Khilafah is an obligation

Abdullah b. Umar (ra) said that he heard the Messenger of Allah (saw): Whosoever removes his hand from the obedience of Allah will meet Allah on the Day of Resurrection with no excuse for him, and whoever dies without a Bayah (pledgeof allegiance) on his neck, has died a death of Jahiliyyah (the days of Ignorance) [Muslim]. It was also narrated by Muslim, from the hadith of Abu Hurairah (ra), who said he heard the Prophet (saw): The Imam is a shield; you fight from behind him and you seek protection with him. It was narrated by Imam Ahmad, Al-Tirmidhi, Al-Nisaai and Al-Tayalasi from the Hadith of Al-Harith Al-Ashari: and I order you five (things) that Allah has ordered me to do: to (stay with) the Jamaa, to listen and to obey, to emigrate (to Dar Al-Islam) and to perform Jihad for the sake of Allah; for whoever leaves the Jamaa, even the measure of an inch, has removed the rope of Islam from around his neck, unless he returns This is further corroborated by a hadith by Arfajah, narrated by Muslim, Whoever comes to you while you are united upon one man, and wishes to sow dissension amongst you or break your unity, kill him. In another hadith, the hadith of Fadhaalah b. Ubayd, narrated by Ahmad and Al-Bayhaqi: Three (people), do not ask of them: a man who abandoned the Jamaa, and disobeyed him Imam and died in (that state of) disobedience

Khilafah is coming
The hadith of the Khilafah on the way of the Prophet It was narrated by Ahmed in his Musnad, from Al-Numan b. Bashir, who said: We were sitting in the mosque of the Messenger of Allah (saw), and Bashir was a man who did not speak much, so Abu Thalabah Al-Khashnee came and said: Oh, Bashir bin Saad, have you memorised the words of the Messenger of Allah (saw) regarding the rulers? Huthayfah replied, I have memorised his words. So Abu Thalabah sat down and Huthayfah said, The Messenger of Allah (saw) said Prophethood will be amongst you whatever Allah wishes it to be, then He will lift it up if He wished to lift it up. Then there will be a Khilafah on the way of the Prophet, and it will be whatever Allah wishes it to be, then He will lift it up if Allah wished to lift it up. Then there will be an inheritance rule, and it will be whatever Allah wishes it to be, then He will lift it up if He wished to lift it up. Then there will be a coercive rule, and it will be whatever Allah wishes it to be, then He will lift it up if He wished to lift it up. Then there will be a Khilafah on the way of Prophethood. Then he was silent.

Islam will reach every home on the face of the Earth

It was narrated by Ahmad in his Musnad, from Tameem Al-Daari, who said that he heard the Prophet (saw) say: Verily, this matter (Islam) will reach where day and night have reached, and it will not leave a house of Madar (mud or clay) or a house of Wabar (fur of camels and goats, i.e. tents) except Allah will bring it into this Deen, (either) with the honour of an honoured one, or the disgrace of a disgraced one; honour with which Allah honours Islam, and disgrace with which Allah disgraces Kufr. Al-Haithami said: This was narrated by Ahmad and Al-Tabarani, and the men of the narration of Ahmad are the men of authentic Ahadith.

It was also narrated by Al-Haakim, from the Hadith of Abi Thalabah Al-Khashni, who said: When the Messenger of Allah (saw) would return from a battle or travel, he would first come to the mosque and pray two Rakahs, then he (saw) would go to his daughter Fatimah (ra), then he (saw) would go to his wives (ra). So after he (saw) returned, he left the mosque and was met by his daughter Fatimah (ra) at the door of his (saw) home, and she began kissing his mouth while her eyes cried, so he (saw) said to her: My daughter, what makes you cry? She replied: Oh, Messenger of Allah, it is because I see you all ruffled and exhausted, and your clothing are all worn out! He said: Do not cry, for Allah, Azza Wa Jall, has sent your father with a matter that not one house made of Madar or Shaar (fur, i.e. tents), will be left on the face of the earth, except Allah will enter them into it, with honour or disgrace, until it reaches where night has reached. According to Al-Haakim, this hadith has a Sahih chain of narration, and it was not narrated by the two Shaykhs.

The believer with best iman

It was narrated by Al-Haakim, in Al-Mustadrik, on the authority of Umar (ra), who said that while sitting with the Prophet (saw), he heard the Messenger of Allah (saw) say: Do you know whom amongst the believers have the best Iman? He replied, the angels, oh Messenger of Allah? The reply came, They are so, and they have the right to be so, for what stops them when Allah has given them such a status that He has given them; but it is other than them. He then said, Then it is the prophets whom Allah (swt) has honoured with prophethood and the message. The reply came, They are so, and they have the right to be so, for what stops them when Allah has given them such a status that He has given them; but it is other than them. Then who are they, oh Messenger of Allah? The answer came, They are Aqwaam (groups of people) that come after me, in the loins of men (meaning that they have not been born yet); so they believe in me, (even though) they have never seen me, and they find the hanging papers, so they work according to what is in it; they are the best of the believers in Iman. According to Al-Haakim this hadith has a Sahih chain of narration, and was not narrated by the two Shaykhs.

