Khilafah ni mkataba wa hiari na ridhaa, hivyo hakuna mtu anayelazimishwa kuukubali, na hakuna mtu anayelazimishwa kumchagua yule ambaye atautekeleza.

The Khilafah is a contract of choice and consent, so no one is compelled to accept it, and no one is compelled to choose the one who would undertake it.

Ushahidi wa hili ni kwamba mkataba wowote wa Shari'ah hukamilika baina ya pande mbili, kwa kuwa ni mkataba kama mikataba mingine yote. Zaidi ya hayo, simulizi ya Mbedui inaeleza kwamba alimpa Mtume wa Allah ﷺ kiapo cha utiifu kwa ajili ya Uislamu. Kisha Mbedui huyo aliugua homa huko Madina, akamjia Mtume wa Allah ﷺ na kusema, "Ewe Mtume wa Allah! Ondoa kiapo changu cha utiifu." Lakini Mtume wa Allah ﷺ alikataa. Kisha akamjia tena na kusema, "Ewe Mtume wa Allah! Ondoa kiapo changu cha utiifu." Lakini Mtume ﷺ alikataa. Kisha akamjia tena na kusema, "Ewe Mtume wa Allah! Ondoa kiapo changu cha utiifu." Lakini Mtume ﷺ alikataa. Hatimaye Mbedui yule alitoka (Madina), ndipo Mtume wa Allah ﷺ akasema,

The proof for this is the evidence that any Shari’ah contract is completed between two parties since it is a contract like all the other contracts. On top of that, the narration of the Bedoin gave the pledge of allegiance to Allah's Prophet (phuh) for Islam. Then the Bedoin got fever at Medina, came to Allah's Prophet (phuh) and said, "O Allah's Prophet! Cancel my Pledge," But Allah's Prophet (phuh) refused. Then he came to him (again) and said, "O Allah's Prophet! Cancel my Pledge." But the Prophet (phuh) refused. Then he came to him (again) and said, "O Allah's Prophet! Cancel my Pledge." But the Prophet (phuh) refused. The Bedouin finally went out (of Medina) whereupon Allah's Prophet (phuh) said,

.» إِنَّمَا الْمَدِينَةُ كَالْكِيرِ تَ نْفِي خَبَثَ هَا وَيَ نْصَعُ طَيِّبُ هَا « .

.» إِنَّمَا الْمَدِينَةُ كَالْكِيرِ تَ نْفِي خَبَثَ هَا وَيَ نْصَعُ طَيِّبُ هَا « .

"Madina ni kama kinyunyizi cha mfuko wa hewa (kinu cha chuma): Hutoa uchafu wake, na huangaza na kusafisha kilicho chema chake." (imekubaliwa na Muslim na Al-Bukhari). Kwa kuwa kiapo cha utii kwa Khilafah ni kiapo cha utii kwa yule mwenye haki ya kutiiwa miongoni mwa watu wenye mamlaka, basi ni mkataba unaotegemea hiari na ridhaa, na hivyo si sahihi kwa kulazimishwa; si kulazimisha yule anayetoa kiapo, wala kulazimisha wale wanaotoa kiapo, kwa sababu ya maneno ya Mtume ﷺ.

"Medina is like a pair of bellows (furnace): It expels its impurities and brightens and clears its good.” (agreed upon by Muslim and Al-Bukhari). As the pledge upon the Khilafah is a pledge upon obedience to the one who has the right to be obeyed from the people of authority, then it is a contract upon choice and consent, and so it is not correct by compulsion; neither compulsion on the one given the pledge nor compulsion upon those who are giving the pledge due to the words of the Messenger (pbuh).

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

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

“Mwenyezi Mungu amemsamehe umma wangu (Ummati) kwa makosa na kusahau, na kwa yale wanayolazimishwa kuyafanya.” (imepokewa na Ibn Maja kupitia kwa Ibn ‘Abbas). Hili ni la jumla kwa kila mkataba, ikiwemo mkataba wa Khilafah. Kwa hiyo, kila mkataba unaofanyika kwa kulazimishwa ni batili, kwa kuwa haujafungwa kisheria. Kama ilivyo kwa mikataba mingine, Khilafah haifungwi kwa kulazimishwa.

“Allah has forgiven my nation (Ummati) for mistakes and forgetfulness, and what they are forced to do.” (reported by Ibn Maja through Ibn ‘Abbas), and this is general for every contract including the contract of the Khilafah. Accordingly, every contract that occurs due to compulsion is void, since it has not been contracted. In the same manner as the other contracts, the Khilafah is not contracted by compulsion.

Vivyo hivyo, Ukhalifa haukamiliki isipokuwa kwa pande mbili zinazoingia mkataba, kama mkataba mwingine wowote; kwa hiyo, mtu hatakuwa Khalifa isipokuwa mtu fulani amemteua kwenye Ukhalifa. Hivyo basi, mtu akijiteua mwenyewe kuwa Khalifa bila kiapo cha utii (bay'ah) kutoka kwa wale ambao Ukhalifa unafungwa kupitia kwao, hatakuwa Khalifa isipokuwa wamempa kiapo hicho kwa kuridhika na kwa ridhaa; katika hali hiyo anakuwa Khalifa baada ya kiapo hiki. Kabla ya hapo, hatachukuliwa kuwa hivyo. Ikiwa watu wamelazimishwa kutoa kiapo, mtu huyo hatakuwa Khalifa baada ya kiapo hiki kilichochukuliwa kwa kulazimishwa, na Ukhalifa hautafungwa kwake, kwa kuwa ni mkataba ambao hautafungwa kwa kulazimishwa, kutokana na kauli ya Mtume ﷺ.

Likewise, the Khilafah is not completed except with two contracting parties like any other contract; so, someone would not be a Khalifah unless someone appoints him to the Khilafah, and so if someone appoints themselves as Khalifah without a pledge from those whom the Khilafah is contracted through, he would not be a Khalifah unless they gave him the pledge with satisfaction and consent, in which case he becomes Khalifah after this pledge; as for before it then he would not be considered such. If the people are forced to give the pledge, the person would not be the Khalifah after this pledge which was taken by compulsion, and the Khilafah would not be contracted to him since it is a contract which is not contracted through compulsion due to the words of the Messenger (pbuh).

Hakika Allah amemsamehe umma yangu makosa, kusahau, na yale ambayo wamelazimishwa kuyafanya. ﷺ Hapa Mtume ﷺ amesema: “Allah amemsamehe umma yangu makosa, kusahau, na yale ambayo wamelazimishwa kuyafanya.” Na kile kilichosamehewa huhesabiwa kuwa batili.

. » إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَضَ عَ عَ نْ أُمَّ تِي الْخَطَأَ وَالنِّ سْ يَانَ وَمَا اسْ تُكْرِهُوا عَلَيْهِ « . “Allah has forgiven my nation (Ummati) for mistakes and forgetfulness, and what they are forced to do.” , and what has been forgiven is considered to be void.