14 results for “wali”
Clear filterCalled Sayf Allah (Sword of Allah) by the Prophet, one of the greatest military commanders in history.
The most influential scholar of the Indian subcontinent, translator of the Quran into Persian.
Sindhi hadith scholar based in Medina who taught Shah Waliullah Dehlawi and Muhammad ibn Abdul-Wahhab, influencing maj...
Wealthy and influential Qurayshi leader whose arrogant rejection of the Quran is directly addressed and rebuked in Surah al-Muddaththir (74:11-26).
A powerful Meccan elder who was directly addressed in the Quran (Surah al-Muddaththir) for his arrogant rejection of the Quran after privately acknowledging it
...e Riddah against Abu Bakr. He was defeated by Khalid ibn al-Walid at the Battle of Buzakha. He then genuinely converted to I...
...lima and the conquest of Iraq and Syria under Khalid ibn al-Walid.
...tiated the Iraq campaign. He fought alongside Khalid ibn al-Walid and continued after Khalid's transfer to Syria, though was...
...n commander encountered by the Muslim forces. Khalid ibn al-Walid defeated and killed him at the Battle of Dhat al-Salasil (...
... and the East under the Umayyad caliphs Abd al-Malik and al-Walid (d. 95 AH / 714 CE). Known for his iron-fisted administrat...
A companion and half-brother of Uthman ibn Affan. He served as governor of Kufa under Uthman. Known as the subject of Surah al-Hujurat (49:6) — 'O you who belie
The sixth Umayyad caliph (r. 86-96 AH / 705-715 CE), considered the pinnacle of Umayyad power. His reign saw the construction of the Great Mosque of Damascus (t
Foremost Islamic scholar of the Indian subcontinent; synthesizer of the four madhabs and author of Hujjat Allah al-Balighah.
The greatest Islamic scholar of the Indian subcontinent. Author of Hujjat Allah al-Balighah, a landmark work reconciling the four madhabs through hadith.