Membobin Majalisar Ummah ana zaɓensu ne, ba a naɗa su ba. Su wakilai ne na jama'a wajen bayyana ra'ayoyi, kuma ya kamata jama'ar da suke wakilta su zaɓe su, kuma kada a ɗora su a kansu. Wannan saboda membobin Majalisar Ummah wakilai ne na ra'ayoyin jama'a, ko daidaikun mutane ne ko ƙungiyoyi. Auna ra'ayoyin mutane a babban yanki da kuma jama'a marasa adadi ba ta faruwa sai dai idan sun zaɓi wakilai. Manzon Allah ﷺ bai zaɓi waɗanda ya tuntuɓa ba bisa ga ƙwarewarsu, iyawarsu da halayensu. Maimakon haka, ya zaɓe su bisa abubuwa biyu: Na farko: Saboda su shugabannin ƙabilunsu ne, ba tare da la'akari da iyawarsu da ƙwarewarsu ba. Na biyu: Saboda suna wakiltar Muhajirai da Ansarawa. Dalilin kasancewar mutanen Shura shi ne wakiltar jama'a. Don haka ƙa'idar da ya kamata a zaɓi membobin Majalisar Ummah bisa ita ita ce wakiltar jama'a, kamar yadda lamarin yake a zaɓen wakilai na da gangan don Muhajirai da Ansarawa. Wakiltar ƙungiyoyi da daidaikun mutane marasa adadi ba za ta cimma ba sai ta hanyar zaɓe. Saboda haka membobin Majalisar Ummah dole ne a zaɓe su. Amma dangane da cewa shi Manzon Allah ﷺ da kansa ne ya zaɓi waɗanda ya tuntuɓa, hakan ya kasance ne saboda yankin da Muhajirai da Ansarawa suke zaune, wato Madina, ƙarami ne, kuma saboda ya san Musulmai. Sabanin haka, a Bai'ar Aqaba ta biyu, Musulmai da suka yi masa bai'a ba ya san su ba, shi ya sa ya bar al'amarin zaɓen shugabanni gare su, inda ya ce:

The members of the Council of the Ummah are elected and not appointed. They are representatives of the people in the voicing of opinions, and should be chosen by the people they represent, and should never be imposed upon them. This is because the members of the Council of the Ummah are representatives of the people’s opinions, whether they are individuals or groups. To gauge the opinions of people in a large area and the uncounted folk does not come about unless they choose representatives. The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) did not choose those whom He consulted based on their ability, competence and personalities. He rather chose them on two points: Firstly: This is because they were chiefs among their folks, regardless of their ability and competence. Secondly: It is because they represented the Muhajireen and the Ansar. The reason for the presence of the people of the Shura is to represent the people. The tenet therefore upon which the Council of the Ummah members are chosen should be the representation of people, as was the case in the deliberate selection of representatives for the Muhajireen and the Ansar. This representation of the groups and individuals who are uncounted cannot be achieved except by election. The members of the Council of the Ummah have to therefore be elected. As for the fact that it was the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), himself, who chose whom He consulted, this was because the area in which lived the Muhajireen and the Ansar i.e. the Madinah, was small and because He knew the Muslims. In contrast, in the second Bay’ah of Al-Aqaba, the Muslims who gave Him the Bay’ah were not known to Him and this is why He left the matter of choosing the chiefs to them, by saying:

"Ku zaɓi daga cikinku shugabanni goma sha biyu waɗanda za su ɗauki alhakin kansu da mutanensu." Wannan an rawaito shi a cikin Sirar Ibn Hisham daga Ka'ab bin Malik.

“Choose from among you twelve leaders who will be responsible for themselves and their people.” This is reported in the Seerah of Ibnu Hisham from Ka’ab bin Malik.

Don haka za mu iya kammalawa cewa mambobin Majalisar Ummah suna wakiltar ra'ayin Musulmi baki ɗaya. Wannan kuwa saboda 'Illar (dalili) da aka kafa Majalisar saboda ita ita ce wakiltar mutane da ƙungiyoyi wajen bayyana ra'ayoyinsu da kuma riƙe masu mulki da alhakin ayyukansu, kuma wannan 'Illa ba za ta tabbata ba idan ba a san mutanen ba, sai dai idan an yi zaɓe na gama-gari. Wannan ya tabbatar da cewa ya kamata a zaɓi mambobin Majalisar Ummah, ba a naɗa su ba.

We can thus conclude that the members of the Council of the Ummah represent the opinion of the Muslims at large. This is because the ‘Illah (reason) for which the Council is founded is to represent the individuals and groups in voicing their opinions and in holding the rulers accountable and since this Illah cannot be realised if the persons were not known unless there was a general election. This proves that the members of the Council of the Ummah should be elected and not appointed.