Jesus
the Truthful One
His truthfulness, justice and humbleness has been demonstrated in his
model conduct of living, His peace able disposition and gentleness had
a great effect on people in spreading peace, harmony, and blessing throughout
the community. His aim was the well being of the people.
Imam Bukhari(d.256/834), and Imam Muslim(d.261/839) have recorded the
messenger of Allah as being :
"Jesus, son of Maryam (Mary), saw a person committing theft,
thereupon Jesus said to him, "You committed theft." He said, "Nay, by him
besides whom there is no God (I have not committed theft)." Thereupon Jesus
said, "I affirm my faith in Allah. It is my own self that deceived me."
This Hadith emphasises the truthful character of Jesus and his humbleness
by taking the blame upon him self and seeing himself in error, due to the
possibility that his eyes might have deceived him. His words are highly
meaningful and they have an implied reference to the fact that Jesus was
a human being, though an eminent prophet and he was fully conscious of
his being a member of the human race and on the basis of this awareness
of his own self, he could not consider himself to be infallible. As a human
being he could err and this he frankly admitted. The concluding words of
Jesus, meaningfully speak of the limitations of human knowledge based upon
senses and pure intellect. Jesus observed a person committing theft, but
there is every likelihood that his sense might have deceived some erroneous
impressions.
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