paul@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (05/03/91)
In article <1991May1.114631.16991@wpi.WPI.EDU>, fade@midway.uchicago.edu (mohammad h fadel) writes: > > 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. I think the aya you have in mind is quite different from your quotation of it! 47:4 "Now when you meet [in war] those who are bent on denying the truth, smite their necks until you overcome them fully, and then tighten their bonds; but thereafter [set them free,] either by an act of grace or against ransom, so that the burden of war may be lifted: thus [shall it be]." Bell surmises that this verse was sometime before Battle of Badr. Did you have some other verse in mind? If so please provide an exact reference.