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Mulla Sadraʹs View on Prophetsʹ Sinlessness

Mulla Sadra has discussed many philosophical and theological problems among which prophetsʹ sinlessness is. Most of his consideration of this subject has come in his exegesis of Holy Quran. Different definitions of sinlessness can be found in his works that despite of their apparent differences can be unified in one definition. It should be noted that he didnʹt define sinlessness separately but among argumentation of sinlessness and interpretation of Quarnic verses. He believes that prophets are sinless before and after their prophecy. In his view, prophets are inerrant from unbelief, associationism (shirk) and those sins in conflict with prophecy whether inadvertently (sahvi) or intentionally (ʹamdi). He says that evidence for proving prophetsʹ preservation from inadvertent big sins (kabira) before prophecy and intentional small abominating (munaffirah) sins and also impossibility of oblivion are insufficient, and explains the reason of inadequacy in some of them. He gives us ten arguments to show the necessity of prophetsʹ sinlessness. In introducing these arguments which are based on religious premises, he is influenced by Fakhr al- din al-Razi. Mulla Sadra considers sinlessness as a divine gift which human beings can obtain only by His aid and His affirmation. In facing with those verses used by the opponents of sinlessness as premises of their arguments, Mulla Sadraʹs method is carrying them as lapse.