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4: Belief in AlIah's
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they believe in the same as you believe in, then they have been
[rightly] guided; butifthey tum away, they are only in dissension,
and Allah will be sufficientfor you against them. And He is the
Hearing, the Knowing."
(Qur'an: Al-Baqarah: 136-137)
And says:
~•• But [true] righteousness is [in] one who believes in Allah, the
Last Day, the angels, the <strong>Book</strong>, and the prophets:
He further provides:
(Qur'an: Al-Baqarah: 177)
"The Messenger has believed in what was revealed <strong>to</strong> him from his
Lord, and [so have] the believers. All ofthem have believed in Allah
and His angels and His books and His messengers, [say;ng], 'We make
no distinction between any ofHis messengers: And they say, 'We hear
and we obey. [We seek] Your forgiveness, our Lord, and <strong>to</strong> You is the
[final] destination:" (Qur'an: Al-Baqarah: 285)
Ibn Taymiyah goes on explaining:
"Through this assuredly established and proven infallibility, the main
intent ofprophethood may be realized. A prophet is thus the interpreter
through whom the WiU ofAllah is expressed. while a messenger is the
one sent by Allah <strong>to</strong> convey a message. Therefore every messenger is a
prophet. but not vise versa. Their infallibility with regard <strong>to</strong> what they
convey about Allah is established. They are protected from committing
an error in conveying the message, according <strong>to</strong> the consensus of all
Muslim scholars."
Concerning the prophets' infallibility in the worldly affairs, Ibn Taymiyah
added:
"Scholars are in disagreement whether the prophets' infallibility
should be proven through legal textual proofs or by means of rational
proofs. They also disagree on a number of issues such as whether
Allah's prophets are infallible <strong>to</strong> perpetrate major or minor sins and
whether infallibility means their utter impeccability or the impossibility
of acknowledging the truth and validity of a specific sin. Moreover,
scholars differ whether it is confined only <strong>to</strong> being protected from erring
in conveying their messages or not. Furthermore, scholars differ on the
applicability of the concept of infallibility in their earlier lives before
being commanded <strong>to</strong> convey their messages <strong>to</strong> people.