Muundo wa mfumo wa utawala wa Kiislamu si wa kifalme. Hauidhinishi umbo la kifalme la serikali wala haufanani nalo. Katika mfumo wa kifalme wa utawala, utawala ni wa kurithiwa, ambapo wana hurithi mamlaka kutoka kwa baba zao kwa namna ile ile wanavyorithi urithi wao. Lakini katika mfumo wa utawala wa Uislamu, hakuna dhana ya utawala wa kurithiwa; badala yake, utawala unashikiliwa na yeyote ambaye Ummah unampa kiapo cha utiifu (bay'ah), kwa hiari yake na kwa kuchagua.

The shape of the Islamic ruling system is not monarchical. It neither approves of the monarchical shape of government nor does it resemble it. The ruling in the monarchical system of government is hereditary where sons inherit the authority from their fathers the same way they inherit their legacy. Whereas in the ruling system of Islam, there is no concept of hereditary ruling, rather the ruling is held by whomever the Ummah gives her pledge (of allegiance) to, willingly and selectively.

Mfumo wa kifalme unamruhusu mfalme kuwa na haki na upendeleo maalum ambao ni wake peke yake, unamweka juu ya sheria na kumfanya asiwajibike kwa mtu yeyote binafsi. Anafanywa kuwa ishara ya taifa, ambapo anamiliki lakini hatawali, kama wafalme wa Ulaya; au anamiliki na pia anatawala, hata kuwa chanzo cha sheria, hivyo kuliendesha taifa na watu wake apendavyo, kama wafalme wa Saudi Arabia, Morocco na Jordan.

The monarchical system allows the monarch special privileges and rights exclusive to him, and places him above the law and makes him personally answerable to no one. He is made the symbol of the nation, where he owns but does not rule like the monarchs of Europe; or he owns and rules, and even becomes the source of the rules, thus running the country and the people as he wishes, like the kings of Saudi Arabia, Morocco and Jordan.

Mfumo wa Kiislamu, hata hivyo, hauwapi Khalifa wala Imamu haki au mapendeleo yoyote maalum, hivyo yeye hutendewa sawa na raia yeyote wa Ummah. Si ishara ya Ummah inayomiliki na haitawali, wala si ishara inayotawala na kuendesha mambo ya watu na nchi kama anavyopenda. Yeye ni mwakilishi wa Ummah katika kutawala na madaraka, ambapo Ummah humchagua na kumpa kiapo cha utii kwa hiari ili atekeleze juu yake Shari'a ya Allah (SWT). Yeye amewekewa mipaka katika vitendo vyake vyote, hukumu zake, na katika kusimamia mambo ya Ummah na maslahi yake kwa kanuni za kiungu.

The Islamic system however does not assign to the Khaleefah or the Imam any special privileges or rights, so he is treated the same as any citizen of the Ummah. He is not the symbol of the Ummah where he` owns and does not rule nor is he a symbol who rules and runs the affairs of the people and country as he pleases. He is a representative of the Ummah in ruling and power, where the Ummah selects him and gives him the pledge of allegiance willingly so as to implement on her the shar’a of Allah (swt). He is restricted in all his actions, judgements and looking after the affairs of the Ummah and her interests by the divine rules.

Pia hakuna cheo cha mrithi wa kiti cha ufalme (crown prince) katika mfumo wa utawala wa Kiislamu. Uislamu unachukia utawala wa kurithishana na unakataza utawala kuchukuliwa kwa urithi. Khalifa anachukua utawala pale tu Ummah inapompa kwa hiari yake kiapo cha utii (bay'ah).

There is also no crown princeship in the ruling system of Islam. Islam abhors hereditary ruling and forbids that the ruling be taken by legacy. The Khaleefah only assumes the ruling when the Ummah willingly gives him the pledge of allegiance.