Hazrat Sobhan (r) narrates: The Prophet (s) declared,
‘When you see black flags emerging from Khurasan,
then go towards them.
Even if you must drag yourself across ice.
For undoubtedly, the Caliph of God, Imam Mehdi shall be among them.
The Black Flags From Khurasan & Imam Mehdi
It has been narrated by Ahmad al Bayhaqi [in] Dala’il al Nabuwwah,
[and] Mishkat Sharif in Bab Ashratus Saa’a
It’s narrated,
‘When you spot the black flags
that emerge from Khurasan,
go towards them
for the Caliph of God, the Mehdi, shall be among them.
Then the very same hadith has been mentioned again.
Hazrat Sobhan (r) narrates:
The Prophet (s) declared,
‘When you see black flags
emerging from Khurasan,
then go towards them
because among them shall be the Caliph of God, Imam Mehdi’.
Yet another similar hadith
is from Al Hawa Lil Fatawa, Volume 2.
Hazrat Sobhan (r) narrates:
The Prophet (s) declared,
‘When you see black flags emerging from Khurasan,
then go towards them.
Even if you must drag yourself across ice.
For undoubtedly, the Caliph of God, Imam Mehdi shall be among them.
Now, a hadith gives an indication.
So here, when it has been mentioned:
‘When you see the black flag from Khurasan…’
this means
the bearers of black flags are those
who have led a sinful life, those whose deeds are ‘black’.
The sinners.
The ‘glamorous’ folks,
whose deeds are ‘black (sinful)’.
[So, it means] ‘when you see those with sinful deeds,
the sinners,
but they are sloganeers of divine love,
then run towards them
because among them shall be Imam Mehdi’.
The meaning behind ‘black flags’,
that they shall be holding black flags
It means [they are declaring]:
not only did we lead a sinful life in the past,
we are still sinners today,
however, we propagate divine love at the same time.
So the [Prophet (s)] said that when such people emerge,
‘and they shall emerge from the region of Khurasan’
and Khurasan includes Pakistan.
That’s where the movement originated from,
from where those with the black flags emerged from.
‘Black flags’ does not mean people are literally carrying black flags.
Rather, it is an indication of and a metaphor for something.
‘They shall carry black flags’ means
that they shall be brazenly sinful, they shall fear none.
They shall sin and speak of love.
Then, HDE Imam Mehdi Gohar Shahi also said
that ‘Imam Mehdi requires bravehearts.
We have seen the clergy and pious people are cowards, they flee.
Then we observed the thieves and looters,
and noticed they are brave’.
Well, they have to be brave, right?
The law does not permit them to commit crimes
or else they shall face time in prison, or worse.
But they still do it.
God and his Messenger and the Qur’an stop them from sinning
but they still do it. So they are brave, right?
This is the reason why Imam Mehdi’s policy
was to grant Zikr e Qalb to the thieves and looters,
in spite of their sins
[because] they noticed that the sinners are brave
and ready to fight. Right?
This is why God has selected the thieves and looters
for this concession
because their quality is that of being brave.
Despite God saying ‘do not commit a crime’
and the law dictates the same,
they still do it.
So God decided to include them in his group
and take advantage of their bravery.
Therefore, HDE Imam Mehdi Gohar Shahi
recruited thieves and looters
because they shall become the warriors of Imam Mehdi Gohar Shahi in the future.
All those who shall wage a war against Imam Mehdi in the future
shall have to go through these thieves and looters first.
‘Come and face us first’.
And to this day, the thieves and looters say,
‘No, the Lord never said they are Imam Mehdi. Come and talk to us.
We say they are Imam Mehdi. Do your worst’. Right?
They say, ‘Whether HDE Gohar Shahi declares it themselves or not, forget about that.
This matter does not concern HDE Gohar Shahi, it concerns us.
This issue has nothing to do with HDE Gohar Shahi,
whether or not they are Imam Mehdi.
This is our issue.
We say that they are Imam Mehdi.
So come and deal with us’.
Only a thief or a looter can say such a thing.
So those people who bear black flags...
‘black flags’ doesn’t literally mean black flags.
The flag refers to darkness,
those that stand by the darkness of their sins.
Those who stand by the darkness of their sins.
Just as it is mentioned in a hadith
‘those whose hearts are black’
The ignorance of the heart, meaning the darkness of the heart.
This is a reference to darkness, negative energy and sins of human beings.
[So the former hadith] is about those
who are brazenly sinful,
they do not care that they commit sins openly.
Such a people shall emerge as a legion.
And the Prophet (s) said, ‘Even if you have to drag yourself across the ice to reach such people,
do it because Imam Mehdi shall be amongst them’.