“瓦利”（Waali，总督）是哈里发任命为哈里发国家某个“维拉耶”（Wilayah，省）的统治者和埃米尔（Ameer，长官）的人。

The Waali (governor) is the person whom the Khaleefah appoints as ruler and Ameer over a Wilayah (province) of the Khilafah State.

伊斯兰国所统治的领土将被划分为若干省，每个省称为"Wilayah"（省）。各省又划分为若干区，每个区称为"I'mala"（区）。被任命管辖"Wilayah"的人称为"Waali"（省长）或"Ameer"（埃米尔），被任命管辖"I'mala"的人称为"'Amil"（区长）或"Hakim"（统治者）。

The territories that the Islamic State rules over would be divided into provinces and each province would be known as Wilayah. The Wilayah would in turn be divided into districts and each district would be known as I’mala. The person appointed over the Wilayah would be known as the Waali, or an Ameer, and the person appointed over the I’mala would be known as the ‘Amil or the Hakim (ruler).

因此,Waali(瓦里)即是统治者,因为Wilayah(威拉耶)的意思就是统治。在辞书《A-lMuhit》中,它被解释为Imarah(领导权)和权威。该职位需要由哈里发任命,或由其授权的人代为任命。因此,只有哈里发才能任命Waali。Wilayah或Imarah这一职位,即Wulah或Ameers的设立,可追溯到先知ﷺ的做法。已经证实,先知ﷺ曾任命各地的Wulah,并赋予他们统治所辖省份的权力。先知ﷺ任命穆阿兹·本·哲白勒为哲纳德的长官,任命吉雅德·本·拉比德为哈德拉毛的长官,任命艾卜·穆萨·艾什尔里为宰比德和亚丁的长官。

The Waali is therefore a ruler, for the Wilayah means the ruling. In the dictionary A-lMuhit, it has been defined as being the Imarah (leadership) and the authority. It requires an appointment by the Khaleefah or by whoever is delegated to do so on his behalf. Therefore, the Khaleefah can only appoint the Waali. The origin of the post of Wilayah or the Imarah i.e. the Wulah or the Ameers goes back to the actions of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh). It has been confirmed that He (pbuh) appointed Wulah over the countries and that He gave them the right to rule over their provinces. He (pbuh) appointed Mu’az Ibnu Jabal over Al-Janad, Zyad Ibnu Labeed over Hadhramawt and Abu Moussa Al-Ash’ari over Zabeed and Aden.