大众议会的成员由选举产生，而非任命。他们是民众意见的代表，代表应由其所代表的人选出，而不应强加于他。由于大众议会的成员是民众意见的代表，无论这些民众是个人还是群体，因此，只有经由民众自己选出，才能使这一代表在广大地区和人数众多的民众中得以确立。

The members of the Ummah's Council are elected and not appointed. They are representatives of the people in the voicing of opinions, and the representative should be chosen by the person whom he represents and should never be imposed upon him. Since also the members of the Ummah's Council are representatives of the people's opinions, whether they are individuals or groups; so to know the representative of people in a large area and the uncounted folk does not come about unless this representative is chosen by them. .

此外,真主的使者ﷺ在选择咨询对象时,并非依据其能力、才干和个人品质,而是基于两点:第一,因为他们是各自部族的首领,无论其能力和才干如何;第二,因为他们代表着穆哈吉尔和安萨尔两个群体。协商会议成员之所以存在,是为了代表民众。因此,乌玛议会成员的选拔原则应当是:代表民众,正如从各部族首领中有意识地选择时所体现的那样;并代表各个群体,正如从穆哈吉尔和安萨尔中有意识地选择时所体现的那样。要做到代表那些人数无法统计的个人与群体,只能通过选举来实现。因此,乌玛议会的成员必须经由选举产生。