Siyasa shi ne kula da al'amuran Ummah a cikin gida da kuma a duniya. Ana gudanar da shi ne ta hanyar Dawla da Ummah. Dawla tana daukar wannan aiki a zahiri ta hanyar gwamnati, kuma Ummah tana kiran Dawla da yin lissafi a kanta.

Politics is taking care of the affairs of the Ummah domestically and internationally. It is performed by the State and the Ummah. The State takes on this task practically through government, and the Ummah accounts the State upon it.

Wannan talifi shi ne ma'anar siyasa, kuma wannan ma'ana ce da kowa ya yarda da ita, domin tana bayyana gaskiyar siyasa kamar yadda take a zahiri. Don haka tana kama da ma'anar hankali, ma'anar gaskiya, ma'anar iko da sauran ma'anoni waɗanda suke da hakika guda ɗaya ga dukkan mutane, waɗanda ba sa saɓani a kansu, domin hakika ce da ake iya gani; sai dai suna saɓani ne kawai a kan dokokinta. Bugu da ƙari, ma'anar siyasa a harshe (Saasa, Yasuso, Siyasah) ita ce tafiyar da al'amura; an ambata a cikin ƙamus ɗin Al-Muhit: "Na yi wa 'yan ƙasa siyasatan – ma'ana na umarce su na hana su", kuma wannan shi ne tafiyar da al'amura ta hanyar umarni da hani. Haka kuma akwai hadisai da aka ruwaito game da ayyukan shugaba, lissafin shugaba da kula da al'amuran Musulmi, kuma an samo ma'anar daga dukkan waɗannan; kamar maganar Annabi ﷺ a cikin hadisin da aka yarda da shi, lafazin anan daga Al-Bukhari daga Ma'qal b. Yasar: «Babu wani bawa da Allah zai ba shi rikon wata al'umma, sannan bai kula da ita da shawararsa ba, face ba zai ji ƙanshin Aljanna ba».