伊斯兰的统治体制形式并非君主制。它既不认可君主制的政体形式，也不与之相似。在君主制中，统治权是世袭的，儿子如同继承遗产一样从父亲那里继承权力。而在伊斯兰的统治体制中，并没有世袭统治的概念，统治权归于那个由乌玛（穆斯林共同体）自愿且有选择地给予效忠誓约的人。

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.

君主制赋予君主特殊的特权和专属的权利，使其凌驾于法律之上，且不对任何人承担个人责任。他被奉为国家的象征：他拥有但不统治，如欧洲的君主那样；或者他既拥有又统治，甚至成为规则的来源，从而按自己的意愿治理国家和人民，如沙特阿拉伯、摩洛哥和约旦的国王。

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.

然而,伊斯兰制度并不赋予哈里发或伊玛目任何特殊的特权或权利,因此他与乌玛中的任何一位公民都受到同等对待。他并非乌玛的所有者的象征,也不是拥有统治权、可以随心所欲地主宰人民和国家事务的象征。他是乌玛在统治和权力方面的代表:乌玛选择他,并自愿向他宣誓效忠,以便在乌玛中实施安拉(SWT)的沙里亚。他在一切行为、裁决以及对乌玛事务和利益的管理上,都受到天命律法的约束。

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.

在伊斯兰的统治体系中，也不存在王储制度。伊斯兰厌恶世袭统治，禁止以继承的方式取得统治权。哈里发只有在乌玛自愿向他效忠宣誓时，才承担统治之职。

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.