Aikin mataimaki shi ne ya yi wa Khalifa bayani bayan duk abin da ya aiwatar na ayyukan gudanarwa, da duk abin da ya aiwatar na mulki da kula, domin ikonsa kada ya zama kamar na Khalifa. Don haka, aikinsa shi ne ya mika rahotanninsa, da aiwatar da duk abin da aka umarce shi da shi.

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.

Dalilin wannan shi ne kuma halin mataimakin, domin shi wakili ne da aka ba izini na musamman daga Khalifah, kuma wakili yana aiki ne kawai a matsayin wakilin wanda ya ba shi izinin. Saboda haka, ba shi da 'yancin kai daga Khalifah, a maimakon haka yana bayar da rahoto game da kowane aiki, kamar yadda Umar (ra) yake yi wa Abu Bakr (ra) lokacin da yake ministansa. Don haka yakan sanar da Abu Bakr (ra) ra'ayinsa, sannan ya aiwatar da abin da ya yi tunani.

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.