‘Al Mehdi min itrati -’
which means ‘the Mehdi shall be from my itrat’.
Itrat means lineage.
Now, the beautiful thing here,
please pay heed - the first (main) sentence is ‘al Mehdi min itrati’
which means ‘the Mehdi shall be from my lineage'
and the following statement is
‘min waladi Fatima’ which means ‘and from the progeny of Fatima’.
‘From my lineage and from the progeny of Fatima’.
But the progeny is carried on by the son.
Now, what does ‘lineage’ mean?
The Esoteric Sons of Muhammad (s)
Now, this hadith I am presenting before you,
this hadith has been narrated by Hazrat Umm e Salma (ra).
She is one of the honoured wives of Prophet Muhammad (s)
and she is highly esteemed among the Umhaat e Momineen (Mothers of the Believers).
She was alive during Karbala.
She lived a long life.
Not only is Hazrat Umm e Salma (ra)
the honoured wife of the Prophet (s),
but she is also the mother of Hassan Basri,
a Sultan ul Fuqra.
She also nursed Hassan Basri.
So, this has been narrated by Hazrat Umm e Salma (ra).
And [this hadith] has also been narrated by Sunan Abu Dawood
in the book ‘Kitab al Mehdi’.
And the names of the books are
Al Azeem Aabadi Fi Aulal Mabood,
Manadi fil Faiz ul Qadeer, Sunan Abu Dawood.
So [it has been narrated] in all these books,
and also by Ibn Jawzi
(a Wahhabi Deobandi Scholar),
Ibn e Qayyam, and Allama Jalaluddin Suyuti (r)
has narrated this in Fi Sharh Sunan Ibn Majah
and he says, ‘an ummi salama (r) qalat
Umm e Salma said…’ ‘sameetu Rasool Allahi (s) yaqoolu -’
She says, ‘I heard the Messenger of God saying…’
‘al Mehdi min itrati -’
Umm e Salma said, ‘I heard the Messenger of God saying that…’
What did she hear?
‘Al Mehdi min itrati -’
which means ‘the Mehdi shall be from my itrat’.
Itrat means lineage.
Now, the beautiful thing here,
please pay heed -
the first (main) sentence is
‘al Mehdi min itrati’
which means ‘the Mehdi shall be from my lineage
and the following statement is
‘min waladi Fatima’
which means ‘and from the progeny of Fatima’.
‘From my lineage and from the progeny of Fatima’.
But the progeny is carried on by the son.
So it says here:
the Mehdi shall be from my lineage
and from the progeny of Fatima,
narrated by Abu al Dawood.
Now, if we ponder on what the Prophet (s) has declared,
that ‘He [the Mehdi] shall be from my lineage’
at one point, the Prophet (s) also said,
‘He shall be from my Household’.
Now, if the ‘Household’ consists of those who live in the house [of the Prophet (s)],
then the children they produce
would not belong to that house
[because] numerous families joined that house.
For instance, you are from the Prophet (s)’s Household
and you get married to someone from outside
[and the children you produce] have the blood of an outsider.
And here, the Prophet (s) declared
‘min itrati’ that He shall be from my itrat, my lineage.
Now, it has been shortlisted;
this is not even about the Prophet (s)’s Household.
Now, what is the reality of ‘itrat’?
‘[From] the lineage of the Prophet (s) and the progeny of Fatima’
It is essential for both of these factors to be present in Imam Mehdi.
If one is only from the progeny of Fatima
and not the lineage of Muhammad (s),
he cannot be Imam Mehdi.
The Prophet (s) mentioned two things: ‘min itrati’, from my lineage
and ‘walad Fatima’, from the progeny of Fatima.
Both are required but what is the reason that both are required?
Prophet Muhammad (s) did have sons,
however, God called for them in their childhood.
So the progeny that would have continued from the sons, did not.
Now, what we need to understand here is
that Prophet Muhammad (s)
possessed a Tifl e Noori (Spirit of Light).
There are to be seven Sultan ul Fuqra in the Ummah.
