Ummah ndiyo inayomteua Khalifah. Hata hivyo, Ummah haina haki ya kumwondoa madarakani baada ya kiapo cha utii (bay'ah) kukamilika kwa mujibu wa mfumo wa Shari'ah.

The Ummah is the one who appoints the Khalifah. However, it does not possess the right to remove him once the pledge of allegiance has been concluded according to the Shari’ah method.

Makala hii ina sehemu mbili: ya kwanza ni kwamba Ummah ndiyo yenye haki ya kumteua Khalifah; ya pili ni kwamba Ummah haina haki ya kumwondoa.

This article has two halves; the first that the Ummah is the one who holds the right to appoint the Khalifah; the second being that the Ummah does not possess the right to remove him.

Kwa upande wa nusu ya kwanza, dalili yake ni riwaya zinazohusu kiapo cha utii (bay'ah). Hakuna mtu mwenye haki ya kushika nafasi ya Ukhalifa isipokuwa kwa kiapo hicho, kwa kuwa kiapo ndicho njia ya kumteua Khalifa. Hili limethibitishwa kutokana na kiapo cha Waislamu kwa Mtume ﷺ, na kutokana na amri ya Mtume ﷺ kwetu kuhusu kiapo, na kwamba Makhalifa waongofu walishika Ukhalifa kwa kiapo cha utii pekee.

As for the first half, the proof for it is the narrations regarding the pledge of allegiance, since no one possesses the right to undertake the position of the Khilafah except through the pledge, because the pledge is the method to appoint the Khalifah. This is established from the pledge of the Muslims to the Messenger (pbuh) and from the command of the Messenger (pbuh) for us regarding the pledge, and that the righteous Khulafaa’ only undertook the Khilafah through the pledge of allegiance.