El trabajo del asistente consiste en informar al Califa sobre lo que haya ejecutado de las acciones de gestión y lo que haya puesto en práctica de gobierno y tutela, para que sus facultades no lleguen a ser como las del Califa. Por tanto, su labor es elevar sus informes y ejecutar lo que se le ordene.

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.

La prueba de esto es también la realidad del asistente, ya que él es el representante autorizado del Califa, y el representante solo lleva a cabo el trabajo como representante de quien lo autorizó. Por tanto, no es independiente del Califa; por el contrario, informa de cada acción, tal como solía hacer Umar (ra) con Abu Bakr (ra) cuando era su ministro. Así, informaba a Abu Bakr (ra) de su opinión y actuaba conforme a lo que consideraba.

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.

El sentido de informar al Khalifah no es pedirle permiso para cada parte de las distintas acciones, ya que esto contradice la realidad del asistente; más bien, informarle significa consultarle sobre el asunto, como la necesidad de que una determinada gobernación tenga un gobernador capaz y facultado, o eliminar lo que la gente se queja respecto a la falta de alimentos en los mercados, o cualquier otro de los asuntos del Estado, o presentar estos asuntos simplemente como un informe que pueda ser revisado y para estar al tanto de lo que le concierne. En consecuencia, estos informes son suficientes para llevar a cabo todo lo que se menciona en ellos con todos sus detalles, sin necesidad de emitir un permiso para actuar. Sin embargo, si se emite la orden de no ejecutar estos informes, entonces no es correcto que los ejecute. Por tanto, estos informes son simplemente la presentación de los asuntos, o la consulta sobre ellos, y no una petición de permiso para emprenderlos; y el asistente puede ejecutar los informes mientras el Khalifah no le impida hacerlo.

The meaning of reporting to the Khalifah is not to seek his permission in every individual part of the various actions, since this contradicts the reality of the assistant; rather the meaning of reporting to him is to confer with him in the issue, such as the need for a particular governorate to have a capable governor empowered, or to eliminate what the people complain about regarding the lack of food in the markets, or other than that from all of the issues of the State, or to present these issues simply as a report which can be looked over, and be informed about what concerns him. Accordingly, these reports are enough in order to carry out everything that is mentioned in them with all of his details without the need for the issuance of permission to act. However, if the order not to implement these reports is issued, then it is not correct for him to implement them. Therefore, these reports are simply the presentation of the issues, or consultation regarding them, and not seeking permission to undertake them and the assistant may implement the reports as long as the Khalifah does not stop him from implementation.

Con respecto a la última parte del artículo, "y ejecutar lo que se le ordene", esto se debe a que el asistente no asume para sí mismo los poderes de gobierno como el Khalifah, sino que los asume en virtud de su wizarah (cargo ministerial) concedido por el Khalifah. Por tanto, si el Khalifah le ordena hacer algo, le corresponde ejecutarlo, y no le es permitido no hacerlo. Dar al asistente la facultad de gestionar los asuntos mediante su opinión e ijtihad se refiere a aquellas cuestiones en las que el Khalifah no le ha dado orden alguna; en cambio, si se le ordena ejecutar un asunto, es obligatorio para el asistente ejecutarlo de la manera que el Khalifah ordenó, y no puede hacerlo de otra manera.

With respect to the last part of the article “and to implement whatever he was ordered to”, this is because the assistant does not take the powers of ruling in himself like the Khalifah, rather he takes them based upon his ministry from the Khalifah, and upon that if the Khalifah orders him to do something, then it is upon him to implement it, and it is not permitted for him not to implement it. Giving the assistant the capability to manage the affairs through his opinion and Ijtihad is in those issues which the Khalifah did not order him, whereas if he was ordered to implement an issue, it is obligatory upon the assistant to implement it in the manner that the Khalifah ordered, and he may not implement it in another way.