Khalifofi Asali kalmar larabci ce, kalman tana nufin Wakilci , Amma ma'ananta a addinance shine, wadanda suke wakiltan ko shugabantan Al'umar Musulunci tin daga ranan da Annabi ya rasu har yau. Khalifan Farko a musulunci shine Abubakar as-Sideeq bin Usman abu-QuhafasaiUmar bin KaddafUsman bin AffanAliyu bin abu-Dalib. Akwai khalifanci iri-iri masu yawa kamar haka. Khalifofi shiryayyu (632–661) sune wanda Annabi ya ambata cewa zasu wakilci Annabtakar sa. sune kamar haka:- Abubakar babban Abokin Annabi, sirikin sa, kuma wanda yafi so. Umar Abokin Annabi kuma sirikin Annabi. Usman Abokin Annabi kuma sirikin sa. Aliyu Dan'uwan Annabi kuma sirikin sa. Khalifofin Umaydiyya (661–750) Daular Abbasiyyah (750–1258, 1261–1517) Khalifofin Fatimiyya (909–1171) Khalifofin Umaydiyyan Córdoba (929–1031) Khalifofin Almohad (1147–1269) Daular Usmaniyya (1517–1924) Khalifofin Borno (1472-1893) Khalifofin Yogyakarta (1755-2015) Khalifofin Sokoto (1804–1903) Khalifofin Sharifian (1924–25) Arnold, T. W. (1993). "Khalīfa". In Houtsma, M. Th (ed.). E.J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913–1936.