Imarah, riyasah ko qiyadah suna da ma'ana guda ɗaya, kuma rais da qa'id da Amir suna da ma'ana guda ɗaya. Dangane da Khilafah kuwa, ita ce shugabancin dukkan Musulmai a duniya, kuma tana cikin shugabanci kuma tana ƙarƙashin rukunin shugabanci. Halifa Amir ne kuma ana sanin sa da Amir al-mu'minin. Imarah ta fi faɗi, Khilafah kuma ta fi takamaimai, dukkansu kuma riyasah ne. Kalmar "Khilafah" tana takamaimai ga wani sanannen matsayi, kalmar "imarah" kuwa tana nufin kowane Amir gabaɗaya. An umurci Musulmai su naɗa wa kansu Amir, kamar yadda aka umurce su su naɗa Halifa, domin imarah tana cikin nau'ikan mulki wanda shi ne iko a kan al'amari (wilayah amr) a cikin abin da aka ba shi iko a kansa. Bambancin da ke tsakaninta da Khilafah shi ne Khilafah tana nufin dukkan Musulmai a duniya, amma wannan takamaimai ne ga wanda ya naɗa shi da abin da aka ba shi iko a kansa. Ba ta wuce waɗanda suka naɗa shi ba, haka kuma ba ta wuce abin da aka ba shi iko a kansa ba. Riyasah, qiyadah da imarah hukunce-hukunce ne na shari'a (hukm shar'i); ba salo ba ne. Musulmai suna da iyaka a cikinta da iyakokin abin da Allah (SWT) ya umurta a cikinsa da abin da Shari'a ta zo da shi.

The imarah or riyasah or qiyadah have the same meaning, and rais and qaid and Amir have the same meaning. As for the Khilafah, it is the leadership of all Muslims in the world and it is from the leadership and is categorised under the leadership. The Khalifah is an Amir and is known as the Amir of the believers. The imarah is more general and the Khilafah is more specific, and both of them are riyasah. The word “Khilafah” is specific to a well-known position, and the word “imarah” is general for every Amir. The Muslims are commanded to appoint an Amir over them as they are commanded to appoint a Khalifah, because the imarah is from the types of rule which is the authority over the matter (wilayah amr) in what he is given authority over. The distinction between it and the Khilafah is that the Khilafah is general for all the Muslims in the world, so this is specific for who appointed him and in what he was given authority over. It does not exceed those who appointed him in the same way it does not exceed what he was given authority over. The riyasah, qiyadah and imarah are hukm shari’; they are not styles. Muslims are restricted in it with the limits of what Allah (swt) commanded in it and what the Shar’a came with.