Polisi (Shurtah) ina matawi mawili: polisi wa kijeshi, ambao wako chini ya amri ya Amiri wa Jihadi, yaani idara ya vita, na polisi ambao wako chini ya udhibiti wa Mtawala kulinda usalama, nao wako chini ya mamlaka ya Idara ya Usalama wa Ndani. Matawi hayo mawili yana mafunzo maalum na utamaduni maalum ili yaweze kutekeleza majukumu yao kwa njia bora zaidi.

The police (Shurtah) have two branches: the military police, who are under the command of the Amir of Jihad, in other words, the war department, and the police who are under the control of the Ruler to protect the security, and they are under the authority of the Department of Internal Security. The two branches have specific training and specific culture in order for them to carry out their responsibilities in the best manner.

Vikosi vya polisi vimegawanywa katika sehemu mbili: polisi wa kijeshi na polisi wanaofanya kazi chini ya amri ya Mtawala, ambao lazima wawe na sare maalum na alama maalum zinazotambulisha kazi ya kulinda usalama.

Police forces are divided into two parts: the military police and the police that work under the command of the Ruler, who must have a special uniform and special signs specific for keeping security.

Al-Azhari alisema: "Shurtah ya kitu chochote ni bora zaidi yake. Hili linajumuisha Shurat kwa sababu wao ndio wanajeshi bora." Pia inasemwa kwamba Shurtah ni kundi la kwanza linalotangulia jeshi. Pia imetajwa kwamba wanaitwa Shuratan kwa sababu wana alama zinazowatambulisha, kwa upande wa sare na hadhi." Maoni haya pia yamechaguliwa na Al-Asma'i. Pia imetajwa katika Al-Qamus: "Shurtah, ambapo mtu mmoja anaitwa Shurat, maana yake ni kikosi cha kwanza kinachoshiriki vita na kiko tayari kufa; pia ni msaidizi wa watawala; na waliitwa hivyo kwa sababu walijitangaza kupitia alama zinazowatambulisha." Kuhusu polisi wa kijeshi, ambao ni mojawapo ya vitengo vya jeshi lenye alama yake, hutangulia jeshi ili kudhibiti mambo yake; ni sehemu ya jeshi na hufuata Amiri wa Jihadi; kwa maneno mengine, hufuata idara ya vita.

Al-Azhari said: “Shurtah of any thing is its best. This includes Shurat because they are the best soldiers. It is also said that Shurtah are the first group that come ahead of the Army. It is also mentioned that they are called Shuratan because they have signs that characterise them, in terms of uniform and status”, this is also chosen by Al-Asma’i. It is also mentioned in Al-Qamus: “Shurtah, where the individual is called Shurat, would mean the first battalion that attend the war and is ready for death, it is also the helper of the governors; and they were called so because they announced themselves through signs that characterise them.” In regards to the military police, which is one of the divisions of the Army that has its sign, it comes ahead of the Army to control its matters, it is a part of the Army and follows the Amir of Jihad; in other words, it follows the war department.

Kuhusu polisi waliowekwa chini ya huduma ya watawala, wao hufuata Idara ya Usalama wa Ndani. Al-Bukhari alisimulia kutoka kwa Anas: "Qays bin Sa'd alikuwa akisimama mbele ya Nabii ﷺ kama mkuu wa walinzi, na ni kama mtu wa mamlaka (amir)."

Regarding the police that are put under the service of the rulers, they follow the Department of Internal Security. Al- Bukhari narrated from Anas: . بِمَنْزِلَةِ صَاحِبِ الشُّ رَطِ إِنَّ قَ يْسَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ كَانَ يَكُونُ بَ يْنَ يَدَيِ النَّبِيِّ « » مِنَ الأَمِيرِ .

"Qais bin Sa`d alikuwa kwa Mtume (ﷺ) kama mkuu wa polisi kwa Amiri." Kinachokusudiwa hapa ni Qays Ibn Sa’d Ibn ’Ubadah Al-Ansari Al-Khazraji. Al-Tirmidhi alisimulia hadithi hii kwa maneno yafuatayo:

“Qais bin Sa`d was to the Prophet (phuh) like a chief police officer to an Amir”. What is meant here is Qays Ibn Sa’d Ibn ’Ubadah Al-Ansari Al-Khazraji. Al-Tirmidhi narrated it with the wording:

. بِمَنْزِلَةِ صَاحِبِ الشُّرَطِ مِنَ الأَمِيرِ، قَالَ كَانَ قَ يْسُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ « » الأَنْصَارِيُّ: يَ عْنِي مِمَّا يَلِي مِنْ أُمُورِه .

. بِمَنْزِلَةِ صَاحِبِ الشُّرَطِ مِنَ الأَمِيرِ، قَالَ كَانَ قَ يْسُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ « » الأَنْصَارِيُّ: يَ عْنِي مِمَّا يَلِي مِنْ أُمُورِه .

Qais bin Sa`d alikuwa kwa Mtume ﷺ kama mkuu wa polisi kwa Amiri. Al-Ansari alisema: Maana yake ni kwamba alikuwa mtu aliyesimamia mambo yake.

“Qais bin Sa`d was to the Prophet (phuh) like a chief police officer to an Amir. Al-Ansari said: It means he was one that discharged his issues”.

Khalifa anaruhusiwa kuifanya polisi yote inayohusika na usalama wa ndani kuwa sehemu ya Jeshi, yaani kuwekwa ndani ya Idara ya Vita, na pia anaruhusiwa kuunda idara huru, yaani Idara ya Usalama wa Ndani.

The Khalifah is allowed to make all the police that are responsible for internal security part of the Army, in other words, that they are placed within the war department, and he is also permitted to make an independent department, in other words, an internal security department.

Katika makala hii imekubaliwa kwamba sehemu hii itakuwa huru; kwa maneno mengine, polisi ambao wamewekwa chini ya huduma ya watawala ili kulinda usalama wao lazima wafuate Idara ya Usalama wa Ndani kama shirika huru linalojibu moja kwa moja kwa Khalifah, kama taasisi nyingine za Dola. Hii ni kutokana na riwaya ya Anas iliyotajwa awali kuhusu Qays Ibn Sa'd, na kufuatia uhuru wa idara nne zinazohusiana na Jihad kama ilivyotajwa hapo awali. Kila mmoja wao angemfuata Khalifah, badala ya kuachwa wote pamoja kama shirika moja. Hivyo basi, Shurtah itamfuata Idara ya Usalama wa Ndani.

In this article it is adopted that this section will be independent; in other words, the police that are placed under the service of the rulers to protect their security must follow the Internal Security Department as an independent organisation that answer directly to the Khalifah like other State organisations. This is due to the narration from Anas mentioned previously about Qays Ibn Sa'd, and following the independence of the four departments related to Jihad as mentioned before. Each one of them would follow the Khalifah, rather than to be left all together as one organisation. Thus the Shurtah would follow the Department of Internal Security.