hum (2011) ...Manjeet Ahluwalia
• Pata Nahi Rabb Kehdeyan Rangan Ch Raazi (2012)
• Jatt & Juliet (2012)... Juliet
• Pinky Moge Wali (2012)... Pinky
• Jatt Romantic (2012)

Televison Work[link]

• Hari Mirchi Lal Mirchi (2003)
• Astitva...Ek Prem Kahani (2003)
• Jeet (TV series) (2003)
• Guns & Roses (2004)
• Nach Baliye 2 (2006)

References[link]

1. ^ Townend, Paul. "Bollywood Bound Movie Review". Canadian Independent Film & Television Publishing Association. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Bollywood+Bound.+(Reviews).-a087019621. Retrieved 1 May 2002. 
2. ^ "Neeru Bajwa and Amit Sadh". Meet the Baliye dancers. Rediff.com. http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2005/oct/13sld5.htm. Retrieved 23 April 2012. 
3. ^ "Neeru Bajwa Interview - We're living together and are engaged to be married". The Times Of India. http://chatinterviews.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1160946.cms. Retrieved 2010-08-31. 
4. ^ "Tere mere beech mein". Mumbai Mirror. June 03, 2010. http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/30/20100603201006030216164906071e8b7/Tere-mere-beech-mein.html. Retrieved 23 April 2012. 
5. ^ Chhabra, Arvind. "Simply Punjabi - Neeru Bajwa". India Today. http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/making-a-mark/4/106268.html. Retrieved 22 July 2010. 
6. ^ "Reality Shows - Just Good Friends". The Telegraph. February 24, 2006. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060224/asp/etc/story_5864676.asp. Retrieved 24 February 2006. 
7. ^ "Jatt and Juliet - Diljit and Neeru's next film". Cine Punjab. http://www.cinepunjab.com/2011/11/diljit-dosanjh-and-neeru-bajwas-next.html. Retrieved 2011-11-15. 

External links[link]

• Neeru Bajwa at the Internet Movie Database
• Neeru Bajwa at CinemaPunjabi.com

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Gavie Chahal (born November 11, 1978) is an Indian actor^[1] from Mansa, Punjab. He also had worked in Punjab Police.He participated in many fashion shows and won the title of Mr Punjab in the year 2000 after which he started a career in the music industry. His first music video was Jattan De Putt Saadh Ho Gaye. Since then, he has appeared in more than 60 music videos.^{[citation needed]} Subsequently, in 2005, he moved to Mumbai to start acting in the soap opera Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. He left the show to act in the Punjabi film Yaaran Naal Baharan. He has also featured in a variety of advertising campaigns. Chahal also participated in AXN's adventure show Fear Factor, winning the competition.^{[citation needed]}He currently plays the role of 'Shivendu Kaushik' in Mrs. Kaushik Ki Paanch Bahuein that airs on Zee TV.

Filmography[link]

• Yaaran Naal Baharan, supporting role, 2005
• Mehndi Wale Hath, lead role, 2006
• Majajan, lead role, 2008
• Tere ishq Nachaya, lead role, 2010
• Mohe Rang De broadcast on Colors TV, lead role
• Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, supporting role.
• Jaatan De Putt Saadh Ho Gaye, music video.
• Mrs. Kaushik Ki Paanch Bahuein.

References[link]