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Was the prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H&H.P) illiterate???

أبى رحمه الله قال حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله عن أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى عن ابن عبد الله محمد بن خالد البرقي عن جعفر بن محمد الصوفي قال: سألت أبا جعفر محمد بن علي الرضا عليهما السلام فقلت يا بن رسول الله لم سمي النبي الأمي؟ فقال:ما يقول الناس قلت يزعمون أنه إنما سمى الأمي لأنه لم يحسن ان يكتب فقال " ع " كذبوا عليهم لعنة الله انى ذلك والله يقول في محكم كتابه (وهو الذي بعث في الأميين رسولا منهم يتلو عليهم آياته ويزكيهم ويعلمهم الكتاب والحكمة) فكيف كانيعلمهم مالا يحسن والله لقد كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يقرء ويكتب باثنتين وسبعين أو قال بثلاثة وسبعين لسانا وإنما سمي الأمي لأنه كان من أهل مكة ومكة من أمهات القرى وذلك قول الله عز وجل لينذر أم القرى ومن حولها.

A man asked Imam Muhammad al-Jawad (A.S), "O son of Messenger of Allah, why was the Prophet called Ummi?"
The Imam (A.S) replied, "What do the people say?
"The man said" They claim that he was called Ummi because he was illiterate."
The Imam (A.S) said, "They have lied. Allah says in His Book, 'It is He who has sent among the unlettered a Messenger from themselves reciting to them His verses and purifying them and teaching them the Book and wisdom' (62:2) how would he teach what he himself could not do? By Allah, the Messenger of Allah could read and write in 73 languages. He was called Ummi because he was from Mecca. Mecca is the Mother Town (Umm al-Qura), and this is why Allah said, '... so that you may warn the Mother Town and whoever is round about it.' (42:7)"
(Ilal al-Sharai, volume 1, pp. 151, chapter 105, hadith 1)

Reference: Marefate AhleBait (A.S).com

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