哈里发是乌玛在行使权威和实施沙里亚方面的代表。

The Khalifah is the representative of the Ummah in excercising of the authority and in implementing of the Shari’ah.

哈里发制度是为全世界所有穆斯林设立的总体领导体制，其目的在于确立伊斯兰教法的各项规定，并将伊斯兰的使命传递到全世界。任命承担这一领导职责之人，即任命哈里发的，只能是穆斯林。由于权威属于乌玛，而施行伊斯兰教法是穆斯林的义务，哈里发是他们的领袖，因此其实质是他们在权威与施行伊斯兰教法方面的代表。所以，若乌玛不向他宣誓效忠，便不存在哈里发；乌玛对他的效忠，证明他是他们的代表。服从他的义务，证明这一结束哈里发任命的效忠誓约赋予了他权威，也就意味着他是他们在权威方面的代表。本条款正是基于这一原则而起草的。

The Khilafah is the general leadership for all of the Muslims in the World, in order to establish the rules of the Shari’ah and to carry the Islamic call to the world. The ones whom appoint the one who undertakes this leadership, in other words, appoint the Khalifah, are the Muslims alone. Since the authority belongs to the Ummah, and the implementation of the Shari’ah is obligatory upon the Muslims, and the Khalifah is a leader for them, accordingly his reality is that he is their representative in the authority and the implementation of the Shari’ah. Therefore, there is no Khalifah unless the Ummah gives him the pledge of allegiance; their pledge to him is proof that he is their representative. The obligation of obedience to him is proof that this pledge, which concludes the contracting of the Khilafah to him, gives him the authority, and this means that he is their representative in the authority. And upon this basis this article has been drafted.