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Wali in general refers to a person who consents or leads a marriage contract. Under the majority school of law (jumhur) including the Shafi’is, wali constitutes one of the pillars of marriage the absence of whom will render the marriage void. On the other hand, under the Hanafi school of law, wali is not a pillar but merely one of the conditions