"议会"的成员任期是有限的。理由在于：艾布·伯克尔并不被限定只能咨询先知穆罕默德ﷺ曾经咨询过的人；欧麦尔·本·哈塔卜也不必一定咨询艾布·伯克尔所咨询的人。欧麦尔在统治的后期，所征求意见的人与他统治初期所咨询的人并不相同。这表明，乌玛议会的成员资格应当有一个特定的期限。

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 bin Al-Khattab also was not under obligation to consult those whom Abu Bakr used to consult. In the latter years of his rule, ‘Umar sought the opinions of persons 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.