Kila mwaka, mataifa ya kidemokrasia huandaa bajeti kuu ya Taifa lao. Hali halisi ya bajeti katika taifa la kidemokrasia ni kwamba bajeti yenyewe hutolewa kwa umbo la sheria inayojulikana kama Muswada au Sheria ya Bajeti ya mwaka fulani, ambayo Bunge kisha huidhinisha na kuitangaza kuwa sheria baada ya kujadiliwa, ikiwa ni pamoja na matumizi ya Bajeti moja moja, na kiasi kilichotengwa kwa kila kipengele. Kila mgao wa matumizi kwa kweli ni sehemu muhimu ya Bajeti, na haya hupigiwa kura kwa ujumla, si kwa kila moja peke yake. Kwa hiyo, Bunge laweza kuikubali au kuikataa kabisa, ingawa linahifadhi haki ya kujadili kila kipengele na kila kiasi katika hatua ya mjadala. Sheria ya Bajeti huundwa na vifungu kadhaa, mojawapo likiandaliwa kuonyesha fedha zilizotengwa kwa matumizi ya Taifa katika mwaka wa fedha ambao Bajeti imeandaliwa. Kifungu kingine huandaliwa kuonyesha makadirio ya Taifa kuhusu mapato ya mwaka ujao wa fedha. Vifungu vingine huandaliwa kwa ajili ya kutenga matumizi ya taasisi fulani, huku vingine vikiandaliwa kukadiria mapato ya taasisi fulani. Pia, baadhi ya vifungu huandaliwa ili kumpa Waziri wa Fedha mamlaka kadhaa ya lazima. Katika kila kifungu hutajwa jedwali linalojumuisha sehemu za Bajeti, likieleza kile kifungu kinachojumuisha kwa upande wa matumizi na mapato; kisha katika kila safu huorodheshwa vipengele vya sehemu husika; kisha jumla ya kiasi cha kila kipengele katika sehemu hiyo huorodheshwa katika jedwali. Ni kwa msingi huu ndipo Bajeti huandaliwa kila mwaka, pamoja na mabadiliko madogo yanayofanywa kila mwaka kulingana na matukio mbalimbali. Pia kuna mabadiliko mengi ya pembeni katika bajeti ya kila taifa la kidemokrasia, nayo pia hutegemea matukio mbalimbali.

Each year, the democratic states draw up a general budget for their State. The reality of the budget in the democratic State is that the budget itself is issued in the shape of a law known as the Budget Bill or Law for such and such year, which Parliament then approves and enacts it as a law once it has been debated, including the appropriations of the Budget one by one, and the sums assigned to each item. Each appropriation is in fact an integral part of the Budget and these are voted on as a whole, and not individually. Hence, Parliament can either accept or reject it outright, even if it reserves the right to debate it item per item and sum per sum at the debating stage. The law of the Budget is formed of several articles, one of which is drawn up to show the funds that are earmarked for the State’s upcoming expenditure in the financial year for which the Budget has been drawn up. Another article is drawn to show the State’s estimates with regard to the revenues of the coming financial year. Other articles are drawn in order to earmark the expenses of certain institutions, while yet other articles are drawn in order to estimate the revenues of certain institutions. Also, certain articles are drafted in order to give the Chancellor a host of mandatory powers. In each article a reference is made to a table that includes the sections of the Budget, outlining what each article contains in terms of expenditures and revenues, then in each column the items of the section are listed; then the overall sums of each item in the section are listed in the table. It is on this basis that the Budget is drawn up each year, with slight alterations introduced each year, according to the various events. There are also a host of peripheral changes in the budget of each democratic State, and this is also according to the various events.

