Lakat Jebić wrote:Ako cemo tjerat mak na konac, ne kaze se ni halifat nego hilafet. Tacno je da se moze reci i kalif(a), ali s obzirom da smo iz Bosne, gdje je odomaceni izraz halifa, nema potrebe da uvozimo arapski iz engleskog, kad smo ga imali tu puno prije nego Englezi. Inace me nervira sto u nekim prevodima bosanskih izdavaca, recimo "Bujbook"-ov Lovac na zmajeve pise Hassan. Sto ce ti dva s, kad je to cesto ime u Bosni. Al' eto, to je manje bitno.
Hilafet je bio jedinstven, dakle jedan halifa za sve muslimane do 909. kad se pored tadasnjeg abasijskog halife u Bagdadu, proglasava halifom Abdullah iz dinastije Fatimida u Kairu. Godine 929. Abdurrahman III se u Kordobi proglasava halifom. Znaci u tom trenutku u islamskom svijut postoje trojica halifa. Bagdadski hilafet pada 1258. godine sa najezdom mongola, hilafet u Kordobi pada sa padom Kordobe u ruke katolika 1031. Ostao je fatimijski halifa u kairu do 1171., kada pada dinastija Fatimida, a titulu halife preuzimaju Memluci. Oni ce je i drzati do 1517. i pada Kaira u osmanske ruke, a titula prelazi na osmanskog sultana Selima I i osmanski sultan ce biti ujedno i halifa sve do 1924. kada Ataturk ukida hilafet.
Tacno je da osmanski halifa nije imao politicku moc na cijelom teritoriju islamskog svijeta, ali je imao neosporan duhovni autoritet. Ali na kraju, neka je ataturk ukinuo hilafet, jer to vise nije bilo to. Bilo je, sto bi se reklo kod nas u narodu, truhlo. Dovoljno je reci da halifa nakon 1924. kad je protjeran iz istanbula, nije otisao u Meku ili Medinu, vec u Pariz.
Definition of Khilafa and Khalifa
Khalifa is an Arabic word literally meaning "one who replaces someone else who left or died" (English: caliph). In the context of Islam, however, the word acquires a narrower meaning. The Muslim Khalifa is the successor (in a line of successors) to Prophet Muhammad's (saw) position as the political, military, and administrative leader of the Muslims. The prophetic role of Muhammad is strictly not included in this definition, as the Qur'an and Hadith clearly state that Muhammad was the last of the prophets. Khilafa is a related Arabic word which, in the context of Islam, is used to denote the government of the Muslim state, of which the Khalifa is the head.
A workable analogy of Khalifa and Khilafa is president and presidency or king and monarchy. The Khilafa is a fard kifaya on the ummah.
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KHILAFAH (Arabic) - is used to denote the government of the Muslim state, of which the Khalifa is the head. A workable analogy of
Khalifah and Khilafah is president and presidency or king and monarchy. The Khilafah is a fard kifaaya on the UMMAH