The Book of Jihad, Expeditions, and Authority-09b

The reciter: Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah and 'Abd Allah ibn Barrad al-Ash'ari narrated to us, and they said: 'Abd Allah ibn Idris narrated to us from al-Hasan ibn Furat from his father, with this chain of narration, the same.

The Shaykh : He says in the hadith: , in it is evidence that what the messengers brought is the governance by which creation is governed, their affairs are managed, and they are directed toward it. Whoever claims that the Shari'ah is separate from governance has erred and gone astray. Rather, the Shari'ah in reality is the governance, the governance of the messengers (peace and blessings be upon them) which they brought from Allah the Exalted, and it is the best of all governance without doubt.
His saying: , is the negation of the genus, so it negates any prophet, meaning there is no one whose prophethood is particular or general. Whoever claims to be a prophet after the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is a disbeliever, and whoever believes him in his prophethood is a disbeliever, because it is a denial of the clear Qur'an and the clear Sunnah.
: This means if they become multiple, we take the first one. An example of this is if a person seizes control of the Muslims, and then another arises in some place and seeks the pledge of allegiance for himself, we do not allow him that, and we take the pledge of the first one and fight with him against this one who rose up seeking the caliphate. However, this is conditional upon our having the capability. If we do not have the capability, and only blood is spilled and honor is violated, then patience is obligatory.