06-23-2006, 04:48 AM
The koran clearly states that Mohammad was a sinner:
Quote:So know (O Muhammad) that there is no Allah save Allah, and <b>ask forgiveness for thy sin </b> and for believing men and believing women. Allah knoweth (both) your place of turmoil and your place of rest. Surah 47:19
This is confirmed by many hadith, for example:
Quote:Volume 1, Book 12, Number 711:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle used to keep silent between the Takbir and the recitation of Qur'an and that interval of silence used to be a short one. I said to the Prophet "May my parents be sacrificed for you! What do you say in the pause between Takbir and recitation?" The Prophet said, "I say, 'O Allah! <b>Set me apart from my sins </b> as the East and West are set apart from each other and <b>clean me from sins </b> as a white garment is cleaned of dirt. O Allah! <b>Wash off my sins</b> with water, snow and hail."
Here is another one:
Quote:Volume 8, Book 75, Number 379:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet used to say, "O Allah! I seek refuge with You from laziness and geriatric old age, <b>from all kinds of sins </b> and from being in debt; from the affliction of the Fire and from the punishment of the Fire and from the evil of the affliction of wealth; and I seek refuge with You from the affliction of poverty, and I seek refuge with You from the affliction of Al-Mesiah Ad-Dajjal. O Allah! <b>Wash away my sins </b> with the water of snow and hail, and cleanse my heart from all the sins as a white garment is cleansed from the filth, and let there be a long distance between me and my sins, as You made East and West far from each other."