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The Prophet ﷺ speaking highly of Prophets Hūd and Yūsuf

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The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "May Allah have mercy on Lūṭ: that he resorted to protection through strong support (Hūd 11:80). And if I were to stay imprisoned like Yūsuf stayed imprisoned, I would have respond to the ˹invitiation of the King's˺ caller. (Yūsuf 12:50)"  

أحمد:٨٣٢٩إسناده إسناد سابقه

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: «يَرْحَمُ اللهُ لُوطًا لَقَدْ كَانَ يَأْوِي إِلَى رُكْنٍ شَدِيدٍ؛ وَلَوْ لَبِثْتُ فِي السِّجْنِ مَا لَبِثَ يُوسُفُ لَأَجَبْتُ الدَّاعِيَ۔»  


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bukhari:3372Aḥmad b. Ṣāliḥ > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman Wasaʿīd b. al-Musayyab > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "We are more liable to be in doubt than Abraham when he said, 'My Lord! Show me how You give life to the dead." . He (i.e. Allah) slid: 'Don't you believe then?' He (i.e. Abraham) said: "Yes, but (I ask) in order to be stronger in Faith." (2.260) And may Allah send His Mercy on Lot! He wished to have a powerful support. If I were to stay in prison for such a long time as Joseph did I would have accepted the offer (of freedom without insisting on having my guiltless less declared).  

البخاري:٣٣٧٢حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَسَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ نَحْنُ أَحَقُّ مِنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِذْ قَالَ {رَبِّ أَرِنِي كَيْفَ تُحْيِي الْمَوْتَى قَالَ أَوَلَمْ تُؤْمِنْ قَالَ بَلَى وَلَكِنْ لِيَطْمَئِنَّ قَلْبِي} وَيَرْحَمُ اللَّهُ لُوطًا لَقَدْ كَانَ يَأْوِي إِلَى رُكْنٍ شَدِيدٍ وَلَوْ لَبِثْتُ فِي السِّجْنِ طُولَ مَا لَبِثَ يُوسُفُ لأَجَبْتُ الدَّاعِيَ  

bukhari:3387ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Asmāʾ from my cousin Jūwayriyah > Jūwayriyah b. Asmāʾ > Mālik > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab And ʾAbā ʿUbayd > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "May Allah bestow His Mercy on Lot. He wanted to have a powerful support. If I were to stay in prison (for a period equal to) the stay of Joseph (prison) and then the offer of freedom came to me, then I would have accepted it." (See Hadith No. 591)  

البخاري:٣٣٨٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَسْمَاءَ ابْنِ أَخِي جُوَيْرِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا جُوَيْرِيَةُ بْنُ أَسْمَاءَ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ أَنَّ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيَّبِ وَأَبَا عُبَيْدٍ أَخْبَرَاهُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَرْحَمُ اللَّهُ لُوطًا لَقَدْ كَانَ يَأْوِي إِلَى رُكْنٍ شَدِيدٍ وَلَوْ لَبِثْتُ فِي السِّجْنِ مَا لَبِثَ يُوسُفُ ثُمَّ أَتَانِي الدَّاعِي لأَجَبْتُهُ  

bukhari:4694Saʿīd b. Talīd > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Qāsim > Bakr b. Muḍar > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Yūnus b. Yazīd > Ibn Shihāb > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab And ʾAbī Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "May Allah bestow His Mercy on (Prophet) Lot. (When his nation troubled him) he wished if he could betake himself to some powerful support; and if I were to remain in prison for the period Joseph had remained, I would surely respond to the call; and we shall have more right (to be in doubt) than Abraham: When Allah said to him, "Don't you believe?' Abraham said, 'Yes, (I do believe) but to be stronger in faith; (2.260)  

البخاري:٤٦٩٤حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ تَلِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ مُضَرَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ وَأَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَرْحَمُ اللَّهُ لُوطًا لَقَدْ كَانَ يَأْوِي إِلَى رُكْنٍ شَدِيدٍ وَلَوْ لَبِثْتُ فِي السِّجْنِ مَا لَبِثَ يُوسُفُ لأَجَبْتُ الدَّاعِيَ وَنَحْنُ أَحَقُّ مِنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِذْ قَالَ لَهُ {أَوَلَمْ تُؤْمِنْ قَالَ بَلَى وَلَكِنْ لِيَطْمَئِنَّ قَلْبِي}  

ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ شَنَّعَ بِهِ الْمُعَطِّلَةُ وَجَمَاعَةٌ لَمْ يُحْكِمُوا صِنَاعَةَ الْحَدِيثِ عَلَى مُنْتَحِلِي سُنَنَ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ حَيْثُ حَرَّمُوا التَّوْفِيقَ لِإِدْرَاكِ مَعْنَاهُ

ibnhibban:6208Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Qutaybah Biʿasqalān > Yazīd b. Mawhib > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus b. Yazīd > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman Wasaʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Abū Hurayrah

“We are more likely to express doubt than Ibrahim when he said: “My Lord! Show me how You give life to the dead.’ He (Allah) said: ‘Do you not believe?’ He (Ibrahim) said: ‘Yes (I believe), but to be stronger in Faith.’[2:260] And may Allah have mercy on Lut. He wished to have a powerful support. And if i were to stay in prison as long as Yusuf stayed, I would have accepted the offer.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4026)  

ابن حبّان:٦٢٠٨أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ بِعَسْقَلَانَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ مَوْهِبٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَسَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «نَحْنُ أَحَقُّ بِالشَّكِّ مِنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِذْ قَالَ {رَبِّ أَرِنِي كَيْفَ تُحْيِي الْمَوْتَى قَالَ أَوَلَمْ تُؤْمِنْ قَالَ بَلَى وَلَكِنْ لِيَطْمَئِنَّ قَلْبِي} وَيَرْحَمُ اللَّهُ لُوطًا لَقَدْ كَانَ يَأْوِي إِلَى رُكْنٍ شَدِيدٍ وَلَوْ لَبِثْتُ فِي السِّجْنِ مَا لَبِثَ يُوسُفُ لَأَجَبْتُ الدَّاعِيَ»  

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"نَحْنُ أَحَقُّ بِالشَّكِّ مِنْ إِبْرَاهيمَ إِذْ قَال: (رَبِّ أَرِنِي كيفَ تُحْيي المَوْتَى، قَال: أَوَلَمْ تُؤْمِنْ؟ قَال: بَلَى، وَلَكنْ لِيَطمئِنَّ قَلبِي) وَيَرْحَمُ الله لُوطًا، لَقَدْ كَانَ يَأوِي إِلَى رُكْنٍ شَدِيدٍ، وَلَوْ لَبِثْتُ في السِّجْن مَا لَبِثَ (*) يُوسُفُ لأجَبْتُ الدَّاعِي".  

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