伊斯兰议会（Majlis al-Ummah）的成员应当通过选举产生，而不是被任命。他们是民众意见的代表，应由他们所代表的民众选出，绝不应强加于民众。这是因为伊斯兰议会的成员是民众意见的代表，无论这些意见来自个人还是群体。要了解广阔地域内民众的意见，包括那些无法统计的人群的意见，只能通过选出代表来实现。 先知穆罕默德（愿安拉赐福他并使他平安）ﷺ在协商时所选定的人，并非依据其能力、才干或个人品性。他选择的依据有两点：第一，他们是各自部族的首领，不论其能力与才干如何；第二，他们代表着穆哈吉尔（迁士）和安萨尔（辅士）。 协商会议的存在，目的就在于代表民众。因此，选定伊斯兰议会成员的原则，应当是代表民众，正如先知ﷺ当年有意选定穆哈吉尔和安萨尔的代表一样。对于那些无法统计的群体和个人的代表性，只能通过选举才能实现。所以，伊斯兰议会的成员必须经由选举产生。 至于先知ﷺ亲自选定了他所协商的人，这是因为穆哈吉尔和安萨尔所居住的地区，即麦地那，范围较小，而且先知ﷺ了解穆斯林的情况。相反，在第二次阿qaba宣誓（Bay'ah al-Aqaba）时，向他宣誓效忠的穆斯林并不为他所熟知，因此他把选择首领的事交由他们自己决定，并说道：

The members of the Council of the Ummah are elected and not appointed. They are representatives of the people in the voicing of opinions, and should be chosen by the people they represent, and should never be imposed upon them. This is because the members of the Council of the Ummah are representatives of the people’s opinions, whether they are individuals or groups. To gauge the opinions of people in a large area and the uncounted folk does not come about unless they choose representatives. The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) did not choose those whom He consulted based on their ability, competence and personalities. He rather chose them on two points: Firstly: This is because they were chiefs among their folks, regardless of their ability and competence. Secondly: It is because they represented the Muhajireen and the Ansar. The reason for the presence of the people of the Shura is to represent the people. The tenet therefore upon which the Council of the Ummah members are chosen should be the representation of people, as was the case in the deliberate selection of representatives for the Muhajireen and the Ansar. This representation of the groups and individuals who are uncounted cannot be achieved except by election. The members of the Council of the Ummah have to therefore be elected. As for the fact that it was the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), himself, who chose whom He consulted, this was because the area in which lived the Muhajireen and the Ansar i.e. the Madinah, was small and because He knew the Muslims. In contrast, in the second Bay’ah of Al-Aqaba, the Muslims who gave Him the Bay’ah were not known to Him and this is why He left the matter of choosing the chiefs to them, by saying: