It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) observed:
We have more claim to doubt than Ibrahim (ﷺ) when he said: My Lord! Show me how You wilt quicken the dead. He said: Believeth you not? He said: Yes! But that my heart may rest at ease. He (the Prophet) observed: May Lord take mercy on Lot, that he wanted a strong support, and had I stayed (in the prison) as long as Yusuf stayed, I would have responded to him who invited me.
وَحَدَّثَنِي حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، وَسَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " نَحْنُ أَحَقُّ بِالشَّكِّ مِنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذْ قَالَ { رَبِّ أَرِنِي كَيْفَ تُحْيِي الْمَوْتَى قَالَ أَوَلَمْ تُؤْمِنْ قَالَ بَلَى وَلَكِنْ لِيَطْمَئِنَّ قَلْبِي} قَالَ " وَيَرْحَمُ اللَّهُ لُوطًا لَقَدْ كَانَ يَأْوِي إِلَى رُكْنٍ شَدِيدٍ وَلَوْ لَبِثْتُ فِي السِّجْنِ طُولَ لَبْثِ يُوسُفَ لأَجَبْتُ الدَّاعِيَ " .
Isnad
7 transmitters- 1Hrmlh bin Yahya binEgypt · d. 244 AH
- 2'Abdullah bin WahbEgypt · d. 197 AH
- 3Yonus bin Yazid bin Abi al-Nijadd. 160 AH
- 4al-ZuhriMedinah/Syria · d. 124 AH/741 CE
- 5Abu Salama bin 'Abdur RahmanMedina · d. 94 AH or 104 AH
- 6Sa'id ibn al-MusayyibMedinah · d. 94 AH/715 CE
- 7Abu HurairahMakkah/Medina/Yemen/Bahrain · d. 59 AH/681 CE
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 1, Hadith 289
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Book 1, Hadith 280 (deprecated numbering scheme)