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Summary of the concepts of Ahl al-Sunnah

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The infallibility of prophets between Ahl al-Sunnah and the people of innovation

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The fundamental difference between Ahl al-Sunnah and the people of innovation regarding the issue of prophetic infallibility

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is that the people of innovation, as is their custom, have judged this matter with their limited intellects.

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This drove them to reject the hadiths in this regard that were transmitted individually.

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As for the verses, their widespread transmission and the impossibility of rejecting them compelled them to interpret them with arbitrary interpretations,

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exceeding the bounds of language and without any regard for the context in which they were revealed.

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Ahl al-Sunnah, however, recognize the status of messengers and prophets,

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and they understand the meanings of the verses and hadiths and their correct implications,

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without distortion or misrepresentation.

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The root of the error in this matter is the people of innovation's reliance on their rational laws in matters of creed,

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and their molding of creedal issues into rigid and limited rational frameworks.

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For neither the Book nor the Sunnah contains a text that establishes the rational principle

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which claims that every prophet is infallible from every sin.

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Rather, it is a principle formulated by the theologians to refute another limited rational principle formulated by deniers of prophethood,

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which states: if one sin is permissible for a prophet, then all sins are permissible for him.

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This mere claim is false and is refuted by the clear Qur'an,

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which affirms that many prophets and messengers fell into some such matters.

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such as Adam, Noah, Moses, David, Solomon, Jonah, and Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon them all.

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The decisive word is that Allah, the Exalted, is the One who preserved His prophets and messengers.

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And it is He who, at times, willed for them to fall into matters that warranted His reproach, and then their repentance, for great wisdoms He intended, may He be glorified.

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Such as affirming their humanity and demonstrating their complete servitude to Allah in the state of turning back and repentance,

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and the educational lessons that result from that.

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It is not for us humans to comment on Allah's judgment or to reject part of His command by another part.