Well stop asking y I use ashraf name the indian name.... Well I,ve born under muslim church Thats the meaning of ashraf n I have a sister called fatima Go Ashraf For other uses, see Ashraf (disambiguation). Ashraf (Arabic: ﺃﺷﺮﺍﻑ) refers to someone who is a direct blood-line descent from Muhammad by way of his daughter Fatimah. The word is the plural of sharīf noble, from sharafa to be highborn if pronounced with long ā in the second syllable ( ﺃﺷﺮﺍﻑ /ašrāf/), but with short a (ﺃﺷﺮﻑ /ašraf/) is the intensive of sharīf meaning very noble, nobler, noblest. Like the Sadaa (plural of Sayyid), Ashraf often take their names from ancestry from Ali, Fatima and Muhammad and have in many Muslim societies Ashraf evolved into an honorific denoting master or gentry. More precisely, the Ashraf are descendants of Alis elder son, Hassan, and the Sadah those of Alis younger son Hussain. During the Abbasid period, the term was applied to all Ahl al-Bayt, basically Muhammads own family, including, for example, the descendants of Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya, of Alis second wife and of the Hashemites. During the Fatimid Dynasty, the use of the term was restricted to the descendants of Hasan and Husayn only. This restriction remained in force even after Egypt became Sunni again under the Ayyubids. Also, the Ashraf tribe exist along countries including Somalia. There are 2 to 3 sub-categories of them also, which usually have Sharif in their middle or surname. They are originally from Yemen and have in the recent generations migrated to Somalia due to its wealth and profitable businesses at the time, before the civil war broke out. Many tribes couldnt distinguish between Ashraf and Sada. Sada Ashraf and Sayyid became a Sharifs title. The distinction between Hassani Ashraf and Hussaini Ashraf is not known. As late as the beginning of the nineteenth century, sayyid had no meaning other than sharif. Abdurrahman al-Gabarti felt compelled to explain that a certain as-Sayyid Ali al-Qabtan was a Mamluk and not a Sharif, as might have been mistakenly inferred from his title. The title in this case, meaning a Mamluk master, originated from the Maghribi usage of Sidi, which was equivalent in meaning to Emir or Shaikh. In modern usage, sayyid has lost its religious significance and means simply mister. Well aware of their distinguished descent, the Ashraf tribes kept genealogical records and were socially acknowledged as a religious elite. Inevitably, doubts arose concerning the descent of many claimants to the title. Al-Gabarti once commented of one person: He is one of the Ashraf of true genealogy. Sayyid Muhammad Murtada verified his genealogy. Usage in South Asia See also: Caste system among South Asian Muslims In South Asia, ashraf designates a major social- status group within the greater Muslim community, namely all Muslims of foreign ancestry. This includes Sayyids and Shaikhs, as well as other Muslims of foreign ancestry, such as Mughals and Pathans
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