Hazrat Khalifatul-Masih V (may Allah be his Helper) said:
“We must have complete faith in the promises of Allah the Almighty—that the institution of Khilafat is, by the grace of Allah, a system that has been established according to His will, and it shall continue to function in accordance with that divine will. No form of worldly monarchy will ever enter into it.
“The Khalifa of the Time wakes up in the depths of the night to pray for the members of the Jama’at—is there any king in the world who does such a thing?
“So, if we keep this in mind and act accordingly, only then can we attain success. Allah the Almighty has promised that this blessing will be granted to those who obey Allah and His Messenger. Therefore, as long as there are people among us who continue to obey the commandments of Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), we will continue to receive a share of this divine promise. Those people will continue to benefit from it. However, if there are any who do not, then such individuals will be cut off, but the promise of Allah will never fail, inshallah.
“Allah the Almighty has said:
وَ اِنْ تُطِيْعُوْهُ تَهْتَدُوْا
‘And if you obey him, you will be rightly guided,’ and you will continue to receive guidance.
“And then Allah says:
وَعَدَ اللّٰهُ الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا مِنْكُمْ وَ عَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ
‘Allah has promised to those among you who believe and do good works…’
“The standard of faith and righteous deeds has already been defined in the earlier verse: place the yoke of complete obedience upon your neck – only then will you be counted among the true believers, only then will the desire to perform righteous deeds arise, and only then will there be the motivation to continuously progress in doing good.
“When this standard is achieved, then we will continue to benefit from the blessing of Khilafat.
“Thus, to ensure the continuation of Khilafat and to draw blessings from it, Allah the Almighty has instructed those associated with this Khilafat to obey Allah and His Messengersa and to adhere strictly to their commandments.
“Among Muslims, history shows—and the Hadith of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) testifies—that true Khilafat, known as Khilafat-e-Rashidah, remained established only as long as people willingly bore the yoke of obedience. Once they abandoned obedience, they were also deprived of Khilafat. Hence, it must always be remembered that joining the Ahmadiyya Community and benefiting from it necessitates that every Ahmadi connect firmly with Khilafat, offer complete obedience to it, implement the commands of the Khalifa of the Time, and maintain a relationship of loyalty to him. Only then will such a person receive guidance and blessings that Allah the Almighty has designated for those who are true believers and connected with Khilafat.”
[Friday Sermon, May 30, 2025; Al Hakam, June 27, 2025, p. 10]