Fatwa ID: 01549
Answered by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah
Question:
What is the ruling concerning one who says that that the blessed “uswah” (example) of the Prophet Muhammad [saw] is NOT “kaamil” (perfect/complete). Meaning, that the Prophet Muhammad’s [saw]”finality” (khaatimiyyah) is only with restricted to Nubuwwah (Prophethood) and that he is NOT the “final model” with regards to “minhaaj” (model/example/pattern). And that for Muslims to believe that the Prophet Muhammad [saw] is a “kaamil model” (complete model) would be unnatural (“ghayr fiTri”), inapplicable (“ghayr`amali”), and un-Islamic (“ghayr Islami”). What is the ruling concerning such an individual who explicitly expresses the aforementioned beliefs? Is such a person within the bounds of Ahl al-Sunnah? Within the bounds of Islam?
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the most Beneficent, the most Merciful.
It is a fundamental belief of the Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaah to believe in the habits, traits and actions of the Prophet of Allah [saw] to be complete and of the highest calibre. (Aqaaidul Islam p.62)
If someone believes the uswah of the Prophet of Allah [saw] to be incomplete then such a belief may take a person out of the fold of Islam.
Only Allah Knows Best
Mohammed Tosir Miah
Darul Ifta Birmingham