Wannan Majalisa ce da mutane da suka wakilci ra'ayin Musulmi gaba ɗaya suka kafa, wadda Khalifa zai iya komawa gare ta don neman shawararta kan batutuwa daban-daban. Su kuma wakilan Al-Ummah ne wajen riƙe shugabanni da alhakin ayyukansu. Wannan yana fitowa ne daga shawarar da Manzon Allah ﷺ ya yi da wasu mazaje daga Ansar da Muhajirai waɗanda ke wakiltar mutanensu. Haka kuma yana fitowa daga yadda Manzon Allah ﷺ ya ba wasu sahabbansa aikin shawara, ya kasance yana komawa gare su fiye da wasu don neman ra'ayi, kamar Abu Bakr, ‘Umar, Hamza, Ali, Salman Al-Farisi, Hudhaifa.

This is a Council formed by individuals representing the opinion of the Muslims at large, to which the Khalifah can refer to in regards to consulting them on various issues. They in turn are the representatives of the Ummah in holding the rulers accountable. This is deduced from the Messenger of Allah's (PBUH) consultation with some men from the Ansar and the Muhajireen who represent their people. It is also derived from the Messenger's (PBUH) assigning some of his Sahabah for shura, he used to refer to them more than to others for seeking an opinion, such as Abu Bakr, ‘Umar, Hamza, Ali, Salman Al-Farsi, Hudhayfah, .

Hakan kuma ana fahimtar hakan ne daga yadda Abu Bakr (ra) ya nada wasu mutane daga cikin Muhajirai da Ansarawa, yana neman shawararsu idan wani abu ya faru. Mutanen shawara a zamanin Abu Bakr (ra) su ne malamai da mutanen fatawa. Ibn Sa'd ya ruwaito daga Al-Qasim cewa idan wani abu ya faru kuma Abu Bakr yana son tuntubar mutanen ra'ayi da mutanen fiqhu, sai ya kira mutane daga Muhajirai da Ansarawa: Umar, Usman, Ali, Abdur Rahman bn Auf, Mu'azh bn Jabal, Ubayy bn Ka'b da Zaid bn Sabit. Dukansu suna bayar da ra'ayinsu a lokacin halifancin Abu Bakr, mutane kuma suna neman fatawarsu. Lokacin da Umar ya zama halifa, shi ma yakan kira wadannan mutane. Akwai kuma dalilai da ke kira ga Musulmi su yi wa shugabanni hisabi. Musulmi sun yi irin wannan hisabi kamar yadda ya faru a zamanin Khulafa'ur Rashidun. Tunda al'umma tana da izinin a wakilce ta a shawara, to tana da izinin a wakilce ta wajen yin hisabi. Duk wannan yana nuna cewa an halatta a kafa wata majalisa ta musamman da ke wakiltar al'umma wajen yin hisabi da shawara, wadda aka kafa ta bisa nassin Alkur'ani da Sunna. Ana kiranta 'Majalisar Al'umma' saboda tana wakiltar al'umma a shawara da hisabi.

It is also deduced from the fact that Abu Bakr (ra) designated some men from the Muhajireen and the Ansar to refer to them seeking their opinion when something happened. The people of the Shura at the time of Abu Bakr (ra) were the Ulama and the people of Fatwa. Ibn Saad reported from Al-Qasim that when something happened and Abu Bakr wanted to consult the people of opinion and the people of Fiqh, he called from the Muhajireen and the Ansar. ‘Umar, ‘Uthman, Ali, Abdur Rahman b. Awf, Muadh b. Jabal, Ubai bin Kaab and Zayd b. Thabit. They all used to give their opinion during the Khilafah of Abu Bakr. People would also take their Fatwa. When ‘Umar became Khalifah he would also call these people. There are also evidences that call upon the Muslims to account the rulers. Muslims exercised such accounting as happened at the time of Khulafaa' Rashidun. As the Ummah is allowed to be represented in shura she is allowed to be represented in accounting. All of this indicates that it is allowed to have a special council that represents the Ummah in accounting and in the shura which is established by the text of the Quran and Sunnah. It is called the ‘Council of the Ummah’ because it represents the Ummah in shura and accounting. .

Ana halatta ga 'yan ƙasa waɗanda ba Musulmi ba su zama mambobin Majalisar, domin su shigar da ƙorafi game da duk wata zalunci da masu mulki suka yi musu, ko game da duk wani rashin aiwatar da Musulunci daidai a kansu, ko rashin samar musu da ayyuka, ko makamancin haka.

It is permitted for non-Muslim citizens to be members of the Council, in order to file complaints against any injustice perpetrated against them by the rulers or against any mis-implementation of Islam upon them or the lack of services to them or the like.