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ʿIṣma (Infallibility of Prophets)

The doctrine that prophets are divinely protected from sin and error in conveying revelation.

The doctrine that prophets are divinely protected from sin and error in conveying revelation.

How it traveled

  1. Tathbit Dalail Nubuwwa
    Basra · 1025
    explains
  2. Sharh Usul Khamsa
    Basra · 1025
    explains
  3. Fisal Fi Milal
    Cordoba · 1064
    applies
  4. Talkhis Fi Usul Fiqh
    Nishapur · 1085
    explains

Key passages(20)

REF ref-rashid-rida-the-muhammadan-revelation-al-wahy-al-muhammadi

The Muhammadan Revelation (al-Wahy al-Muhammadi) · Rashid Rida

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Very high
Majmucat Rasail 669↗explains

Majmuʿat Rasaʾil · al-Ghazali

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Sharh Mawaqif 6968↗explains

Sharh Mawaqif · Al-Sharif al-Jurjani

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Arbacin Fi Usul Din 2382↗explains

al-Arbaʿin fi Usul al-Din · Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

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Awail Maqalat 277↗explains

Awail Maqalat · al-Mufid

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Bab Hadi Cashar 152↗explains

al-Bab al-Hadi ʿAshar · al-'Allama al-Hilli

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Cismat Anbiya 17↗explains

ʿIsmat al-Anbiyaʾ · Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

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Fatawa Kubra 12569↗explains

Fatawa Kubra · Ibn Taymiyya

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Fisal Fi Milal 4962↗challenges

Fisal Fi Milal · Ibn Hazm

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Ihkam Fi Usul Ahkam 736↗explains

Ihkam Fi Usul Ahkam · Ibn Hazm

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Kitab Alfayn 3246↗explains

Kitab Alfayn · al-'Allama al-Hilli

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Mafatih Ghayb 16497↗challenges

Mafatih Ghayb · Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

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Majmuc Fatawa 5546↗explains

Majmuʿ al-Fatawa · Ibn Taymiyya

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Nahj Haqq 757↗explains

Nahj Haqq · al-'Allama al-Hilli

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Risala Sacdiyya 243↗explains

Risala Sacdiyya · al-'Allama al-Hilli

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Talkhis Fi Usul Fiqh 1696↗explains

Talkhis Fi Usul Fiqh · Imam al-Haramayn al-Juwayni

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Minhaj Karama 25↗explains

Minhaj Karama · al-'Allama al-Hilli

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Sharh Maqasid 838↗explains

Sharh Maqasid · al-Taftazani

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Sharh Usul Khamsa 2933↗challenges

Sharh Usul Khamsa · al-Qadi Abd al-Jabbar

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Daw Bahir 4810↗challenges

Daw Bahir · Ibn Qudama

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Modern teachers who discuss this idea

Modern and living teachers whose books take up ʿIṣma (Infallibility of Prophets). These works are still in copyright, so we can’t show the text here — each links out to the book.