Kuhusu Dola ya Kiislamu, yeye haandai bajeti ya kila mwaka kwa sababu jambo hilo halihitaji sheria maalum ya bajeti kila mwaka. Bajeti haipelekwi kwenye Baraza la Ummah, wala maoni ya Baraza hayatafutwi. Hii ni kwa sababu bajeti pamoja na vifungu vyake vyote na sehemu zake, pamoja na fedha zilizomo katika kila moja yake, ni sheria katika mfumo wa kidemokrasia. Ni sheria ya mwaka mmoja tu. Sheria katika mfumo wa kidemokrasia hutungwa na Bunge, ndiyo maana jambo hilo linalazimika kupelekwa Bungeni kwa ajili ya kuidhinishwa. Dola ya Kiislamu haihitaji hili, kwa sababu mapato ya Hazina hukusanywa kulingana na hukumu za Shari'ah zilizowekwa wazi kwa maandiko, na hutolewa kulingana na hukumu za Shari'ah zilizowekwa wazi kwa maandiko. Yote haya ni hukumu za kudumu za Shari'ah; hivyo, hakuna nafasi kabisa ya kutafuta maoni kuhusu mapato na kuhusu matumizi. Vifungu vya bajeti vinaundwa na sehemu za kudumu zilizoamuliwa na hukumu za kudumu za Shari'ah. Hayo ndiyo kuhusu vifungu vya bajeti; kuhusu mgawanyo wa bajeti na kiasi kilichomo katika kila mgawanyo, pamoja na mambo ambayo kiasi hicho kimetengewa katika kila mgawanyo, yote haya yanategemea maoni na Ijtihadi ya Khalifah. Hii ni kwa sababu ni sehemu ya kusimamia mambo ya watu, ambayo Shari'ah imempa Khalifah ayaamue kwa kile anachokiona kinafaa; na amri yake ni ya lazima na sharti itekelezwe.

As for the Islamic State, she does not draw up an annual budget because the matter does not require a specific law for the budget each year. The budget does not get proposed to the Ummah’s Council, nor is the Council’s opinion sought. This is because the budget with all its articles and sections, and the funds included in each of them, is law in the democratic system. It is a law for one single year. The law in the democratic system is enacted by Parliament, and that is why the matter is required to be proposed to Parliament for ratification. The Islamic State does not need this, because the Treasury’s revenues are levied according to the Shari’ah rules stipulated by text and they are paid out according to the Shari’ah rules stipulated by text. All of these are permanent Shari’ah rules; hence, there is absolutely no room for opinion seeking with regard to the revenues and with regard to the expenditures. The sections in the budget are formed of permanent sections that have been determined by permanent Shari’ah rules. This is as far as the Budget sections are concerned; as for the appropriations of the budget and the amounts included in each appropriation as well as the matters for which these amounts are allocated in each appropriation, all of this is down to the opinion and the Ijtihad of the Khalifah. This is because it is part of looking after people’s affairs, which Shari’ah had conferred upon the Khalifah to decide based on what He deems fit; and his order is binding and must be executed.

Kwa hiyo, hakuna nafasi katika Uislamu kwa Dola kuandaa bajeti ya kila mwaka, kama ilivyo katika mfumo wa kidemokrasia, iwe ni kuhusiana na sehemu zake, mafungu yake, vipengele vyake, au kiasi kinachohitajika kwa kila kipengele au kila fungu. Ndiyo sababu hakuna bajeti ya kila mwaka inayoandaliwa kwa Dola ya Kiislamu, ingawa ina bajeti ya kudumu ambayo Shari'a imeweka sehemu zake kwa mapato na matumizi. Khalifah ana haki ya kuamua mafungu na vipengele vyake, pale inapohitajika, bila kuviunganisha na kipindi fulani maalum.

Therefore, there is no room in Islam for the State to draw up an annual budget, as is the case in the democratic system, whether this is with regard to its sections, its appropriations its items or the amounts required for each item or each appropriation. This is why no annual budget is drawn up for the Islamic State, though she has a permanent budget for which the Shar’a has determined its sections for both revenues and expenditures. The Khalifah reserves the right to determine the appropriations and their items, whenever it is required without linking that to a particular period.