13) Prophets

The four Necessary Attributes we need to believe about Prophets are as follows

1) Truthfulness. They are immaculately truthful and has always been truthful and honest his whole life.
2) Sincerity. Prophets are immensely sincere and devout their entire life.
3) Spread Truth. The speak the truth and spreads the message when/if told to.
4) Powerful minds. Prophets have a very strong intellect, they are extremely smart.

We believe that Prophets have those four attributes and that it is inconceivable for them to be anything that isn't the above.

The 2 attributes that are "Possible" for Prophets are
All human attributes such as: eating, drinking, sleep, marriage, sickness (so long as the sickness is not something that makes people flee from them, such a sickness is impossible for Prophets), etc

The 4 attributes that are Impossible for Prophets are

1) Lying. It is impossible for a Prophet to lie, a prophet simply cannot do it.
2) Treachery. It is impossible for a Prophet to be treacherous.
3) Silent. It is impossible for a Prophet to be silent when he is ordered not to speak (ie Impossible not to spread the message)
4) Stupidity. It is impossible for a Prophet to be stupid or have weak intellect.


If there any of the above are missing in person's understanding and belief in Prophets it would affect their practice of religion, since the link between creation and Creator's Speech are the Prophets. And we can only gain deeper understanding about the Divine through learning what He has revealed. If we believe that the person receiving the message can commit major mistakes or lacks certain attributes then there shall always remain uncertainty as to what God really said. That defeats the entire purpose behind God sharing with creation His Divine Speech. The medium that transmits God's Speech needs to be completely pure and immaculate.