A Sultan ul Fuqra is one
who must be bestowed a Tifl e Noori from God,
which is a very special divine entity.
It is imperative for one to be bestowed with the Tifl e Noori
when the Tifl e Noori has been conferred
only then shall one be titled ‘Sultan ul Fuqra’.
And there are to be only seven Sultan ul Fuqra in the Ummah,
until the end of days.
Now, the Tifl e Noori shall be conferred by God.
So what is the particular method through which God bestows the Tifl e Noori?
Now, the Tifl e Noori is present in the body of Prophet Muhammad (s).
The Tifl e Noori present in Prophet Muhammad (s)’s body resides in the spiritual heart.
Now, suppose this is the spiritual heart of Prophet Muhammad (s).
And this here is the Tifl e Noori.
Now, if God decides
to bestow the rank of Sultan ul Fuqra to someone,
they shall be granted a Tifl e Noori.
Where will it be granted from?
That saint shall reach the Court of Prophet Muhammad (s).
A Seed of Light will emerge from the Tifl e Noori of Prophet Muhammad (s).
A Seed of Light,
and it shall enter the spiritual heart of that saint.
So the Tifl e Noori of the Prophet (s) is equivalent to the male
and the spiritual heart of the saint
will be equivalent to the female
and this Seed of Light will settle in the esoteric womb of the spiritual heart
and it shall grow in the spiritual heart,
which works as an esoteric womb.
And when that [now] child of divine light
is to be delivered from the spiritual heart,
just as a child is delivered from the mother’s womb;
when it is delivered,
this Tifl e Noori, which has now developed into a child,
will be returned to the Prophet (s).
Then the Prophet (s) conducts its spiritual upbringing for 12 years.
Now, this child here -
this child of divine light -
what is his father’s name?
Muhammad (s).
What do you say?
What is its father’s name?
This is why it is necessary for a Sultan ul Fuqra
Now, even in ASI,
HDE Gohar Shahi’s younger brother, Pervez,
was lead to believe that he is a Sultan ul Fuqra, by Gulzar and others from Ireland.
It is very important for a Sultan ul Fuqra,
either in the beginning or towards the end [of their spiritual journey],
the Sultan ul Fuqra are bound to pledge allegiance at the hands of the Prophet (s).
Having pledged to the Prophet (s),
this Seed of Light must also be granted to them.
The Seed of Light from the Tifl e Noori of the Prophet (s)
must enter the womb of the spiritual heart
and then it must emerge as a Tifl e Noori from the spiritual heart.
Then, that Tifl e Noori is returned to the Court of the Prophet (s)
for 12 years.
Then, the Prophet (s) conducts its upbringing for 12 years.
When its spiritual upbringing is completed after 12 years,
the saint then receives a message from the Prophet (s),
‘Come and attend our gathering’.
Then, when he reaches the spiritual gathering of the Prophet (s),
his Tifl e Noori is coronated with the Crown of the Sultan.
And once that has happened,
then, the adolescent Tifl e Noori
is returned to the spiritual heart [of the saint]
and that is when he becomes a Sultan ul Fuqra.
Now, Bibi Fatima (a) was also a Sultan ul Fuqra.
So, a Seed of Light from the Tifl e Noori of the Prophet (s)
was also inserted into the spiritual heart of his daughter.
Another Tifl e Noori emerged [from her spiritual heart].
Its spiritual upbringing was also conducted by the Prophet (s).
So now, Fatima(a) is not only the physical progeny of Muhammad(s)
but also the esoteric progeny of Muhammad (s).
She is the one [the Hindus] call ‘Durga Maa’.
Physically, [she was made from] the physical seed of Muhammad (s)
and esoterically, [she was made from] the esoteric seed of Muhammad (s).
Now, this Tifl e Noori that emerges -
the Seed of Light comes out from the Tifl e Noori that belongs to the Prophet (s),
however, the other (common) Tifl e Nooris do not produce a Seed of Light.
If that were the case,
there would be no need to pledge to the Prophet (s).
The Tifl e Noori of the Sultan ul Fuqra
do not produce a Seed of Light.
