乌玛有权任命哈里发。然而，一旦依照伊斯兰教法的方式完成效忠宣誓，乌玛便无权罢免他。

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 according to the Shari’ah method.

这篇文章分为两部分：前一部分认为，乌玛（穆斯林共同体）拥有任命哈里发的权利；后一部分认为，乌玛并不拥有罢免哈里发的权利。

This article has two halves; the first that the Ummah is the one who holds the right to appoint the Khalifah; the second being that the Ummah does not possess the right to remove him.

至于前半部分，其证据是关于效忠宣誓（bay'ah）的各种圣训，因为除非通过效忠宣誓，任何人都无权担任哈里发之职，效忠宣誓是任命哈里发的方式。这一点可以从穆斯林向使者ﷺ宣誓效忠，以及使者ﷺ命令我们进行效忠宣誓得到确立，也可以从正统的哈里发们仅通过效忠宣誓而担任哈里发之职得到确立。

As for the first half, the proof for it is the narrations regarding the pledge of allegiance, since no one possesses the right to undertake the position of the Khilafah except through the pledge, because the pledge is the method to appoint the Khalifah. This is established from the pledge of the Muslims to the Messenger (pbuh) and from the command of the Messenger (pbuh) for us regarding the pledge, and that the righteous Khulafaa’ only undertook the Khilafah through the pledge of allegiance.

关于后半部分，其证据是：即便哈里发做了应受谴责的事，或行为不公，只要不是明显的kufr（不信），仍须服从他的命令。穆斯林（圣训辑录者）引述伊本·阿拔斯的传述说，安拉的使者ﷺ说：

With respect to the second half, its evidence is the order to obey the Khalifah even if he commits something reproachable, or is oppressive, as long as it is not a clear disbelief. It is narrated by Muslim from Ibn ‘Abbas that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said.