title of the political successors to the Prophet Muhammad and leaders of the early Muslim community
English form of khalifa, successor of the Prophet Muhammad and head of the Sunni Muslim community; in Sufism, the disciple of the master authorized to transmit prayers, initiate new members, and act as a deputy or head of the Sufi order.
A spiritual and religious leader, a successor of Muhammed
Literally 'successor' to Muhammad.
Is a title given to the successors of prophets, who were chosen by Allah and appointed by his messengers to continue their messages after their deaths. Twelve Caliph s are Rasoolollah's twelve successors.
Comes from the Arabic word for successor, khalifa, and refers to a vice-regent of God. The early successors to Muhammad had a moral authority based on their relationship to the Prophet.
Literally, a 'successor' or 'leader'.
Title of the Muslim rulers.
the leader of the community of the faithful (the umma)
(Arabic) Title of the successors of Muhammad as rulers of the Islamic world
Head of the Muslim community, literally successor (Ar. Khalifa)
From Arabic khalifa, meaning head of the Islamic community in the line of the Prophet's successors. This title is used to designate the successor of the Prophet in that person's capacity as temporal and spiritual leader of the Islamic community.
the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth; "many radical Muslims believe a Khalifah will unite all Islamic lands and people and subjugate the rest of the world"
an Islamic spiritual leader who claims direct descendancy from Muhammad
a person who, as a successor to the Prophet, assumes the leadership of the Muslims in regard to their secular and religious affairs
a 'successor' to Muhammad
a successor to the Prophet and the head of the Muslim community
a title for the religious and civil head of a Muslim state and successor to Muhammed as civil and spiritual leader of Islam.
The prophet Muhammad's successors were known as caliphs, and their empire was the caliphate. (Muhammad was a political as well as a religious leader.) The first four caliphs are known as the rashidun (the "rightly guided" caliphs). Sunni Muslims consider the rule of the rashidun to be the golden age of Islam. Shii Muslims believe that the fourth caliph, Ali, was usurped by the first three caliphs and that his descendants were the proper heirs to the caliphate. (One sect of Shiis set up a rival caliphate in Egypt in 983. It lasted nearly 200 years.) Umar, the second caliph, decreed that Jews and Christians should be removed from Arabia. (Such an expulsion was much rarer than the evictions of Jews and Muslims from medieval Christendom.) Since Umar's decree, Islam's holiest sites have been off-limits to non-Muslims.
In Arabic: Khalifa.The title of the supreme religious and political office among Suni Muslims, meaning the successor (literally: replacement) of the prophet Muhammad on Earth. In the Umayyad and Abbasid periods the caliph was the political and military ruler, but beginning in the Mamluk period, the post of caliph was divested of its secular functions, which were transferred to the sultan, and the caliph retained his religious title only.
a successor of the Prophet Muhammad and head of the Islamic community; traditionally always male
The supreme ruler of the Islamic world, currently reigning from Morocco.
From Arabic khalifa, meaning deputy or successor (to the Prophet Muhammad); the title used by early Islamic rulers.
Title used by the successors of the Prophet Mohammed (puh) exercising the position of the supreme leader of the Muslims (ruler).
In Islamic tradition, the Prophet Muhammad's successor as spiritual and temporal leader of the Islamic community. Literally, "successor."
The political and religious successor to Muhammad. (p. 288)
A title of rulers of Islamic empire who claim descent to Prophet Mohamed. Ar: successor.