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assalamo alakum...dear brother borhan...i am get knowledge by your mail....

there are so many question which i would like to ask you...
question no 1..i want to know that ,,,,who had offer the funeral prayer of holy prophet (p.b.u.h).

my second question is....you have said that .... god says...I AM WALLI OF THOSE HOW BELIEVE ME.)

thUs the hole muslim is the walli of GOD...BECAUSE all muslims believe on GOD and have fear of GOD....and contaray to this walli is a status which can not be obatain easyly.... please explain my question with reference to the ayyats.
ALLAH HAFIZ 

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Answer:

Funeral Prayer of Prophet & Allah is Wali

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no person, no grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai, nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

Question-1..i want to know that ,,,,who had offer the funeral prayer of holy prophet (p.b.u.h).

According to accepted history and tradition, the Prophet (saws) died on Monday morning and was buried on Tuesday evening. Due to the constraints of space in the small Prophet’s Mosque in Medina, not one, but several funeral prayers were prayed by the believers. The truth is that all the companions who were in Medina at the time of the Prophet’s death, attended his ‘janaaza’ (funeral prayers).

There are some ignorant people who lay accusations and propagate the lie that some of the closest companions did not attend the Prophet’s funeral! It is absolutely inconceivable to think that the noble companions, who loved their leader and their Prophet all their lives would all become renegades immediately at his death! The noble companions loved Allah and His Messenger (saws) to such an extent, that on his one command, they were willing to sacrifice their lives and their possessions.

To think that any of the companions did not attend the Prophet’s funeral is absurd! Each and every companion and believer who was present in Medina at the time, attended the Prophet’s funeral! To allude or imply that some amongst his (saws) noble companions did not attend the funeral is not only absurd, it is an absolute and manifest lie!

Sahih Muslim Hadith 6167 Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Allah's Messenger (saws) said: ‘Do not revile my Companions, do not revile my Companions! By Him in Whose Hand is my life, if one amongst you would have spent as much gold as (Mount) Uhud it would not amount to as much as one mudd (a handful) on behalf of one of them or (even) half of it!’

Your Question-2: my second question is....you have said that .... god says...I AM WALLI OF THOSE HOW BELIEVE ME.) thUs the hole muslim is the walli of GOD...BECAUSE all muslims believe on GOD and have fear of GOD....

Allah Subhanah Says in His Glorious Quran Chapter 2 Surah Baqarah verse 257:

257 Allah is the ‘WALI’ of those who have faith: from the depths of darkness He will lead them forth into Light. Of those who reject faith their ‘AULIYAAS’ are the ‘Taaghut’ (The shayateen): from Light they will lead them forth into the depths of darkness. They will be companions of the fire to dwell therein (for ever!).

Dear and beloved brother in Islam, Allah is my witness, I have only repeated what the All-Knowing, All-Wise, All-Mighty Lord has Declared in His Glorious Quran; and Allah is our witness, there is no bigger Truth in this Universe than the Very Words of our Supreme and Majestic Lord, Allah Tabarak-wa-Taala.

Your Question: thUs the hole muslim is the walli of GOD...

Beloved brother, this supreme honor is the other way around: it is Allah, the Lord of the Heavens and the Earth, Who is the WALI of those who have faith!

There is none in creation who would not wish to befriend Allah Subhanah; but Allah Subhanah has Declared His Criteria of befriending, and that is faith! Any person who has sincere faith, Allah Rabb-ul-Aalemeen has Declared that He is the ‘Wali’ of that person, regardless of whether that person is one or the whole Ummah!

Your Statement: and contaray to this walli is a status which can not be obatain easyly

Whosoever has sincere faith, Allah Subhanah Has Himself declared that He is their ‘Wali’; and whosoever rejects faith, no matter how much he wishes and pleads, Allah will not be his ‘Wali’!

It is indeed a Supreme and Great Honor for one to be chosen by the Lord Himself as His ‘Wali’; thus for whoever faith is easy, this honor is easy, and for whosoever faith is difficult to accept, he has missed this Supreme Honor!

Unfortunately, instead of accepting and submitting to the criteria described by Allah Subhanah, some unfortunate and ignorant people have decided to choose and name Allah’s ‘walis’ by themselves!

As true believers, our role in all humility and submission should be to let the All-Just, All-Knowing, All-Wise Lord choose and decide whom He wishes to be a ‘Wali’ of, rather than us declaring who we think should be His ‘walis’! And regardless of how much we wish to suggest who amongst creation should be chosen as Allah’s ‘walis’, Allah Rabb-ul-Aalemeen will Himself Alone Declare who He is the ‘Wali’ of only on the Day of Judgment.

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 39 Surah Zumar verse 3:

3 Is it not to Allah that sincere devotion is due? But those who take ‘WALIS’ other than Allah (say): "We only serve them (these self declared ‘walis’) in order that they may bring us nearer to Allah." Truly Allah will judge between them in that wherein they differ. But Allah guides not such as are false and ungrateful.

Beloved brother, just imagine the plight of all those who dared to choose and serve and obey and follow their self-invented and self-declared ‘walis’ in the Just and Majestic Presence of the Lord All-Mighty!

Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 25 Surah Furqan verses 17-19:

And on that Day, (Your Lord) will gather all these people together as well as those whom they used to invoke besides Allah and ask them, “Did you mislead these servants of Mine, or did they themselves go astray?” Those associate-deities will answer, “Glory be to You! We dared not take any ‘AWLIYA’ (plural of Wali) besides You. You did give them and their forefathers all the good things of life till they forgot the Admonition, and incurred the punishment.” Thus will your deities deny all that you are professing today! Then you shall neither be able to repel your punishment, nor shall you be able to get any help from anywhere. And whoever is guilty of iniquity among you, We shall make him taste a severe torment!

Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 11 Surah Hud verses 18-24:

And who can be more unjust than the one who ascribes false things to Allah? Such persons shall be brought before their Lord and the witnesses will say, “These are the people who ascribed false things to their Lord.” Beware! Allah’s curse rests upon the unjust people! Who debar others from Allah’s Way, and seek to make it crooked, and who disbelieve in the Hereafter. They were unable to frustrate Allah on the earth, nor had they ‘WALIS’ to defend them against Allah. Now they shall be given double chastisement for they would neither listen to others nor see the Truth for themselves. These are the people who brought about their own loss and all that they had invented vanished from them. No doubt they shall be the greatest losers in the Hereafter. As regards those who believed and did righteous deeds and dedicated themselves exclusively to their Lord, most surely they shall be dwellers of Paradise, and shall abide therein for ever. These two groups may be likened to two men, one of whom is blind and deaf, and the other can see and hear! Can they be alike and equal? Do you not ponder?

Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 7 Surah Aaraaf verses 2-3:

This is a Book which has been sent down to you. So, let there be no hesitation in your mind about it. This has been sent down that you may thereby warn (the disbelievers), and that it may be an Admonition to the believers. O people, follow what has been sent down to you from your Lord, and do not follow other ‘WALIS’ besides Him. But you seldom take Admonition!

Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 18 Surah Kahf verse 102:

What? Do these people, who have disbelieved, presume that they would make My servants as their ‘WALIS’ besides Me? We have prepared Hell for the hospitality of such people!

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

Your brother and well wisher in Islam,

Burhan