Hakuna mtu anayeweza kuwa Khalifa isipokuwa Waislamu wamemteua, na hakuna mtu anayemiliki mamlaka ya lazima ya uongozi wa Dola isipokuwa mkataba naye umefungwa kulingana na Shari'ah, kama mkataba wowote katika Uislamu.

No one can be Khalifa unless the Muslims appoint him, and no one possesses the mandatory powers of the leadership of the State unless the contract with him has been concluded according tothe Shari’ah, like any contract in Islam.

Ushahidi uliopo ni kwamba Ukhalifa ni mkataba unaotegemea ridhaa na kukubaliana, kwa kuwa hali yake halisi kama mkataba inamaanisha haufungwi isipokuwa kupitia pande mbili zinazoufunga, na kwa hiyo hakuna mtu anayekuwa Khalifa isipokuwa ameteuliwa nao na wale ambao makubaliano yao yanakamilisha kufungwa kwa mkataba kulingana na Shari'ah. Hivyo, ikiwa mtu anajiteua mwenyewe kuwa Khalifa bila kiapo cha utii kutoka kwa wale ambao Ukhalifa unafungwa kupitia kwao, basi hatakuwa Khalifa mpaka kiapo chake kitokee kwa hiari na ridhaa kutoka kwa wale ambao kufungwa kwa mkataba kunafanyika. Kwa hiyo, ukweli kwamba Ukhalifa ni mkataba unahitaji kuwepo kwa pande mbili zinazofunga mkataba, huku kila mmoja wao akiwa na sifa zinazohitajika kisheria za kukabidhiwa mkataba huo na kuufunga.

The evidence is that the Khilafah is a contract upon satisfaction and consent, since its reality as a contract means it is not contracted except through two contracting parties, and, therefore, no one is the Khalifah unless he was appointed to it by those whose agreement completes the conclusion of the contract according to the Shari’ah. So if someone appoints himself Khalifah without the pledge from those whom the Khilafah is contracted through, then he would not be a Khalifah until his pledge occurs with choice and consent from those whom the conclusion of the contract takes place. So the fact that the Khilafah is a contract necessitates the presence of two contracting parties, with each of them having the necessary Shari’ah qualifications to be entrusted with the contract and conclude it.

Ikiwa mshindi fulani atatokea na kuchukua madaraka kwa nguvu, hatakuwa Khalifah kwa sababu hiyo, hata akijitangaza kuwa Khalifah wa Waislamu, kwa kuwa Ukhalifah haukuwa umekabidhiwa kwake na Waislamu. Ikiwa amechukua kiapo cha utii kutoka kwa watu kwa nguvu na kulazimishwa, hatakuwa Khalifah hata akipewa kiapo hicho, kwa kuwa kiapo kinachotolewa kwa kulazimishwa na nguvu hakizingatiwi, na hivyo Ukhalifah hauwezi kupatikana kwa njia hiyo. Hii ni kwa sababu mkataba wa hiari na ridhaa hauwezi kukamilishwa kwa kulazimishwa na nguvu, kwa hiyo haufungwi isipokuwa kwa kiapo kinachotolewa kwa kuridhika na kwa ridhaa. Hata hivyo, ikiwa mshindi huyu ataweza kuwashawishi watu kwamba ni kwa manufaa ya Waislamu kumpa kiapo, na kwamba utekelezaji wa Shari'ah utakamilika kwa kumpa kiapo hicho, watu wakashawishika na kuridhika na jambo hilo, wakampa kiapo cha utii kwa msingi huo kwa hiari yao, basi atakuwa Khalifah tangu wakati ambao watu wamempa kiapo hicho kwa hiari, ingawa alichukua mamlaka kwa nguvu na uwezo. Kwa hiyo, sharti ni kufungwa kwa kiapo, na hili hupatikana tu kwa ridhaa na hiari, bila kujali kama aliyefikia hilo alikuwa mtawala na kiongozi, au hakuwa.

If a conqueror came about and took the ruling by force he does not become a Khalifah by that, even if he announces himself as Khalifah of the Muslims, since the Khilafah was not contracted to him by the Muslims. If he took the pledge of allegiance from the people by force and compulsion, he does not become the Khalifah even if he was given the pledge, since the pledge given through compulsion and force is not considered, and so the Khilafah cannot be contracted by it. This is because a contract of choice and consent cannot be completed through compulsion and force, and so it is not contracted except through a pledge given with satisfaction and consent. However, if this conqueror managed to convince the people that it was in the benefit of the Muslims to give him the pledge, and that the implementation of the Shari’ah would be complete through giving the pledge to him – and so the people became convinced and satisfied with that and gave him the pledge of allegiance on that basis with their own choice, then he would become the Khalifah from the moment that he was given that pledge by the people freely even though he took the authority through force and power. Therefore, the condition is the contracting of the pledge, and this is only reached through consent and choice, irrespective of whether the one who reached it was the ruler and leader, or wasn’t.