代表穆斯林向哈里发陈述观点的人员是乌玛议会，代表各省民众的人员是省议会。为了就统治者的任何压迫行为或伊斯兰法律的错误适用提出申诉，允许非穆斯林成为协商会议（Shura）的成员。

The individuals who represent the Muslims’ views to the Khalifah are the Ummah Council, and the individuals who represent the people in the provinces are the Provincial Councils. It is permitted for non-Muslims to be members in the Shura council for the sake of raising any complaints against any oppression by the rulers or misapplication of the laws of Islam.

这是一个由代表穆斯林普遍意见的人士组成的理事会,哈里发可以就各种事务向其咨询、征求意见。他们又是乌玛的代表,在追究统治者责任方面代表乌玛。这一点可以从先知穆罕默德ﷺ与安萨尔和迁士中代表其族人的一些人进行协商得出。也可以从先知ﷺ指派部分门徒进行协商(舒拉)中推断出来。他征求意见时,比起其他人更常求助于他们,例如艾卜·伯克尔(愿真主喜悦他)、欧麦尔(愿真主喜悦他)、哈姆扎(愿真主喜悦他)、阿里(愿真主喜悦他)、赛勒曼·法里西(愿真主喜悦他)、胡宰法(愿真主喜悦他)……

This is a Council formed by individuals representing the opinion of the Muslims at large, to which the Khalifah can refer to, in order to consult on various issues. They in turn are the representatives of the Ummah in holding the rulers accountable. This is deduced from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh)’s consultation with some men from the Ansar and the emigrants who represented their people. It is also derived from the Messenger’s assigning some of his companions for consultation (Shura). He used to refer to them more than others for seeking opinion, such as Abu Bakr (ra), Umar (ra), Hamza (ra), ‘Ali (ra), Salman Al- Farisi (ra), Hudhayfah (ra)….

这一点也可从以下事实推断出来:艾布·伯克尔(愿真主喜悦他)在发生某事时,指定了一些来自迁士和辅士的人,征求他们的意见。艾布·伯克尔(愿真主喜悦他)时期的协商(舒拉)人员,是学者以及有能力作出教法裁决的人。伊本·萨阿德转述自卡西姆:

It is also deduced from the fact that Abu Bakr (ra) designated some men from the Muhajir and the Ansar for seeking their opinion when something happened. The people of the consultation (Shura) at the time of Abu Bakr (ra) were the scholars and the people capable of giving legal edicts. Ibn Sa’ad reported from Al-Qasim:

. أن أبا بكر الصديق كان إذا نزل به أمر يريد مشاورة أهل الرأي وأهل الفقه « فيه، دعا رجالاً من المهاجرين والأنصار، دعا عمر، وعثمان، وعلياً، وعبد الرحمن بن عوف، ومعاذ بن جبل، وأُبَيّ بن كعب، وزيد بن ثابت، وكل هؤلاء كان ي فُْتي في خلافة أبي بكر، وإنما تصير فتوى الناس إلى هؤلاء، فمضى أبو بكر على ذلك، ثم وَلِيَ عمرُ » فكان يدعو هؤلاء النَّ فَرَ .

. أن أبا بكر الصديق كان إذا نزل به أمر يريد مشاورة أهل الرأي وأهل الفقه « فيه، دعا رجالاً من المهاجرين والأنصار، دعا عمر، وعثمان، وعلياً، وعبد الرحمن بن عوف، ومعاذ بن جبل، وأُبَيّ بن كعب، وزيد بن ثابت، وكل هؤلاء كان ي فُْتي في خلافة أبي بكر، وإنما تصير فتوى الناس إلى هؤلاء، فمضى أبو بكر على ذلك، ثم وَلِيَ عمرُ » فكان يدعو هؤلاء النَّ فَرَ .

“当某件事情发生，阿布·伯克尔想要征询有见识的人和精通教法的人的意见时，他便召集了来自迁士和辅士的人。他们是：欧麦尔、奥斯曼、阿里、阿卜杜·拉赫曼·本·奥夫、穆阿兹·本·哲白勒、伍bay·本·凯尔卜和宰德·本·萨比特。他们在阿布·伯克尔哈里发时期都会发表意见，人们也会从他们那里求取教法裁决（fatwa）。欧麦尔成为哈里发后，也召集了这些人。” 也有证据号召穆斯林向统治者问责。穆斯林在正统哈里发时期就曾进行这样的问责。既然乌玛可以通过代表参与协商（Shura），那么乌玛也同样可以通过代表参与问责。所有这些都表明，依据《古兰经》和逊奈所确立的协商与问责原则，设立一个代表乌玛进行问责和协商的特别议会是被允许的。它被称为乌玛议会，因为它在协商和问责中代表乌玛。

“when something happened and Abu Bakr wanted to consult the people of opinion and the people of jurisprudence, he called from the emigrants and the Ansar. Umar, ‘Uthman, ‘Ali, ‘Abd Al-Rahman b. ‘Awf, Mu’adh b Jabal, ‘Ubay b. Ka‘b and Zayd Bin Thabit. They all used to give their opinion during the Khilafah of Abu Bakr. People would also take their legal edicts (fatwa) from them. When Umar became Khalifah, he also called these people”. There are also evidences that call upon the Muslims to account the rulers. Muslims exercised such accounting as happened at the time of the Righteous Khulafaa’. As the Ummah is allowed to be represented in consultation (Shura), she is also allowed to be represented in accounting. All of this indicates that it is allowed to have a special council that represents the Ummah in accounting and in the consultation that is established by the text of the Quran and Sunnah. It is called the Ummah Council because it represents the Ummah in consultation and accounting.

允许非穆斯林公民加入议会,以便就统治者对他们施加的任何不公、对他们实施的伊斯兰教法执行不当、对他们的服务缺失或类似问题提出申诉。

It is permitted for non-Muslim citizens to be members of the Council, in order to file complaints against any injustice perpetrated against them by the rulers or against any misimplementation of Islam upon them or the lack of services to them or the like.