“Prophethood will last with you for as long as Allah wants it to last. Then He will end it if He wishes to end it. Then there will be Khilafah according to the method of Prophethood, and things will be as Allah wishes them to be. Then He will end it if He wishes to end it. Then there will be a hereditary rule, and things will be as Allah wishes them to be. Then He will end it if He wishes to end it. Then there will be an oppressive rule, and things will be as Allah wishes them to be. Then He will end it if He wishes to end it. Then there will be a Khilafah according to the method of Prophethood.” Then he (saw) fell silent”
The Return of the Khilafah
Imam Ahmad in his Musnad (volume four page 273) narrated from al-Nu’man Ibn Bashir (ra) as saying that the Prophet had stated, “Prophethood will last with you for as long as Allah wants it to last. Then He will end it if He wishes to end it. Then there will be Khilafah according to the method of prophethood, and things will be as Allah wishes them to be. Then He will end it if He wishes to end it. Then there will be a hereditary rule, and things will be as Allah wishes them to be. Then He will end it if He wishes to end it. Then there will be an oppressive rule, and things will be as Allah wishes them to be. Then He will end it if He wishes to end it. Then there will be a Khilafah according to the method of Prophethood.” Then he (saw) fell silent”
The Messenger of Allah (saw) has foretold the return of the Khilafah after its demise and destruction. Today we are witnessing the oppressive rule that the Messenger of Allah (saw) informed us of, however we are also nearing the return of the Khilafah that is upon the Minhaj of the Messenger of Allah (saw) that he (saw) stated would once again return.
Indeed we should realise that the increased oppression that the believers and the carriers of the Da’awah to Islam and the establishment of the Khilafah are facing is only a sign of the return of the Khilafah and the hypocrite rulers acknowledgment of this. We should take confidence and increase our steadfastness, patience and perseverance against such tyrants from the words of the Messenger of Allah (saw) as narrated from Imam Ahmed in his Musnad on the authority of Maqal ibn Yasar who said that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said, “Tyranny will not be long in appearing after I am gone. Whatever tyranny appears, a like amount of justice will go, until people are born under tyranny who have never known anything else. Then Allah will bring justice, and whatever justice comes, a like amount of tyranny will go, until people are born under justice who have never known anything else.”
We are now upon the brink of the return of the Khilafah. There are many narrations and prophecies concerning its return. Indeed the Messenger of Allah (saw) foretold that the rule of Islam will return and also that it will take its place in al-Quds, as the seat of the Khilafah will be in al-Quds.
In the book of Ibn Asakir entitled the “Great history of Damascus”, Yunis Ibnu Maysara Ibnu Halbas is reported to have said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “This rule (i.e. the Khilafah) will be after me in Madina, then in Al-Sham, then in the peninsula, then in Iraq, then in Madina, then in Bayt Al-Maqdis (Al-Quds), and when the rule is established in Al-Quds, that would be its place, and thereafter nobody will be able to remove it.”
The Ummah has witnessed the seat of the Khilafah moving from Madina, al Sham, Iraq and Madina in the times of the earlier Khulafa’. Insh’Allah when it returns again it will take al Quds as its capital! Ibn Sad and the author of Kanz ul Ummal 14/252 both narrated that Abu Umayra Al-Mazani said: The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: “There will be a Baya’a of guidance in Bayt Al-Maqdis.”
Ahmad in his Musnad (5/288), Abu Dawood in his Sunan No 2535 and Al-Hakim in Al-Mustadrak extracted the following Hadith: The Messenger of Allah (saw) said, “When the Khilafah comes to the Holy land, this would mean that the earthquakes, the calamities and the major events are imminent, and that the Hour will then be nearer to people than my hand is to your head.”
Al-Hakim in Al-Mustadrak 4/468, Ahmad is his Musnad 2/84 and Abu Dawood in his Sunan, under number 2482, reported that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Two immigrations will take place, and the latter will be to the place where your father Ibrahim may peace be upon him had immigrated.”
The first Hijrah was that of the Messenger of Allah (saw) at the establishment of the first Islamic State that lasted 1342 years, Insh’allah the next will be with the resumption of the Khilafah. We can be assured of the return of the Khilafah, indeed the Khilafah would be a prosperous one and a mighty one that will unify the Islamic land and carry Islam to the rest of the World.
Al-Nawawi in his book entitled Sharhu (explanation of) Muslim (18/38-39) and in the Musnad of Imam Ahmad 3/317 the following Hadith was reported on the authority of Jabir: The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Among the last generation of my Ummah, there will be a Khaleefah who will scatter the money without counting it. In another report the Messenger of Allah (SAW) said, “When the end of the world is near, there will be a Khaleefah who would divide the money without counting it.”
The following Hadith was extracted by Muslim in his Sahih according to Sharhu al-Nawawi (chapter 18 page 13), Abu Dawood in his Sunan (Hadith 4252), Al-Tirmithi chapter 2 page 27), Ibnu Majah (2952) and Ahmad’s Musnad (chapter 5 pages 278 & 284) and Al-Hakim in Al-Mustadrak (4/ 479), on the authority of Thawban: “The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said, “Verily Allah has cornered (i.e. gathered together) the earth for me, so I saw its eastern and its western parts. And verily the authority of my Ummah will reach the parts of the earth which have been shown to me.”
