Muda wa uanachama katika Baraza la Ummah ni mdogo. Hii ni kwa sababu Abu Bakr hakulazimika kushauriana tu na wale ambao Mtume wa Allah ﷺ alikuwa akiwarejea. 'Umar bin Al-Khattab pia hakuwa na wajibu wa kushauriana na wale ambao Abu Bakr alikuwa akiwashauri. Katika miaka ya mwisho ya utawala wake, 'Umar alitafuta maoni ya watu wengine tofauti na wale aliowashauri katika miaka ya mwanzo ya utawala wake. Hii inaonyesha kwamba uanachama katika Baraza la Ummah lazima uwe kwa kipindi maalum.

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.