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From: fade@midway.uchicago.edu (mohammad h fadel)
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Subject: Re: the nature of the Prophet
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Date: 1 May 91 11:46:31 GMT
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If I could add something to the discussion of the Prophet'd (S) status.  The
main thing to remeber is that the Prophet (S), whenever he made a mistake,
Allah, Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, corrected his action through wahy, revelation.
a good example is what happened after the Battleof Badr, when the Prophet (S)
decided to ransom the prisoners of war instead of executing them.  Allah sent
wahy saying that it is not for the Prophet to seek gain through ransom, but 
rather that he should kill the leaders of Kufr (The prisoners were all promin-
ent enemies of Islam).  I don't know the aya, but I'm sure someone could provide it.  Thus, whenever the Prophet made a mistake in judgement, the only kind to
which he was susceptible, the Qur'an corrected him.