The Khalifah

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

The Khilafah is a contract of choice and consent, so no one is compelled to accept it, and no one is compelled to choose the one who would undertake i...

Every sane, adult Muslim, a male or a female, has the right to elect the leader of the State and to give him the pledge of allegiance; while the non-M...

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 ...

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 wit...

It is stipulated that the authority of the region or the country that gives the Khalifah a contracting pledge is autonomous dependent upon the Muslims...

The only conditions for the one who is given the pledge to be the leader of the State is that he fulfils the contracting conditions of the contract, e...

There are seven conditions for the Khalifah to be contracted, which are: to be male, Muslim, free, adult, sane, just, and from the people who have the...

If the position of the Khilafah becomes vacant due to the death of its leader, his resignation or his removal, it is obligatory to appoint a Khalifah ...

A temporary leader is appointed to take charge of the affairs of the Muslims, and to prepare for the election of the new Khalifah after the vacation o...

The method of appointing the Khalifah is the pledge of allegiance (Bay’a). The practical steps to appoint the Khalifah and his Bay’a are: The Ma...

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 ...

The Khalifah possesses the following powers: He is the one who adopts the Shari’ah rules derived by a correct Ijtihad from the Book of Allah (sw...

The Khalifah’s adoption is restricted by the Shari’ah rules; he is prohibited  to adopt any rule which is not derived according to a legitimate deduct...

The Khalifah has the complete right to govern the affairs of the subjects according to his opinion and Ijtihad. He can adopt anything of the permitted...

The Khalifah does not have a fixed term of office; as long as the Khalifah preserves the Shari’ah and he implements its rules, and is capable of carry...

The issues which alter the state of the Khalifah and ,therefore, remove him from the Khilafah are three: If one of  the contracting conditionsof...

The court of the Madhalim (injustices) is the only authority that can decide whether the change in the situation of the Khalifah removes him from the ...