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Ahmed-The Leader of the Black Flags and Assembler of the Supporters of His Father (the Chosen)
Ahmed the Promised One · Alaa Alsalem
14. Ahmed, the Leader of the Black Flags and Assembler of the Supporters of His Father (the Chosen)
What we have previously reported helps in ascertaining these facts. Here I will add more: The ProphetPBUHAP instructed us to support the leader of the black banners and to go to him even if one has to crawl on ice. He said: "The black banners will appear from the East. They will fight you like no nation has fought . . . If you see him, pledge allegiance to him even if you have to crawl on ice. For he is the vicegerent of God, the Mahdi."122
HePBUHAP also said: “If you see that the black flags have emerged from Khurasan, join them even if you have to crawl on ice, because the vicegerent of Al-Mahdi is among them.”123
The vicegerent of Imam Al-Mahdi is his son "Ahmed”, as per the Holy Will. That is why the slogan of the eastern army marching toward victory is: "Ahmed, Ahmed." Imam Al-BaqirPBUH said: “God has treasure in Taliqan, it is neither gold nor silver. Twelve thousand men in Khurasan whose slogan is 'Ahmed Ahmed'. A young man from the Hashemites will lead them on a grey mule, wearing a red headband. It's as if I am seeing him crossing the Euphrates river. If you hear of this, rush to him, even if you have to crawl on ice.”124
Imam AliPBUH said: “A man from the family of Al-Mahdi will emerge from the east before him. He will carry a sword on his shoulder for eight months. He will fight excessively, and then head toward Jerusalem."125
The fact that “Ahmed” gathers his father’s supporters and prepares for his rule is something mentioned in the Gospel too:
[1] Then I looked, and behold, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him 144,000 having his Father's name written on their foreheads. [2] And I heard a voice from heaven like the roar of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder. The voice I heard was like the sound of harpists playing on their harps, [3] and they were singing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. No one could learn that song except the 144,000
who had been redeemed from the earth. [4] It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. It is these who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These have been redeemed from mankind as firstfruits for God and the Lamb, [5] and in their mouth no lie was found, for they are blameless.
[6] Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on earth, to every nation and tribe and language and people. [7] And he said with a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come, and worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water.” (Revelation 14).
"Having his Father's name" points to the fact that the followers of this lamb carry the name and slogan of his father. Since he is the Riser Ahmed, his father is Imam Al-MahdiPBUH. That is why his followers are called “the Ansar of Imam Al-Mahdi”. Imam A-SadiqPBUH said: “The son of so-and-so will have a battle on the day of Urooba at your mosque, meaning the Mosque of Al-Kufa.126 Four thousand will be killed between Bab al-Fil to the place of the soap-sellers.127 Beware of this road and avoid it. The people in the best condition will be those that take the Ansar path."128 Regarding the Ansar of the savior, "the Master who will return a second time" in the end times, the Torah states:
[26] He will raise a signal for nations far away, and whistle for them from the ends of the earth;
and behold, quickly, speedily they come!
[27] None is weary, none stumbles,
none slumbers or sleeps,
not a waistband is loose,
not a sandal strap broken;
[28] their arrows are sharp,
all their bows bent,
their horses' hoofs seem like flint,
and their wheels like the whirlwind.
[29] Their roaring is like a lion,
like young lions they roar;
they growl and seize their prey;
they carry it off, and none can rescue.
[30] They will growl over it on that day,
like the growling of the sea. . . .(Isaiah 5).
These attributes, “none slumbers or sleeps" etc, are the attributes of the companions of the Riser and Mahdi AhmedPBUH as per the religious accounts of the progeny of MuhammadPBUT: Concerning their attributes, Imam Al-SadiqPBUH has said: Men with hearts like iron that are not tainted by doubt in essence of God, even stronger than stone. If they attack mountains they would eliminate them. When their flags enter a land it crumbles. It's as if their horses have eagles; they wipe the saddle of the Imam to attain blessings. They surround him and protect him with their lives in battles. From what he asks of them, they give him what he needs. Sleepless men, their sound in prayer is like the buzzing of bees. They spend the night standing on their two feet, and enter the morning on their horses. Monks in the night, lions in the day . . .129
If the attributes of these companions are the same in all religions, even to the extent that their regions are the same, as mentioned above, then who else is the leader who raises the banner, "He will raise a signal for the nations", other than the Riser from the stump of Jesse (Ahmed)? He will seek allegiance from the people, assembling and bringing together all the supporters of Imam Al-MahdiPBUH and of the guardians of God. The attributes of the supporters of the Riser and redeemer were also mentioned in other sources.
In the Gospel: [31] And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other (Matthew 24). And in the Torah: [13] And in that day a great trumpet will be blown, and those who were lost in the land of Assyria and those who were driven out to the land of Egypt will come and worship the LORD on the holy mountain at Jerusalem (Isaiah 27).
The question is, what is this sound and call which is linked to the angels on one hand, and to gathering the elect of the world Savior's remnant nation and supporters on the other hand
(whose regions and attributes we've come to know)? As a matter of fact, it is the same heavenly sound, call and shout mentioned as one of the greatest signs of the Riser of the progeny of Muhammad that relates to being a sign of him and allowing his supporters to join him.
God Almighty said in the Quran: {And listen on the Day when the Caller will call out from a place that is near - ✶ The Day they will hear the blast [of the Horn] in truth. That is the Day of Emergence} Quran Chapter “Qaf” 50:41-42. In a religious account it has been interpreted as: "The caller calls out the name of the Riser and the name of his father."130
Also Imam Al-SadiqPBUH said: A caller will call out from heaven the name of the RiserPBUH and it will be heard by everyone in the East and in the West. Those sleeping will wake up, those standing will sit down, and those sitting down will stand on their feet, out of alarm from that sound. May God have mercy on those who learn from that sound and respond, for the first sound is the voice of GabrielPBUH, the trustworthy Spirit.131
The ProphetPBUHAP said: “There will be tribulations wherein every time one side calm downs, another side rages. This will continue until a caller will call out, 'Your prince is so-and-so'”.132
In His book Al-Fitan [Tribulations], Ibn Hamad said: “A caller from the sky: The truth is in Muhammad’s descendants.”133
The prince from the progeny of Muhammad is Ahmed, as we have previously shown using a Sunni source. It also talks about the shout and call in relation to recognizing him: “The prince of anger is not from this or that place. Rather they will hear a voice not made by a human or Jinn telling them to pay allegiance to a certain person. He is not from this or that place, but he is the Yamani vicegerent."134
As for the fact that his companions will join him through this divine sign, the Messenger of GodPBUHAP said: "At the time of the emergence of the Riser, a caller will call out, 'Oh people, God has severed from you the period of tyrants. The person of authority is the best from the nation of Muhammad, so hurry to him in Mecca.' The noble of Egypt, the replacements of Syria, and the best of Iraq will emerge. Monks by night, lions by day, their hearts are like iron. They will pay allegiance to him between the Corner and the Station."135
After seeing that the case of the world savior is completely linked to the heaven and truthful visions, we will return to studying the nation of the Riser who work with the fruits of heaven. We have previously discovered the consistency in the personality, name, attributes, lineage, location, signs, and supporters of the world reformer.