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The infallibility of The Prophet (pbuh)

Let me first start off that I don't mean to start an argument, or sound like I'm in any way questioning The Prophet (pbuh). This is a legitimate question, and I hope nobody is offended. So here goes...

Is it generally thought that The Prophet (pbuh) is completely infallible even in matters that do NOT pertain to religion? I understand the he is completely sinless, and whenever he speaks of something regarding God or religion then he shouldn't be questioned. No arguments there. But what about when he made a statement regarding worldly things? Things like agriculture, medicine, or science? Is there a possibility that he could have been wrong in certain things he said?

The reason I ask is because I was reading some articles (Written by a Muslim) that brought up some rather interesting points regarding this issue. The author basically said that The Prophet was not infallible when it came to things like science, and this got me thinking... I started researching, and came across the following Hadiths in Sahih Muslim:

(all three are identical)

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Musa b. Talha reported: I and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) happened to pass by people near the date-palm trees. He (the Holy Prophet) said: What are these people doing? They said: They are grafting, i. e. they combine the male with the female (tree) and thus they yield more fruit. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: I do not find it to be of any use. The people were informed about it and they abandoned this practice. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) (was later) on informed (that the yield had dwindled), whereupon he said: If there is any use of it, then they should do it, for it was just a personal opinion of mine, and do not go after my personal opinion; but when I say to you anything on behalf of Allah, then do accept it, for I do not attribute lie to Allah, the Exalted and Glorious.

5831

Rafi' b. Khadij reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) came to Medina and the people had been grafting the trees. He said: What are you doing? They said: We are grafting them, whereupon he said: It may perhaps be good for you if you do not do that, so they abandoned this practice (and the date-palms) began to yield less fruit. They made a mention of it (to the Holy Prophet), whereupon he said: I am a human being, so when I command you about a thing pertaining to religion, do accept it, and when I command you about a thing out of my personal opinion, keep it in mind that I am a human being. 'Ikrima reported that he said something like this.

5832

Anas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) happened to pass by the people who had been busy in grafting the trees. Thereupon he said: If you were not to do it, it might be good for you. (So they abandoned this practice) and there was a decline in the yield. He (the Holy Prophet) happened to pass by them (and said): What has gone wrong with your trees? They said: You said so and so. Thereupon he said: You have better knowledge (of a technical skill) in the affairs of the world.

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I believe that understanding this is really important, because it would mean that we could be a bit more critical of certain Hadiths, as well as having some other benefits... (again, I'm not questioning The Prophet. I'm really curious, and I really believe this topic has merit..)

Any comments would be greatly appreciated. Hopefully we can keep the discussion civil... I understand that topics like this can be kind of dangerous to get into... But I don't really have anyone else to ask a question like this too.