In the Musnad of Imam Ahmad 2/176, and that of Al-Darimi (chapter 1 page 126), and in Al-Mustadrak of Al-Hakim (3/422) the following Hadith was extracted on the authority of Abu Qabil who said: “We were at Abdullah ibn Amr ibn Al A’as, and he was asked: Which of the two cities would be conquered first, Constantinople or Rome? So Abdullah asked for a box to be brought, and from it he took out a book and then said: We were once gathered around the Messenger of Allah (SAW) writing, and he (SAW) was asked: Which of the two cities would be conquered first, Constantinople or Rome? The Messenger of Allah (SAW) replied: The city of Heraclius will be conquered first (meaning Constantinople)”.
The first conquest mentioned in the Hadith has already been achieved, i.e the conquest of Constantinople, under the leadership of the Khaleefah Muhammad Al-Fatih, and this was 800 hundred years after the Messenger of Allah (saw) had foretold it. With the help of Allah, the second conquest, i.e. that of Rome, will be achieved soon.
O Muslims! Allah has promised the victory to those amongst who have a strong unshakeable Iman and work for the Deen in order to make the Raya (flag) of La ilaha ill Allah the highest.
In Surah al-Nur, verse 55 Allah (swt) promises the Believers,
“Allah has promised, those among you who believe and work righteous deeds, that He will, indeed, grant them inheritance of power in the earth, as He granted it to those before them; that He will establish in authority their Deen, which He has chosen for them, and that He will change their state, after the fear in which they lived in, to one of security and peace. They will worship Me alone and not associate aught with Me, and those who do reject the faith after this, they would be the rebellious and the wicked.” (TMQ al-Nur, verse 55)
Imam al-Qurtubi wrote in his book entitled Al-Jami’i Li Ahkam Al-Qur’an in commentary about this verse the following: “It is correct to say that the verse applies to the Ummah of Muhammad in general, for the specification does not take place unless the conveyor (i.e. the Prophet) informs us about it; and what is known to be the rule, is to always adhere to the generality.”
Imam al-Shawkani wrote about this verse in his book entitled Fath-ul-Qadeer chapter 4 page 74, the following: “This is a promise from Allah (SWT) to those who believed in Allah and performed good deeds, that He will grant them authority over the whole world, as He did grant it to former nations. This promise applies to the whole of the Ummah, it has been claimed that the promise was specific to the Sahabah, but there is no proof to substantiate such a claim, for the belief and the performing of good deeds is not restricted among the Sahabah, but open to every individual from among the Ummah.”
So the Messenger of Allah (saw) has foretold the re-establishment of the Khilafah and the dominance of this Deen, Allah (swt) has promised us the Victory and we have a Shari’ah that Allah has blessed us with guiding us upon how to resume the Khilafah.
More than this the Messenger (saw) foretold that a distinct band of people, a Party bonded around the Aqeedah of Islam standing firm against the tyrants not deviating from the Deen of Islam and remaining upon the Haq without caring for those that differ with them, nor those that abandon them; and they will suffer the afflictions trials and tribulations against the tyrants but will stick to the Deen of Islam and will be victorious and establish the order of Allah and his Deen upon the Earth.
Imam Ahmed in his Musnad and Abu Dawud in his Sunan narrated on the authority of Thawban “There will always be in my Ummah a Party (Taifa) who will remain upon the Haq, victorious, and will not be harmed by those who differ with them until the order of Allah comes” and in another narration from Imam Ahmed, Muslims’. Tirmidhi adds “ those who abandon them will not harm them”.
Muslim and Bukhari have related through Muawiya who said: I heard the Messenger if Allah (saw) say, “A Party (Taifa) from my Ummah will be established upon the order of Allah (qaimat bi amrillah) they will not be harmed by those who abandon them or differ with them, until the order of Allah comes and they are victorious over the people”.
Bukhari, Muslim and Imam Ahmad in his Musnad have also narrated that the Prophet (saw) said: “There will be from within my Ummah a Party (Ummatun) established upon the order of Allah, those who differ with them or abandon them will not be able to harm them until the order of Allah comes and they are upon it”. Muadh ibn Jabal (ra) stated “they are in ash Sham”.
Imam Ahmed and Tabarani narrated through a chain with reliable narrators (Rijal al Thiqa) on the authority of Abu Umama who said that the Prophet (saw) said, “There will be a Party from my Ummah who will be Victorious upon the Deen (of Islam), and they will defeat their enemies, they will not be harmed by those who differ with them except what strikes from trials and tribulations until the order of Allah comes and they are upon it.” The narrators then asked the Prophet (saw): O Messenger of Allah (saw) where are they? And he said: “They are in Bayt al Maqdis and the surrounding areas”.
Ibn Majah in his Sunan has related from Abu Hurayara on the authority of the Prophet (saaw), “There will be a Party (Taifa) from my Ummah established upon the order of Allah and they will not be harmed by those who differ with them.”
Imam al Hakim in his Mustadrak has related with an authentic sanad (chain) on the authority of Umar ibn al Khattab (ra), “There will be a Party (Taifa) from my Ummah that will remain victorious upon the Truth until the establishment of the Hour”
It has been related by Darimi from Mugheerah ibn Shuba (ra) who said that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said, “There will a band of people (Qaumun) from this Ummah who will be manifest from the people until the order of Allah comes and they are victorious”
Imam Ahmad extracted in his Musnad (5-114) on the authority of Ubay ibn Abi Ka’ab (RA) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said, “Bring glad tidings to this Ummah, she will have the power, the pride, the Deen, the victory and the authority on earth. So he who worked to reap the rewards in this life rather than in the Hereafter, he would have no reward in the Hereafter.”