Ijmā` on the obligation of establishing the Khilāfah 👇🏽
Abu’l Ma’ali Al-Juwayni said in “Ghiyath Al-Umam”:
“Imaamah (Khilafah) is a general and complete leadership pertaining to every aspect of its citizens and covering the matters of both the world. It encompasses the
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Abu’l Ma’ali Al-Juwayni said in “Ghiyath Al-Umam”:
“Imaamah (Khilafah) is a general and complete leadership pertaining to every aspect of its citizens and covering the matters of both the world. It encompasses the
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protection of the borders, taking care of its citizens, carrying the Da’wah through argumentation and sword, preventing the deviation and injustice, remedying the oppressed from the oppressors, taking the rights from those who usurp it unjustly and giving it to those who are
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entitled to obtain it… so whenever the obligation to appoint a Khaleefah is decided, what has been arrived at by the majority of the Ulema is the fact that the obligation to select the Khaleefah has to be performed based on the quoted Shar’ee Law…”
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Ibn Hazm stated in “al-Fasl fi al-Milal wa-al-Ahwa’ wa-al-Nihal”:
“All of Ahl as-Sunnah, all of Shia, all of Khawarij (except some from the Khawarij) have agreed on the obligation of Imaamah.”
Imam Mawardi said in “al-Ahkam as-Sultaniyyah”:
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“All of Ahl as-Sunnah, all of Shia, all of Khawarij (except some from the Khawarij) have agreed on the obligation of Imaamah.”
Imam Mawardi said in “al-Ahkam as-Sultaniyyah”:
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“There is a consensus of opinion that the person who discharges the responsibilities of this position must take on the contract of Imamate of the Ummah and the deviant views of al-Asam (mu’atazalite) have no significance.”
Ibn Hajar Al Asqalani in “Fath al-Bari,”:
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Ibn Hajar Al Asqalani in “Fath al-Bari,”:
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“Al-Nawawi and others said: they (the Ulema) agreed unanimously that a Khaleefah must be appointed, one after another, and his appointment must be done by those charged with authority (ahl ul hal wal ‘aqd) and there must be only one Khaleefah, who should be selected with
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mutual consultation, whether this consultation is done between a limited or unlimited number of people. They also agreed that the selection of a Khaleefah is an obligation imposed by the Shari’ah and is not something produced by the mind.”
Ibn Hajar al-Haythami explained the
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Ibn Hajar al-Haythami explained the
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Ijmaa’ of the Sahabah in “Al-Sawa’iq al-Muhriqah,”:
“It is known that the Sahabah (raa) unanimously agreed that the selection of Imam, after the end of the era of Prophethood, was an obligation (Wajib). Indeed, they made it more important than the other obligations, such
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“It is known that the Sahabah (raa) unanimously agreed that the selection of Imam, after the end of the era of Prophethood, was an obligation (Wajib). Indeed, they made it more important than the other obligations, such
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that they were busy with it, over the burial of the Prophet (saw).”
Ibn Khaldun said in “Al Muqaddimah”:
“Imaamah is wajib and its obligation in the Shari’ah is known by the Unanimous Consensus of the Sahabah and the Tabi’een, as the Companions of our beloved Prophet (saw)
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Ibn Khaldun said in “Al Muqaddimah”:
“Imaamah is wajib and its obligation in the Shari’ah is known by the Unanimous Consensus of the Sahabah and the Tabi’een, as the Companions of our beloved Prophet (saw)
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at his death hastened to give pledge of allegiance to Abu Bakr (ra) and handed over the responsibility of Khilafah to him to take care of their affairs before the burial of the Prophet (saw). Same was the case with the issue of Imaamah in the centuries to come as the people
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(Muslims) did not leave the matter, thus avoiding chaos in any age. So, it indicates a clear and binding consensus on the obligation to appoint the Khaleefah.”
Abu Hafs Umar al-Nasafi explained in “Al-Aqaid” the role of a Khaleefah:
“The Muslims simply must have an Imam
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Abu Hafs Umar al-Nasafi explained in “Al-Aqaid” the role of a Khaleefah:
“The Muslims simply must have an Imam
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(Khaleefah), who will execute the rules, establish the Hudood (penal system), defend the frontiers, equip the armies, collect Zakah, punish those who rebel (against the state) and those who spy and the highwaymen, establish Jum’ah and the two ‘Eids, settle the dispute among
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the servants (of Allah), accept the testimony of witnesses in the matters of legal rights, give in marriage the young and the poor who have no family, and distribute the booty.”
Jamaluddin Al Ghaznawi said in “Usuluddin”:
“The Muslims must have an Imam (Khaleefah) who
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Jamaluddin Al Ghaznawi said in “Usuluddin”:
“The Muslims must have an Imam (Khaleefah) who
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will take care of their interests, implement the rules, establish the Hudood (penal code), equip the armies, collect Zakah and distribute it to those entitled to take it. So, if they don’t have an Imam (Khaleefah), it will lead the corruption to prevail on the earth.”
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Imam Al-Juzayri in the book “Fiqh of the Four Schools of Thought,” said regarding the four Imams,:
“The Imams may Allah have mercy on them agree that the Imamah (Leadership) is an obligation, and that the Muslims must appoint an Imam who would implement the Deen’s rites,
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“The Imams may Allah have mercy on them agree that the Imamah (Leadership) is an obligation, and that the Muslims must appoint an Imam who would implement the Deen’s rites,
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and give the oppressed justice against the oppressors and that it is forbidden for Muslims to have two Imams in the world whether in agreement or discord…”
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