The coming of the Khilafah to the land of Al-Quds

It was narrated by Abu Dawud, on the authority of Ibn Zughb Al-Ayadi, who said that Ali Abdullah b. Hawalah Al-Azdi came to him and said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) sent us to seek booty on foot, so we returned and did not find anything, and he (saw) could see the exhaustion in our faces, so he stood up and said: Oh Allah, do not leave them for me, where I would be too weak for them, and do not leave them to themselves, where they would be too weak for themselves, and do not leave them for the people, where they would keep (the good) from them, keeping it for themselves. Then he (saw) placed his hand on my head (or he said: on my forehead): Oh, Ibn Hawalah, if you see that the Khilafah has come to the sacred land (Al-Quds), then the earthquakes, the troubles, and the great happenings have come, and the hour on that day is nearer to the people than my hand here on your head. Al-Haakim also narrated this hadith on the authority of Ibn Zughb Al-Ibaadi. He declared that this hadith has an authentic chain of narrators, and it was not narrated by the two Shaykhs. Ahmad narrated it with the same Isnad (chain of narrators) as Al-Haakim.

The Uqr (origin) of the land of the believers (Dar Al-Islam) being in AlShaam
It was narrated by Ibn Habban in his book of Sahih Ahadith, that Al-Shaam (the region which covers Jordan, Syria, Palestine, Lebanon and part of Iraq) will be the base of the land of the believers at the end of time. On the authority of Al-Nawas b. Samaan, who said that he heard the Messenger of Allah (saw) say, and the Uqr (natural origin) of the land of the believers is Al-Shaam. It was also narrated by Ahmad from the hadith by Salamah b. Nufayl, verily, the Uqr of the land of the believers is Al-Shaam Furthermore, it was narrated by Al-Tabarani, in Al-Kabeer, on the authority of Salamah b. Nufayl: The Uqr of Dar Al-Islam is in Al-Shaam. According to Al-Haythami, this was narrated by Al-Tabarani, and his men (chain of narration) are trustworthy.

The strangers, who separate away from their tribes

It was narrated by Muslim in his book of Sahih Ahadith, on the authority of Abu Hurairah (ra): Islam began as a stranger and it will return as a stranger, so, blessed are the strangers. Ibn Majah, also narrated this hadith on the authority of Anas b. Malik (ra) of the Messenger of Allah (saw), who saidthen he mentioned the hadith.

In the narration by Ibn Majah, from Abi Al-Ahwas, from Abdullah: Islam began as a stranger and it will return as a stranger, so, blessed are the strangers. It was asked: And who are the strangers? He replied: Those who separate away from the tribes. In the narration of Ibn Majah also, on the authority of Abu Hurairah (ra), who said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) saidthen he mentioned the hadith. It was also narrated by Al-Tirmidhi from two different chains of narration, and said that they are Hasan Sahih: The first: From Abi Al-Ahwas, from Abdullah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) saidand mentioned the hadith; and in the same section from Saad, and Ibn Umar, and Jaber, and Anas, and Abdullah b. Amr. The second: On the authority of Katheer b. Abdullah b. Amr b. Awf b. Zayd b. Malha (ra), from his father (ra), from his grandfather (ra): The Deen will slither its way to Al-Hijaz (region surrounding Makkah and Al-Madinah) the same as the snake slithers its way to its burrow; and the Deen will be linked to Al-Hijaz, the same as mountain goats are linked to the top of the mountain (i.e. place of return). This hadith was also narrated by Ahmad, from Abu Hurairah, of the Messenger of Allah(saw)and mentioned the hadith. The chains of narration of the above Ahadith include seven of the Sahaba, from nine of the Tabieen, from nine of the Tabi Tabieen. This hadith gives the news that Islam will come back, returning the same way it came the first time. The return of Islam means the return of its state.

The news of the coming of the Islamic State and its return has become Mutawaatir(firmly established due to recurring narrations).
At least 25 of the Sahaba narrated to 39 Tabieen, who narrated to 62 of the Tabi Tabieen. This overrules the possibility of them conspiring to lie, and thus Tawaatur of the subject is established. There are other Ahadith and narrations in this section that do not need to be mentioned, which confirm the Tawaatur of this matter. These include narrations by Al-Haakim, which have been classified as Sahih. Of these is the narration from Abi Shareeh: I have heard those who say that they will be twelve banners, and under each banner twelve thousand (men), and the Muslims will gather to their comrade (or Imam) in Bait-ul-Maqdis (Al-Quds). There are also others narrated by Ibn Asaakir, which I did not include, from Maseerah b. Jaleese, where he heard the Prophet (saw): This matter (the Khilafah) will continue after me in Al-Madina, then (move to) Al-Shaam, then to the peninsula, then to Iraq, then to the city, then to Bait-ul-Maqdis. So if it reaches Bait-ul-Maqdis, then it would have reached its (natural resting place); and no people who remove it (i.e. the capital of the Khilafah) from their land will ever get it back again (for them to be the capital again). I believe that what he (saw) meant by the city is the city of Heraclius. In addition there are others from Ibn Asaakir, from Abdul Rahman b. Abi Umayrah Al-Muzni, who said that he heard the Messenger of Allah (saw): There will be, in Bait-ul-Maqdis, a (rightly guided) Baya. Furthermore, there are other narrations by Al-

Haakim such as the hadith from Abu Hurairah (ra), who said that he heard the Messenger of Allah (saw): If the fierce battles take place, a delegation of supporters will come out of Damascus who are the best of the Arabs in riding and the most skilled in weaponry, and Allah will assist the Deen through them. It was narrated by Al-Haakim, and classified as Sahih, the narration of Abdullah b. Amr, who said: There will come a time when there will not be one believer left, but will rush to Al-Shaam.