4.16 صلاحیاتُ الخلیفۃ الواجبۃ
4.16 The mandatory powers of the Khaleefah
الخليفة هو الدولة. وهو يملك جميع الصلاحيات الواجبة للدولة، وهي:
The Khaleefah is the state. He possesses all of the mandatory powers of the state, and they are:
هُوَ الَّذِي يَضَعُ الأَحْكَامَ الشَّرْعِيَّةَ، فَإِذَا اعْتَمَدَهَا أَصْبَحَتْ قَوَانِينَ يَجِبُ الالْتِزَامُ بِهَا، ولا يَجُوزُ مُخَالَفَتُهَا.
It is He who makes the divine rules (Ahkam Shari’ah) once He adopted them as binding; they would then become laws that have to be obeyed and their violation would not be allowed.
هُوَ مَسْؤُولٌ عَنِ السِّيَاسَتَيْنِ الدَّاخِلِيَّةِ وَالْخَارِجِيَّةِ لِلدَّوْلَةِ. وَهُوَ الْقَائِدُ الْأَعْلَى لِجَمِيعِ الْقُوَّاتِ الْمُسَلَّحَةِ، وَلَهُ السُّلْطَاتُ الْكَامِلَةُ فِي إِعْلَانِ الْحَرْبِ، وَعَقْدِ مُعَاهَدَاتِ السَّلَامِ وَالْهُدْنَاتِ، وَسَائِرِ الِاتِّفَاقِيَّاتِ الْأُخْرَى.
He is responsible for the domestic and foreign policies of the state. He is the supreme commander in chief of all the armed forces and He has full powers to declare war, concludes peace treaties, truces and all other treaties.