Mfumo wa utawala umejengwa juu ya kanuni nne ambazo ni:

The ruling system is built upon four principles which are:

Mamlaka ni ya Shar'a, si ya Ummah.

- Sovereignty is for the Shar’a, not for the Ummah.

Mamlaka ni kwa ajili ya watu.

Authority is for the people.

Kumteua Khalifa mmoja ni wajibu kwa Waislamu wote.

The appointment of one Khaleefah is an obligation upon all the Muslims.

Kupitisha hukumu za Mwenyezi Mungu ni haki ya pekee ya Khalifa, hivyo yeye ndiye anayetunga katiba na kanuni mbalimbali. Hizi ni kanuni za utawala katika Uislamu ambazo bila hizo utawala hauwezi kuwepo. Kama mojawapo ya kanuni hizi ikikosekana, basi utawala utatoweka, yaani utawala wa Kiislamu, yaani mamlaka ya Uislamu, na si utawala wowote. Kanuni hizi zimetokana na kuthibitishwa na ushahidi kutoka katika Shari'ah.

The adoption of the divine rules is the exclusive right of the Khaleefah, so he is the one who enacts the constitution and the various cannons These are the principles of ruling in Islam without which ruling can’t exist. If any of these principles was absent then the ruling will vanish, meaning the Islamic ruling, i.e. the authority of Islam and not any ruling. These principles have been derived and backed by evidences from the Shari’ah.