Idan matsayin Khilafah ya zama babu kowa a kansa saboda mutuwar shugabanta, murabus dinsa ko cire shi, to wajibi ne a nada Khalifa cikin kwanaki uku daga ranar da matsayin Khilafah ya zama babu kowa a kansa.

If the position of the Khilafah becomes vacant due to the death of its leader, his resignation or his removal, it is obligatory to appoint a Khalifah within three days from the date that the position of the Khilafah became vacant.

Nasb Khalifa ya zama wajibi daga lokacin da Khalifan da ya gabata ya mutu ko aka tsige shi. Duk da haka, ana halatta nadin ya kasance cikin kwanaki uku da daren su, muddin dai saboda aiki ne don cimma hakan. Idan ya wuce kwanaki uku da daren su kuma har yanzu ba a nada Khalifa ba, to lamarin yana da bambanci: idan Musulmai suna aiki don kafa shi amma ba su iya cimma hakan cikin iyakar kwanaki uku da daren su saboda wasu yanayi masu tsanani da ba za su iya shawo kansu ba, to an cire zunubi daga kansu, domin suna aiki wajen kafa wajibin kuma an tilasta musu jinkirta kafa shi saboda abin da ya tilasta su. An ruwaito daga Ibn Hibban da Ibn Maja daga Ibn Abbas: Manzon Allah ﷺ ya ce:

Appointing the Khalifah becomes obligatory from the moment that the previous Khalifah dies or is removed. However, it is permitted for the appointment to occur within three days with their nights as long as it is due to working to achieve it. If it takes longer than three nights and the Khalifah has still not been appointed, then the issue is considered – if the Muslims are working to establish it but are unable to achieve that during the three night time limit due to overwhelming circumstances that they are unable to overcome, then the sin is lifted from them since they are busy working to establish the obligation and are compelled to delay its establishment due to whatever forced them. It is reported from Ibn Hibban and Ibn Maja from Ibn Abbas: the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:

. » إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَضَعَ عَنْ أُمَّتِي الْخَطَأَ وَالنِّسْيَانَ وَمَا اسْ تُكْرِهُوا عَلَيْهِ « .

. » إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَضَعَ عَنْ أُمَّتِي الْخَطَأَ وَالنِّسْيَانَ وَمَا اسْ تُكْرِهُوا عَلَيْهِ « .

"Lalle Allah ya yafe wa al'ummata ta: kuskurensu, mantuwarsu, da abin da aka tilasta su yi." Idan ba a shagaltar da su da irin waɗannan manyan al'amura ba, to lokaci mafi tsawo da aka yarda a yi alƙawari shi ne kwana uku da darensu.

“Verily Allah has pardoned for my Ummah: their mistakes, their forgetfulness, and that which they have been forced to do”. If they were not made busy with such overwhelming issues, then the most time allowed for the appointment is three days with their nights.

Dalilin wajibcin gaggauta aiki don kafa mubaya'a (Bay'a) ga Khalifa saboda kawai barin matsayin Khilafah shi ne Ijma'in sahabbai. Sun yi gaggawar taruwa a Saqifa Bani Sa'idah nan da nan bayan rasuwar Manzon Allah ﷺ a wannan rana kuma kafin a binne shi, aka kammala mubayi'ar kafa (Bay'at Al-In'iqad) a wannan rana ga Abu Bakr (ra), kuma washegari mutane suka taru a masallaci don yin mubayi'ar biyayya (Bay'at Al-Ta'ah).

The evidence for the obligation of immediately working to establish the pledge of allegiance (Bay’a) to the Khalifah due only to the vacation of the position of the Khilafah is the Ijma’ of the companions. They immediately hurried to gather at Saqifa Bani Sa‘idah after the death of the Messenger (pbuh) on the same day and before his burial, and the pledge of contracting (Bay'at Al- In‘iqad) was completed on the same day with Abu Bakr (ra), and the next day the people gathered in the mosque to give the pledge of obedience (Bay'at Al-ta‘ah).