The Seed of Light is only produced by the Tifl e Noori of the Prophet(s).
Now, what happened
with the Tifl e Noori of Bibi Fatima (a) -
God said to Prophet Muhammad (s)
that his progeny shall be carried by his daughter, not by his sons.
Now, the progeny is carried by the son, right?
Now, this Tifl e Noori [of Bibi Fatima] is also a male, not a female.
Therefore, the progeny of Prophet Muhammad (s) was carried by his son,
however, it was his esoteric son.
Who was it carried by?
By the esoteric son.
Now, the Tifl e Noori of Bibi Fatima (a)
was permitted to insert the Seed of Light into the womb [of Bibi Fatima] instead of being entered into someone’s spiritual heart.
And it was from this that Hassan and Hussain (a) were born.
Birth through the Tifl e Noori is not actual birth;
birth through the human womb is actual birth.
So now, there are two -
the Seed of Light emerged from the Tifl e Noori of the Prophet (s)
and produced more Tifl e Noori
and the Seed of Light rendered by the Tifl e Noori of Bibi Fatima
was expended towards her physical progeny.
Now, the Prophet (s) said
that Imam Mehdi (a) shall be the one
who is from ‘my lineage and the progeny of Fatima’.
The lineage of the Prophet (s) is
the progeny that was carried by the Tifl e Noori.
So Imam Mehdi (a)
shall be the one who has been given a Tifl e Noori
by Muhammad (s).
A Seed of Light was produced by the Tifl e Noori of the Prophet (s)
and entered the spiritual heart of HDE Gohar Shahi.
It entered HDE Gohar Shahi’s spiritual heart,
and then it was to return to the Prophet (s) for 12 years,
however, there was not enough time
and so it was returned to HDE Gohar Shahi’s body within nine years, having been coronated with the Crown of the Sultan.
The day it was returned was the 15th of Ramadan
due to which we celebrate Jashan e Shahi.
The day it was conferred to them
Within nine years, due to their duty (assignment).
This is how HDE Gohar Shahi
are the esoteric son of Prophet Muhammad (s).
One day, someone asked a question.
They said to the Lord,
‘The Prophet (s)’s likeness did not become prominent on the moon
but yours did.
What does this mean?’
And HDE Gohar Shahi said,
‘Perhaps the Prophet (s) have placed the image of their own son’.
This is how
this esoteric lineage [of the Prophet (s)].
This is how Imam Mehdi (a)
shall be from the lineage of Prophet Muhammad (s).
And Their body
shall inhabit the terrestrial spirits of Prophet Muhammad (s).
It shall inhabit the terrestrial spirits of Prophet Muhammad (s).
But what did you presume?
You presumed [Imam Mehdi] shall be from the chain of Syeds.
[Whereas] Syeds have no value today.
Who is a [real] Syed? There are thousands of Syeds roaming about.
Being from the Prophet (s)’s progeny does not represent the eminence of Imam Mehdi (a).
The grandeur of Imam Mehdi (a) is something else.
This is what is meant by ‘lineage’.
Now, I have a question for you if you don’t mind.
I have no interest in creating mischief in spirituality
but what I would like to ask you
is that the Seed of Light was produced by the Tifl e Noori
and entered the spiritual heart of a saint
due to which he became the [esoteric] son of Muhammad (s), right?
Now, the Seed of Light which developed into the Tifl e Noori of the Prophet (s) came from somewhere too,
so whose [esoteric] son is the Prophet (s)?
In a similar fashion, when God inserted the Soul of Quds
into Lord Jesus Christ - through the Seed of Light -
that’s when God said, ‘You are my son’.
Since it is inserted into the spiritual heart,
it shall be nurtured in the spiritual heart,
isn’t it?
It shall be nurtured in the spiritual heart, right?
It will be nurtured [in the spiritual heart]
and then reach its adolescence
and then the Soul (of Quds) shall take total control.
Now, what is a Sultan ul Fuqra?
It’s also important to understand what a Sultan ul Fuqra is.
If you don’t understand this, then it’s pointless.
Alright, erase the board…