What does word Moula(Mawla) means?

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What does word Moula(Mawla) means?

Answer 1

The meaning of ( Mawla ):

According to dictionary

rabb = Lord

malik = owner

mun`im = benefactor

mu'tiq = liberator

naser = helper

muheb = lover

haleef = ally

aabd = slave (for example: Zaid ibn haretha was the mawla of the prophet (

peace be upon him ))

The arabs would use the word mawlah to mean all of the above. But what did the prophet ( peace be upon him ) mean by his word? First the hadeeth has no evidences for the imamah (leadership) because if the prophet ( peace be upon him ) wanted to mean khilafah or imamah, he wouldn't have used a word that can have all these meanings. He would have

said something like: Ali is your khalifa (or imam) after me, or when I die, listen and obey to Ali ibn Abi Talib. But the prophet didn't use any of these clear words. He said: "man kuntu ...". Imam Shafi'i says that this is the walaa of Al-islam because Allah(swt) says in the Quran (Surat Muhammad,verse 11:

That is because Allah is the Protector (mawala) of those who believe, and because the unbelievers shall have no protector for them (47:11)

In the Quran (Surat Al-hadid (The Iron), verse 15), Allah (swt) says:

So today ransom shall not be accepted from you nor from those who disbelieved; your abode is the fire; it is your friend (mawlakum) and evil is the resort.

He called the h**l fire "mawla" for the extreme closeness to it by the kuffar. Note also that the word mawlah is different than the word waly. The waly comes from walayah which is the leadership. Whereas mawlah comes from wilayah which is love and nusrah (help and aid). Allah (swt) says in the Quran (Surat At-tahrim ,verse 4)

So u cant find this word meaning IMAM....So it explain the HADITH...

EDIT::

There is a v.good audio regarding Maula ,under the title of

"Refutation to hadith Gadeer Khumm"

http://www.ansar.org/english/

Answer 2

Moula Means leader And holy Prophet (saww)  Told Moula Ali (as)

رسول الله ، قال من کنت مولاه فعلی مولاه ، أللهم وال من والاه و عاد من عاداه ، وأنصر من نصره وأخذل من خذله و أدر الحق معه کيف ما دار

Answer 3

God (Allah)

Our Moula is Allah.

@me is mary :)  

don't make up things !

Answer 4

Erm,,

The word Mawla or patron has two meanings. Mawla is an Arabic word "مولی", prominently used in Islamic literature which means protector. ...

Answer 5

Maula Means God !

Answer 6

leader

see u wer never told to follow abu bakr or umar wer u

but muhamed(Saww) said to follow imam ali (as) as ur mawla /leader :)

not including umar and abu bakr !