العمل الذي يقوم به المساعد هو أن يرفع تقاريره إلى الخليفة عمّا نفّذه من تصرفات الإدارة، وعمّا أمضاه من الحكم والولاية، حتى لا تصير صلاحياته كصلاحيات الخليفة. ولذلك فإن عمله أن يرفع تقاريره، وأن ينفّذ ما يُؤمر به.

The work of the assistant is to report to the Khalifah after whatever he has executed of the actions of management, and whatever he implemented of government and guardianship, in order that his powers do not become like that of the Khalifah. Therefore, his work is to raise his reports and to implement whatever he is ordered to.

وَالدَّلِيلُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ هُوَ أَيْضًا وَاقِعُ الْوَزِيرِ، إِذْ هُوَ الْمُفَوَّضُ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْخَلِيفَةِ، وَالْمُفَوَّضُ لَا يُبَاشِرُ الْعَمَلَ إِلَّا نِيَابَةً عَمَّنْ فَوَّضَهُ. فَهُوَ لَيْسَ مُسْتَقِلًّا عَنِ الْخَلِيفَةِ، بَلْ يَرْفَعُ إِلَيْهِ كُلَّ تَصَرُّفٍ، تَمَامًا كَمَا كَانَ عُمَرُ (رضي الله عنه) يَفْعَلُ مَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ (رضي الله عنه) حِينَ كَانَ وَزِيرَهُ؛ فَكَانَ يُخْبِرُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ (رضي الله عنه) بِرَأْيِهِ، وَيُنَفِّذُ عَلَى مَا يَرَاهُ.

The evidence for this is also the reality of the assistant, since he is the authorised representative of the Khalifah, and the representative only carries out the work as a representative of the one who authorised him. Therefore, he is not independent from the Khalifah, rather he reports every action, totally as Umar (ra) used to do with Abu Bakr (ra) when he was his minister. So he used to inform Abu Bakr (ra) about his opinion and would implement according to what he thought.