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Why are the Prophets Free of Sin and Error? - Al-Shia The Scientific and Cultural Website of Shia belief Why are the Prophets Free of Sin and Error? 2021-06-15 405 Views Attributes of the Prophets , Infallibility , Messengers of God Without any doubt, more important than anything else, a prophet must attract the trust of the general public in such a way that his words contain no possibility of being lies or erroneous, otherwise, his position of leadership will be a shaky one.

If they are not immaculate, using the excuse that the prophets have erred, people who seek the truth from what they say will begin to doubt their invitation. It will not be accepted, or, at least, their words will not be accepted with all of their hearts. This reason which can be called ‘trustworthiness’ is one of the most important reasons for their being immaculate.

In other words, how is it possible that God give His Commands for His people to follow a person who is not truthful for if this person were to err or sin, people would not follow him? If they do, they have erred and if they do not, they have weakened their position of leadership, in particular, since the position of the leadership of the prophets completely differs from the leadership of others for people receive their entire program of life from the prophets.

Because of this, we see that the great commentators speak about the verse: “Obey God and obey the Prophet and those charged with authority among you.”(1) saying that the command for Absolute obedience is because the Prophet is immaculate as well as ‘being charged with authority. Pure leaders like the Holy Prophet are referred to as ‘being charged with authority. If not, God would never give the command to unconditional obedience to them.

📌Another way of proving the immaculateness of the Holy Prophet in relation to any sin is that any factor of sin is condemned to defeat within the very being of the Holy Prophet. The explanation of this is that when we turn to ourselves, we see that we, too, are immaculate in relation to some sins or evil or unacceptable deeds. Note the following examples: Can you find an intelligent person who thinks about eating fire or trash or filth?

Can you find an intelligent person who will walk naked through the streets and bazaars? Clearly not! If we saw such deeds from someone, we will be assured of the fact that he is no longer normal and has become insane because an intelligent person would never do these things.

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