The Second Khilafah

THE SECOND KHILAFAH

Imam Ahmed ibn Hanbal extracted that Huthayfah (R.A) said the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “The Prophethood will remain amongst you as long as Allah wills, then Allah will lift it when he wishes, then it will be a Khilafah Rashidah (i.e. The first four Khalifahs) on the method of the Prophethood, it will remain for as long as Allah wills, then he will lift it when he wills, then it will be a hereditary leadership (i.e. the Abbasid and Ummayid dynasties etc) for as long as Allah wills then he will lift it when he so wills. Then there will be a tyrannical rule (i.e. all the current regimes of the Muslim world) for as long as Allah wills, then he will lift it when he so wills, then there will be a Khilafah Rashidah on the method of the Prophethood, then he kept silent.” ~ [Musnad Imam Ahmed 4/273]