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Post Date: Monday, June 22, 2009
Reply Date: Monday, June 22, 2009
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Are all of the Prophet’s (pbuh) words and sayings revelation? In other words, was everything the Prophet (pbuh) would say and do, something he had learned through divine inspiration and revelation, or can we say that the prophet (pbuh) said words that belonged to himself, or do we have to distinguish between his daily conversations with the people and his sayings on religion and its rulings?


The experts have different viewpoints on this issue:

Taking into consideration verses 3 and 4 of surah Najm[i], some believe that all of the prophet’s sayings and actions originate from revelation.

Others believe that verse 4 of this surah has to do with Quranic verses and that only they are the sayings that originate from revelation, although the prophet’s (pbuh) tradition is also to be followed by us and none of his actions were out of personal desire.

It seems what one can be sure about regarding this subject is that none of the prophet’s (pbuh) sayings nor his actions were without the permission and verification of revelation and even the everyday things he would say and do that had nothing to do with religion weren’t out of desire, because in addition to being a prophet receiving revelation, he was an infallible, making him invulnerable to doing anything out of self desire or wrongness.



[i]و ما ینطق عن الهوی ان هو الا وحی یوحی



  


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