The claim that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) makes mistakes

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: It has become widespread recently for people to say that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) makes mistakes because he is human. I ask you to clarify this.

Answer:
It is not permissible to speak about the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in this way, nor is it permissible to spread this notion. One may say that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) exercises independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) in matters where no revelation was sent down to him. He exercises ijtihad in matters where no revelation was sent down to him (peace and blessings be upon him). One does not say that he makes mistakes, because this is a bad opinion of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and there is no need for it. Rather, this is for students of knowledge: that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) sometimes exercises ijtihad in matters where no revelation was sent down to him. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you