Iyakance lokacin kwanaki uku don kafa halifa ya samo asali ne daga cewa lokacin da ya bayyana cewa Umar (ra) zai mutu sakamakon raunin da aka masa da wuka, sai ya damƙa al'amarin naɗin wanda zai gaje shi ga mutanen Shura, ya kuma iyakance su zuwa kwanaki uku. Sannan ya umarta cewa idan ba a amince da halifa ba cikin kwanaki uku, to a kashe waɗanda suka saɓa bayan kwanakin uku. Ya naɗa mutum hamsin daga cikin Musulmai domin aiwatar da wannan, wato domin kashe mai saɓanin, koda kuwa daga manyan sahabbai suke. Duk wannan sahabbai sun gani kuma sun ji, babu ɗaya daga cikinsu da ya yi tsawatarwa a kansa, duk da cewa yawanci irin wannan abu ana ɗaukarsa abin zargi. Saboda haka, ana ɗaukar wannan a matsayin ijma'in sahabbai cewa ba a halatta matsayin halifanci ya kasance babu kowa fiye da kwanaki uku ba, kuma ijma'in sahabbai hujja ce ta Musulunci kamar yadda Alƙur'ani da Sunnah suke.

Limiting the time to establish the appointment of the Khalifah to three days is due to that when it became apparent that Umar (ra) was going to die from his stab wound, he delegated the issue of appointment of his successor to the people of Shura, and limited them to three days, and then commissioned that if the Khalifah was not agreed upon within the three days, those who differed after the three days should be killed. He appointed fifty men from the Muslims in order to execute this - in other words, to kill the dissenter, even though they were from the senior companions, and all of this was seen and heard by the companions and none of them rebuked it even though normally anything similar to it would have been reproachable, so it is considered an Ijma’ of the companions that it is not permitted for the position of Khalifah to be left vacant for more than three days, and the Ijma’ of the companions is an Islamic evidence in the same manner as the Quran and the Sunnah.

Al-Bukhari ya ruwaito daga Al-Miswar Bin Makhramah wanda ya ce:

Al-Bukhari reported through Al-Miswar Bin Makhramah who said:

. طَرَقَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بَ عْدَ هَجْعٍ مِنْ اللَّيْلِ، فَضَرَبَ الْبَابَ حَتَّى اسْ تَ يْ قَظْتُ، « » فَ قَالَ أَرَاكَ نَائِمًا، فَ وَاللَّهِ مَا اكْتَحَلْتُ هَذِهِ اللَّيْ لَةَ بِكَبِيرِ نَ وْمٍ .

. طَرَقَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بَ عْدَ هَجْعٍ مِنْ اللَّيْلِ، فَضَرَبَ الْبَابَ حَتَّى اسْ تَ يْ قَظْتُ، « » فَ قَالَ أَرَاكَ نَائِمًا، فَ وَاللَّهِ مَا اكْتَحَلْتُ هَذِهِ اللَّيْ لَةَ بِكَبِيرِ نَ وْمٍ .

"Abdur-Rahman ya ziyarce ni bayan wani ɓangare na dare ya wuce, ya kwankwasa ƙofata har sai da na tashi, sai ya ce mini, "Na ga kana barci! Wallahi, a cikin dare uku da suka wuce ban yi barci isasshe ba." Ibn Kathir kuma ya ambata a cikin littafin Al-Bidayah wa 'l-Nihayah.

“Abdur-Rahman called on me after a portion of the night had passed and knocked on my door till I got up, and he said to me, "I see you have been sleeping! By Allah, during the last three nights I have not slept enough”. And Ibn Kathir mentioned in the book Al-Bidayah wa ’l-Nihayah.

. )فلما كانت الليلة التي يسفر صباحها عن اليوم الرابع من موت عمر، جاء عبد الرحمن بن عوف إلى منزل ابن أخته المسور بن مخرمة فقال: أنائم يا مسور؟ - - والله لَم أغتمض بكثير نوم منذ ثلاث ...( .

. )فلما كانت الليلة التي يسفر صباحها عن اليوم الرابع من موت عمر، جاء عبد الرحمن بن عوف إلى منزل ابن أخته المسور بن مخرمة فقال: أنائم يا مسور؟ - - والله لَم أغتمض بكثير نوم منذ ثلاث ...( .

Lokacin da dare wanda safiyarsa za ta kasance rana ta huɗu bayan mutuwar Umar ya zo, sai Abdurrahman bin Auf ya zo gidan ɗan ɗan'uwansa Al-Miswar bin Makhramah ya ce: "Kana barci, ya Miswar? Na rantse da Allah, ban yi barci sosai ba cikin dare uku da suka wuce," wato dare uku na ƙarshe. Lokacin da mutane suka yi sallar asuba, sai alkawarin mubaya'a ga Uthman (ra) ya cika.

“When the night whose morning would have been the fourth day after the death of Umar, ‘Abd Al-Rahman Bin ‘Auf came to the house of his nephew Al-Miswar Bin Makhramah and said “You are sleeping O Miswar? By Allah I did not get much sleep for the last three” - in other words, the last three nights and when the people prayed the Morning Prayer the pledge with ‘Uthman (ra) was completed.