Ashrafi Flag

[Shiraz Ashrafi]

Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem

Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

Is it true that on the day of judgement we will be standing under the flag of our sheikh? Will this be the Ashrafi flag?

I heard the first part years ago and wanted to clarify whether it was true or not.

[Imam]

Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem,

Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu,



Praise be to Allah the Almighty, who is the Lord of the Worlds, and may the best of Blessings be upon Our Master the Messenger of Allah (Salla Allahu ta'ala alayhi wa Sallam).


The liwa'al hamd is the flag under which all the Community of the Beloved Prophet of Allah (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam) will be standing, and it will be carried by Our Master, the Most Beloved Prophet of Allah (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam). The Beloved of Allah (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam) is the Greatest Shaykh, and all the Shaykhs of the Community of the Messenger of Allah (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam) shall remain under this 'liwa'al hamd'.


Liwa', means a flag, and hamd means praise. In other words, the flag of praise. Because the Beloved Messenger of Allah (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam), has been promised the 'Lofty Station', the Maqam-e-Mahmud', nevertheless He is the one whom all before Him, and after Him shall be praising, including Allah the Almighty.

The Qur'an al kareem says:

'asaa ayab athaqa rabbu ka maqamam mahmuda'

'It is near that your lord may make you stand at a place where all should praise you.'[/b]

Bani Israel, 17, 79.


This shows that the place will be the day of judgement, and the praise shall also come from Allah the Almighty, for the Messenger of Allah (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam). Now whether the flag is an Ashrafi flag, a Sabri flag, or a Nizami flag, remember that all flags represent the belief and conformity, love, and devotion towards the Beloved Prophet of Allah (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam). That day all the flags shall be under one flag, that is the flag of the Messenger of Allah (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam).


May Allah the Almighty help us all to have true love, conformity, reliance, and devotion to the Most Beloved Prophet, the Messenger of Allah (Salla Allahu ta'ala alayhi wa Sallam), and may He make us one of those, who will stand under the 'liwa'al hamd', on the Day of Judgement. (Amin).


Wallahu A'lamu Biththawaab


M. Waseem Ashrafi