What is the meaning of Khaleefa?
A khaleefa has the all rights equal to king but he did not live like a king. He has no palace, he lives like an ordinary man. No one can recognize him by cloth. He manages all the things in the country and take monthly salary for all his work nothing more than that. Even though no one is above him in the country.One of such khaleefa was Hazarat Abu Bakr Siddque Razi Allaha Hu Ta'ala Anhu. Today I would like to narrate one incidence of his life.. Once his wife said, "Can we have prepare a sweet dish along with the lunch tomorrow.". He replied, "My salary is not enough for sweet dish". His wife silent after hearing this answer. She has started saving some money monthly after the house hold expenditure. After 4-5 Months when she collected enough amount to prepare a sweet dish, She prepared it. Hazart Abu Baker Siddique (R.A) asked from where you did get the money for this sweet dish. She explained him his saving formula. He said , it means we are getting this much money extra. Next day he went to his finance minister and asked him to cut down his salary by that particular amount. :)