Are the prophets not infallible?
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Question:
This questioner asks, saying: May Allah reward you. Is the hadith regarding intercession that you mentioned one in which the prophets are not infallible?
Answer:
What is the answer to this question? Who said that the prophets are not infallible? The prophets may commit some errors, but they are protected from persisting in error, for they repent. No sin of a prophet was mentioned without his repentance being mentioned alongside it. So they are ultimately infallible. They may not be infallible in the beginning regarding minor sins, but as for major sins, and what they convey from Allah of revelation, they are infallible. They are infallible in conveying the revelation. They are infallible regarding major sins. As for minor sins, they may occur, but they repent from them and do not persist in them. Yes.
This questioner asks, saying: May Allah reward you. Is the hadith regarding intercession that you mentioned one in which the prophets are not infallible?
Answer:
What is the answer to this question? Who said that the prophets are not infallible? The prophets may commit some errors, but they are protected from persisting in error, for they repent. No sin of a prophet was mentioned without his repentance being mentioned alongside it. So they are ultimately infallible. They may not be infallible in the beginning regarding minor sins, but as for major sins, and what they convey from Allah of revelation, they are infallible. They are infallible in conveying the revelation. They are infallible regarding major sins. As for minor sins, they may occur, but they repent from them and do not persist in them. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [174 -308] هل الأنبياء ليسوا بمعصومين؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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