We repeatedly state sentences and words from one well known tradition...
We repeatedly state sentences and words from one well known tradition: لَوْاَنَّ رَجُلاً قٰامَ لَيْلَہُ وَصٰامَ نَہٰارَہُ وَتَصَدَّقَ بِجَمِيِع مٰالِہِ وَحَجَّ جَميعَ دَھْرِہِ وَلَمْ يَعْرِفْ وِلاٰيَۃَ وَلِّيِ الله فَيُواليہِ وَيَکُونُ جميعُ اَعْمٰالِہِ بِدَلاٰلَتِہِ اِلَيْہِ‘ مٰاکٰانَ لَہُ عَلَي الله عَزَّوجلَّ حَقُ في ثَوٰابِہ If someone prays the whole night while standing, not just in the month of Ramadan but his whole life; fasts all year long; gives away all his possessions in the name of Allah; and performs Hajj every year his whole life; but he does not know the Wilayat of the Wali (guardian) from Allah so that he could follow him after knowing him and as a result all his deeds could be performed under the guidance of this Wali from Allah, then whatever this person does, goes to waste; it is of no use .[^1] If you contemplate on this discourse well and think about the conclusions drawn from the Qur'anic verses, you will realize that Wilayat is continuation of Prophethood; it is not something detached from it; rather it is a supplement and completion of Prophethood.
Now we will see that in the absence of Wilayat, Prophethood is rendered deficient. So it is important that there should be a short discussion on the subject of Prophethood. We should discuss its principles and with this context we gradually enter the subject of Wilayat. However, it is important to mention that it is extremely difficult to talk on this subject and to elaborate on it is even harder.
The reason is that on the subject of Wilayat an average person's mind is so cluttered with weak, hollow and illogical ideas that when we present the correct material in line with Qur'an and Hadith, there will arise one of two situations - either the things we discuss will muddle up with the stuff they already have in their minds or whatever is presented people will feel alien to.
So this discussion is very tricky but we seek divine guidance from Allah (swt) and will try to complete this discussion in a few days, God willing. What was the purpose of coming of Allah's Prophet? The Prophet came to take the human beings to the zenith of humanity; he came to endow people with Allah's virtues; he came to push the morals to perfection and according to the tradition[^2]: اِنِّي بُعِثْتُ لِاُتَمِّمَ مَکٰارِمَ الْاَخْلاٰقِ The Prophet came to build up people.
He came to develop and enhance this creation called human being.