乌玛议会的成员任期是有限的。这是因为艾卜·伯克尔并不受限于必须咨询先知穆罕默德ﷺ曾经征询意见的那些人。欧麦尔·本·胡塔卜也不必然要咨询艾卜·伯克尔在其执政后期所咨询的人。欧麦尔在执政初期所咨询的人与后来所咨询的人并不相同。这表明乌玛议会的成员任期必须有一个特定的期限。我们在此采用的期限为五年。

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 Ibnul Khattab was also not under obligation to consult those whom Abu Bakr used to consult in the latter years of his rule. ‘Umar sought the opinions of people 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. We adopt here the period to be five years.