Wa'adin mambobin Majalisar Al-Ummah yana da iyaka. Wannan saboda Abu Bakr bai kasance an takura masa ya tuntuɓi waɗanda Manzon Allah ﷺ ke tuntuɓa ba. ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab ma bai kasance a wajibce ya tuntuɓi waɗanda Abu Bakr ke tuntuɓa ba. 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 mambobin Majalisar Al-Ummah dole ne su kasance na wani ƙayyadadden lokaci.

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 bin Al-Khattab also was not under obligation to consult those whom Abu Bakr used to consult. In the latter years of his rule, ‘Umar sought the opinions of persons 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.