Lokacin zama a Majalisar Ummah yana da iyaka. Wannan saboda Abu Bakr bai takura ba wajen tuntuɓar waɗanda Manzon Allah ﷺ yake tuntuɓa. ’Umar Ibnul Khattab shi ma bai kasance tilas ba ya tuntuɓi waɗanda Abu Bakr yake tuntuɓa a shekarun ƙarshe na mulkinsa. ’Umar ya nemi ra'ayoyin mutanen da ba waɗanda ya tuntuɓa a shekarun farko na mulkinsa ba. Wannan yana nuna cewa zama a Majalisar Ummah dole ne ya kasance na wani lokaci ƙayyadadde. Anan mun ɗauki lokacin ya zama shekara biyar.

The term of membership to the Council of the Ummah is limited. This is because Abu Bakr was not restricted to consult those to whom the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) used to refer. ’’Umar Ibnul Khattab was also not under obligation to consult those whom Abu Bakr used to consult in the latter years of his rule. ‘Umar sought the opinions of people other than those he had consulted in the first years of his ruling. This indicates that the membership to the Council of the Ummah has to be for a specific period. We adopt here the period to be five years.