如果哈里发职位已经通过那些有资格缔结该契约者的宣誓而授予某个人，那么其余民众的宣誓就是服从的宣誓，而非缔结契约的宣誓；因此，任何被看出有可能叛乱的人，都会被强制宣誓。

If the Khilafah is contracted to an individual by the pledge of those it is valid to be contracted with, the pledge of the remainder of the people is a pledge upon obedience and not a pledge of contracting; and so, any one who is seen to have the potential of rebellion is forced to give the pledge.

这一主张的证据，是四位哈里发的宣誓效忠（拜爱）之事，因为那是众圣门弟子的一致公议（Ijma'）。在艾布·伯克尔（愿真主喜悦他）的拜爱中，仅麦地那的有权势和有影响力的人（Ahl Al-Hal wal-‘Aqd）便已足够；欧麦尔（愿真主喜悦他）的拜爱也是如此。在奥斯曼（愿真主喜悦他）的拜爱中，征询麦地那穆斯林的意见并从他们那里取得效忠便已足够；在阿里（愿真主喜悦他）的拜爱中，麦地那和库法大多数人的效忠便已足够。所有这些都表明，哈里发制度的确立并不需要所有穆斯林都宣誓效忠，而只需大多数代表的效忠即可。至于其余的人，如果他们也宣誓效忠，那么他们的效忠便意味着服从。

The evidence for this is what happened in the pledge of the four Khulafaa’, because it was an Ijma’ of the companions. In the pledge of Abu Bakr (ra), the people of power and influence (Ahl Al-Hal wal-‘Aqd) of Madinah alone were sufficient, and that was the case in the pledge of Umar (ra), and in the pledge of ‘Uthman (ra) it was enough to take the opinion of the Muslims in Madinah, and take the pledge from them, and in the pledge of Ali (ra) the pledge of the majority of the people of Madinah and Kufa was enough. All of this indicates that it is not necessary that all the Muslims have to give the pledge in order to contract the Khilafah; rather the pledge of most of their representatives is enough. As for the remainder, then if they gave a pledge their pledge is upon obedience.