Explore critically the claim made by Muslims that Muhammad was the Perfect man.
Typically most Muslims would regard Muhammad as the perfect man or insan al-kamil. He is revered by most Muslims as being someone to aspire to be as Allah chose him to be the final prophet who was given the gift of Allah's word. However in this essay I am going to look at the notion that Muhammad was the not the ideal human as most Muslims would believe to be true. I am going to take this stance because I believe it impossible for a human to be perfect as we all have innate characteristics such as jealousy, greed, etc. It is my belief that anything that is not divine cannot be perfect as humans are flawed. However I do accept that Mohammad is a good role model to Muslims and that there is nothing wrong with wanting to live your life in a way that is modelled to him.
The dictionary describes the word perfect as "entirely without fault or defect." Something that is perfect cannot be flawed in any way. However our minds cannot understand the concept of perfection as it something that is very hard to find. Although we use the word perfect in every day life its actual meaning is something we do not look to. For example if I bought a cream cake from the shop and it tasted delicious, I would say "that cream cake was perfect." However if I really looked at the cream cake is it actually perfect, maybe it is a little bit too sweet or maybe someone else would think the cream cake was awful. This is similar to the view of Muhammad. Many Muslims believe Muhammad was the perfect man as he was a great ruler and follower of Islam. However it is noted in text that Muhammad did things tha ...