Khilāfah-ka haisimamishwi kwa mtu kwa kuteuliwa wala kwa kutajwa kuwa mrithi wa kiti cha ufalme, kwani ni mkataba baina ya Waislamu na Khalīfah. Ili mkataba huo uidhinishwe, inashurutishwa kwamba Waislamu wampe Bay'ah, na mtu waliyempa Bay'ah akubali. Kuteuliwa au kuteuliwa kuwa mrithi wa kiti cha ufalme hakutimizi hilo, kwa hiyo hakuwezi kuidhinisha Khilāfah. Kwa msingi huo, mkataba wa Khilāfah hauidhinishwi iwapo Khalīfah atamteua Khalīfah mwingine amrithi, kwa kuwa yeye hana haki ya kuidhinisha mkataba huo. Khilāfah pia ni haki ya Waislamu wala si ya Khalīfah, hivyo Waislamu huidhinisha kwa yeyote wanayemtaka. Kwa sababu hiyo, pia ni kosa kwa Khalīfah kumteua mtu mwingine, yaani kumwahidi cheo hicho, kwa kuwa ni kumpa kitu ambacho yeye hakimiliki, jambo ambalo ni haramu kisheria. Kwa hiyo, iwapo Khalīfah atamteua Khalīfah mwingine, awe ni mwanawe, jamaa yake au mtu mwingine yeyote, jambo hilo ni haramu, na Khilāfah kamwe haitaidhinishwa kwake. Hii ni kwa sababu wale wenye haki ya kuidhinisha mkataba hawakukusanyika kuufanya; kwa hiyo ni mkataba usiokuwa na idhini, na hivyo ni batili.

The Khilafah post is not contracted to a person by a designation or by being named as a crown prince, for it is a contract between the Muslims and the Khaleefah. In order to be contracted it is stipulated that the Muslims should give the Bay’ah, and the person they gave their Bay’ah should accept it. Designation or appointing of a crown prince does not fulfill that so that cannot contract Khilafah. Accordingly, the contract of Khilafah is not contracted if a Khaleefah nominated another Khaleefah to succeed him, for He does not have the right to contract it. Khilafah is also the right of the Muslims and not of the Khaleefah, thus the Muslims contract it to whomsoever they wish. Therefore it is wrong as well for the Khaleefah to designate someone else, i.e. to promise him the post. For it would be giving him something He does not own; which legally forbidden. So if the Khaleefah designated another Khaleefah, whether He was his son or his relative or any other, this would be forbidden and the Khilafah would never be contracted to him. This is because those who own the contract did not convene it; therefore it would be an uncommisioned contract and thus invalid.

Kuhusu madai kwamba Abu Bakr alimteua 'Umar, na 'Umar alimteua "Sita", na Masahaba hawakupinga bali walinyamaza, jambo linaloashiria makubaliano ya jumla, madai haya hayaonyeshi kwamba kuteua au kumweka mrithi wa kiti cha Ukhalifa kunaruhusiwa. Hii ni kwa sababu Abu Bakr hakumteua Khalifa, bali aliwashauri Waislamu kuhusu yule waliyemtaka awe Khalifa wao, na 'Ali na 'Umar wakapendekezwa kama wagombea. Waislamu kisha wakamchagua 'Umar kwa wingi wa kura katika miezi mitatu ya mwisho ya Ukhalifa wa Abu Bakr. Baada ya kifo chake, Waislamu walikuja na kumpa 'Umar Bay'ah; ndipo tu wadhifa wa Ukhalifa ulipompasa. Kwa maana kabla ya wakati huo, yaani kabla ya Bay'ah, hakuwa Khalifa, na Ukhalifa haukuwa umemfungamania bado, si kwa uteuzi wa Abu Bakr, wala kwa uchaguzi wa Waislamu. Ulifungamanishwa tu pale walipompa Bay'ah na yeye alipoikubali. Kuhusu uteuzi wa 'Umar wa "Sita", hili lilikuwa ni kuwapendekeza tu kwa ajili ya ombi la Waislamu. Kisha 'Abdul-Rahman bin 'Awf aliwashauri Waislamu ni yupi kati ya wale sita waliotaka awe Khalifa wao. Hivyo wengi wao walimchagua 'Ali endapo angefuata mwenendo wa Abu Bakr na 'Umar, la sivyo walimchagua 'Uthman. 'Ali alipokataa kufuata mwenendo wa Abu Bakr na 'Umar, 'Abdul-Rahman alimpa Bay'ah 'Uthman, kisha Waislamu nao wakampa Bay'ah.

As for the claims that Abu Bakr had designated ‘Umar and that ‘Umar had designated the “Six” and that the Sahabah did not object and kept silent, indicating general consensus. These claims do not in fact indicate the permissibility of designating or appointing of a crown prince. This is because Abu Bakr had not designated a Khaleefah but merely consulted the Muslims regarding whom they wanted to be their Khaleefah, and ‘Ali and ‘Umar were nominated as candidates. The Muslims then chose ‘Umar by a majority during the last three months of Abu Bakr’s Khilafah. After his death, the Muslims came and gave their Bay’ah to ‘Umar; only then was the Khilafah post contracted to him. For up to that moment, i.e. before the Bay’ah, He was not a Khaleefah and the Khilafah had not yet been contracted to him, neither by Abu Bakr’s nomination, nor by the Muslims choice. It was contracted only when they gave him their Bay’ah and when He accepted it. As for ‘Umar’s designation of the “six”, this was merely a nomination for them in response to the Muslims request. Then ‘Abdul-Rahman ibn Awf consulted the Muslims as to which of the six they wanted to become their Khaleefah. So most of them chose ‘Ali if He adhered to Abu Bakr and ‘Umar’s actions, otherwise ‘Uthman. When ‘Ali declined to follow the actions of Abu Bakr and ‘Umar’, ‘Abdul Rahman gave his Bay’ah to ‘Uthman and then the Muslims gave him their Bay’ah.

Kwa hiyo, Ukhalifa ulifungwa kwa ‘Uthman kwa Bay’ah ya watu na si kwa uteuzi wa ‘Umar, wala kwa chaguo la watu. Kwani kama watu wasingempa Bay’ah yake, na kama yeye asingekubali wadhifa wa Ukhalifa, basi hili lisingefungwa. Kwa hiyo, Bay’ah ya Waislamu kwa Khalifa ni msingi wa jambo hili, na ni haramu kufunga Ukhalifa kwa kumteua mrithi wa kiti cha enzi au kwa uteuzi wa moja kwa moja, kwa sababu ni mkataba wa mamlaka (Wilayah) ambao lazima utimize kanuni za mikataba.

Therefore, the Khilafah was contracted to ‘Uthman by the people’s Bay’ah and not by ‘Umar’s nomination, nor by the people’s choice. For if people had not given him their Bay’ah and if He had not accepted the Khilafah post. This would not have been contracted. Therefore, the Bay’ah of the Muslims to the Khaleefah is fundamental, and it is forbidden to contract Khilafah by appointing a crown prince or by designation, for it is a contract of authority (Wilayah) that should fulfill the rules of contracts.