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Do prophets not commit sins

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14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

Being innocent, impeccable, and sinless is peculiar to prophets. (Maraj-ul-bahran)

Every prophet is immune from all kinds of sins, be they grave or venial. (Riyâd-un-nâsihîn)

Prophets are immune from, free of committing sins. They cannot commit sins. (Maktûbât-i Rabbânî, Vol. II, Letter 44)

Imâm-i Ghazâlî writes in his work Rawdâ-tut-tâlibîn:

It is established by consensus (ijmâ') that the Messenger of Allah is free of committing grave sins, venial sins, and makrûhs. It is also established by consensus that he is free of forgetfulness, negligence, and making a mistake and erring in the messages he conveys.

That it is allowable and possible for him to err in the messages he communicates is conditional upon his realizing it immediately and thus not keeping the error going. This, in turn, is committed in order for wisdom behind what he does to come out into the open and in order to make known the benefit derived from forgetting. The reason for Allah's Messenger's committing an error in this regard is to teach knowledge and explain the religion. As a matter of fact, he relates in a hadîth-i sharîf, "I do not forget or err in any matter. If such a thing issues from me, it is simply because I can explain what I want to communicate."

This state is not a defect on the part of him. Rather, it is meant to broaden tablîgh (communication) and to complete the blessing. All Muslim Sufis and scholars with spiritual knowledge state that it is impossible for him to err, to forget, and to display negligence or laxity except with a view to communicating something, elaborating the rulings in his actions, declaring the religious commandments, and telling the messages of Revelation coming to his heart.

Hadrat Qâdi 'Iyâd writes in his book entitled Shifâ-i sharîf:

"Those who considered small sins allowable for prophets based their argument on the outward meanings of many âyât and ahâdîth. This act of theirs gave way to regarding grave sins as permissible, disintegrating the consensus (ijmâ'), and uttering such things not befitting a Muslim to utter.

As it is understood from all these citations, prophets do not commit grave or venial sins. They can commit a dhalla. But a dhalla is not a sin. It is not to do what is the best and the most preferable but to opt for what is meritorious. (Riyâd-un-nâsihîn)

A verse of Fath Sûra, addressing the Prophet 'alaihis-salâm, declares, "Allah forgave your past and future sins. He completed His blessing on you and guided you to the right path." With this verse Allahu ta'âlâ holds His Honorable Messenger far from any imperfection and proclaims his being sinless. (Shifâ-i sharîf)

Some Islamic scholars explained this verse as follows:

(Allahu ta'âlâ protected you from committing sins in the past and in the future.)

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