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.