Kuwahoji watawala na Waislamu ni miongoni mwa haki zao na ni wajibu wa kifaa (fardhi ya kifaa) kwao. Raia wasio Waislamu wana haki ya kulalamika kuhusu dhuluma ya mtawala dhidi yao au matumizi yasiyo sahihi ya hukumu za Uislamu juu yao.

Accounting of the rulers by Muslims is one of their rights and an obligation of sufficiency upon them. The non-Muslim subjects have the right to voice complaint regarding the ruler’s injustice towards them or misapplication of the rules of Islam upon them.

Mtawala anapoteuliwa juu ya watu ili awatawale, yeye amepewa tu mamlaka ya kusimamia mambo yao, kwa hiyo akishindwa katika usimamizi huu basi ni lazima kumhoji. Ingawa hesabu yake iko kwa Allah (SWT), na malipo ya kosa lake au uzembe wake ni adhabu (kutoka kwa Allah (SWT)), Allah (SWT) amewapa Waislamu haki ya kumhoji mtawala na amefanya kumhoji huku kuwe wajibu wa kutosha kwao, akiipa Ummah usimamizi juu ya utekelezaji wa mtawala wa majukumu yake. Imefanywa kuwa ni wajibu kwa Ummah kumkemea mtawala akiwa na dosari katika majukumu haya au akionyesha mwenendo mbaya; Muslim amesimulia kutoka kwa Umm Salamah kwamba Mtume ﷺ alisema:

When the ruler is appointed upon the people in order to rule them he has only been appointed to govern their affairs, so if he falls short in this governing then accounting him becomes necessary. Although his accounting lies with Allah (swt) and the recompense of his fault or negligence is punishment (from Allah (swt)), Allah (swt) gave the Muslims the right to account the ruler and made this accounting an obligation of sufficiency upon them, giving the Ummah the guardianship over the ruler’s execution of his responsibilities. It has been made binding upon the Ummah to rebuke the ruler if he is faulty in these responsibilities or displays evil conduct; Muslim narrated from Umm Salamah that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said.