该统治制度建立在四项原则之上，它们是：

The ruling system is built upon four principles which are:

主权属于沙里阿（Shar'a），而非属于乌玛（Ummah）。

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

权威属于民众。

Authority is for the people.

为所有穆斯林而言，任命一位哈里发是一项义务。

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

对神圣律法的采纳，是哈里发的专属权利，因此由他颁布宪法和各项法规。这些是伊斯兰统治的原则，缺少其中任何一项，统治便无法存在。若其中某一原则缺失，统治就会消失，也就是伊斯兰的统治即伊斯兰的权威将不复存在，而不是任何一种统治。这些原则均从沙里亚中推导而出，并有经据为其支持。

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.