What is the ruling on describing the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) as a jurist?

The questioner : However, in a commentary on the story of Abu al-Ja'far al-Tahawi, some people who distinguish between a hadith scholar and a jurist, despite the fact that he engaged in the principles of jurisprudence, yes, and how can a thing be built upon a defective foundation, as we have learned from you, is it not defective? Yes, so truly, there is no escape from the issue of hadith science in formulating the rules and establishing the principles of jurisprudence, so that the jurisprudence is valid. Therefore, it is necessary to rely on hadith, otherwise the jurisprudence is not jurisprudence. If the state of the jurisprudence is such that the hadith is, for example, fabricated or has no basis, and then matters are derived from it.

The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar.

The questioner : The derivation is usually weaker, so how can this derived jurisprudence be?

The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar.

The questioner : Other than this.

The Shaykh: This is correct.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : But the most amazing thing we have heard recently, perhaps. You specifically heard this, while our brothers did not. Some of the students today, and this is one of the trials, said: It is not permissible for us to say that our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is a jurist. Did you hear something?

The questioner : Let us hear. I mean.

The Shaykh : What, what, but is it?

The questioner : I mean, why does he say this, for example, what?

The Shaykh : He is not telling you what his objection is? That if you call him a jurist, a jurist makes mistakes.

The questioner: Glory be to Allah.

The Shaykh : So we gave a long lecture to our brothers who were here, and there is no need to repeat it, but I will summarize the speech in it, the meaning of this poor man's words. That we must not say Muhammad is a human being. Because if we say human being, human being.

The questioner : Correct.

The Shaykh : He makes mistakes, but he also lies.

The questioner : I forgot.

The Shaykh : If we must not say Muhammad is a human being. Hmm. Not only this, but we say with al-Ghazali and al-Tantawi and others that the Messenger was not enchanted, because if we say enchanted, the enchanter raves and speaks what he does not know. Allah is the Greatest. From here came or came this person, if we say jurist, it means he makes mistakes, O poor one, say Muhammad is a human being and do not fear, but he is protected from sin, and say Muhammad is a human being who is enchanted and do not fear, because he is protected from sin, and say Muhammad is a jurist and do not fear, because he is protected from sin. And if you do not say jurist, then who is the jurist? If you do not say about the Messenger that Allah is the Greatest, this reminds me of something I did not mention on that occasion, the deniers of the divine attributes who claimed that Allah the Exalted is free from likeness, they say Allah does not come down or descend. Yes, well, what is the rock? It does not hear, is it deaf? It does not see, is it blind? Allah is the Greatest. This is one of the necessities of the people of the Sunnah, their obligation upon the people of misguidance, that if you say Allah is not like this, not like this, not like this, then what is He? He is an inanimate object, a number, these are the attributes of inanimate objects. So if we say about the Messenger that he is a jurist, then he is not a jurist. Peace and mercy of Allah be upon you.

The questioner : Oh, it gets long.

The Shaykh : I mean, he is not a jurist, Allah is the Greatest. So what do we say? We say Prophet. Well, my master, we believe in the Prophet and Messenger, and He sent mercy to the worlds, but does he understand what Allah revealed to him? Does he explain to the people what was revealed to him? Yes, this is contrary to understanding. No, we must also say that we must not say the Messenger does not understand, because humans also understand. And if we say this, it means we attributed deficiency to him, Allah is the Greatest.