# Are the hadith about the khilafah authentic?

*Every hadith about the khilafah is fabricated*

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/4wuwtjqamx0/s/3/
- Date: 2018-09-03 · Kind: lesson · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Response to Abdullah al Andalusi (12:04–14:42)
- Status: general teaching
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WUwTJQAmx0&t=724s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/4wuwtjqamx0/

**Topics:** False and fabricated hadith; Caliphate; Succession and the first civil wars

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Mufti Abu Layth says every hadith about the khilafah is fabricated, since the notion did not exist in the Prophet's lifetime and the Companions did not know them.

**Checked position (checked by two independent reviews, not by the channel):** Mufti Abu Layth says every hadith about the khilafah is fabricated.

**Evidence, his words at 12:04:** “every single hadith about the Shelia I'm telling you is fabricated the Prophet in the times of the Arabs they never even used to use this word” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WUwTJQAmx0&t=724s)

## Longer summary

Mufti Abu Layth asks what the would-be rulers actually want, power, money or women, and says they place it all on God and His Messenger. He says every hadith about the khilafah is fabricated, because the notion did not exist in the Prophet's time and he could not have spoken of it any more than of democracy, and the Companions only called Abu Bakr the khalifah of the Messenger because he came after him. He calls the report of twelve caliphs a fabrication for the rulers, and says the report that if two are given allegiance the latter should be killed is too convenient for rulers. He argues the Companions, who discussed a ruler from the Ansar and one from the Muhajirun at the succession, clearly did not know any such hadith.

## Sources and names cited

- khalifah (caliphate)
- Abu Bakr
- report: there will be twelve caliphs all from quraysh (unresolved; called fabricated by the host)
- report: if allegiance is given to two caliphs kill the latter of them (unresolved; called fabricated by the host)
- Ansar
- Muhajirun

## Transcript (machine tier, 12:04–14:42)

[11:27] to say that now you see so if you ask these kind of our Vasco de Gama these things they all do we don't hate the kuffar oh but we just design but largest wants us to rule them a br who's us you Portuguese you wanna rule the 1.8 billion Muslims of the world and they can say no no no I just want to set up the Caliphate power-hungry nothing but you know Oh what is it what we wanna really what do you want to do when you

[12:04] rule what is this rule money is that what you want power women what it what is it sex slaves is that what you want what do you want rule rule rule and then they shove it back all on Allah and His Messenger and they say this is what Allah wanted this is what is messenger one we every single hadith about the Shelia I'm telling you is fabricated the Prophet in the times of the Arabs they never even used to use this word this notion of khilafat didn't exist how could the Prophet be talking about a notion that doesn't exist how could that's like the Prophet speaking about democracy or speaking about a particular rule that doesn't

[12:44] exist yet and everybody understands him surely they would be asking way to me what do you what do you mean by that the notion he laughs I was brought into existence after the prophet's lifetime the Sahaba said to a book about karate allahu and i know what why don't we name you hey leave her to rasool allah the halifa of the messenger because you've come after him they ought to know this if this notion existed this is all these hadees were made up I'm telling you this the 12 father for money Oh mahir this is a made of Hadees for the rulers of money over

[13:22] here this F come on is common sense everybody can tell they made that up these are fabricated hadith this is just to kind of validate the rule and stuff like that I mean look does it make any sense that the Prophet spoke about something that did not exist isn't these are conveniences these are coincidences of convenience oh if there's two rulers kill the latter they're very convenient hadith isn't it for a ruler so this is very convenient isn't it oh I'm the ruler you're the ruler too well I'm gonna kill you why because oh there's a

[14:02] hadith oh but my there is a convenient Editha that I must kill you Wow you're telling me the Sahaba don't know that when they started saying who should be the ruler they said well you should have a ruler between from the Ansar and a ruler between the from the muhajireen they were they were dumb and stupid they didn't know all year but the hadith said you should if there's two you should kill one the Sahaba never knew that the Companions never knew that but oh but you know so this is what I mean and then Imam he says o Imam was as early a mammal has Riley wrote in his book Imam Ghazali epic I'm a maahes Ali

[14:41] Rezai Lilith I we gather sadly ha ha ha ha what's going on here you know what do you want about your mama is that you don't follow Imam Ghazali in anything you don't follow Imam you don't follow him in thick you don't follow him and after you that you don't follow him in a soul you don't follow him in anything have you ever redismo sus pies where Jesus was seed what do you follow him in you know follow Imam has I mean anything and then Oh buddy wrote a book to the ruler of his time the ruler of his time just food a petty little area in the Middle East in Baghdad around but that

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment 4WUwTJQAmx0/s/3. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/4wuwtjqamx0/s/3/

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