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(1). 3116. Abū Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Indeed, the honorable, the son of the honorable, the son of the honorable, the son of the honorable: Yūsuf bin Ya'qūb bin
Ishāq bin Ibrāhīm.” He said: “And if I were to have remained in the prison as long as Yūsuf, then the messenger came, I would have accepted.” Then he recited: When the messenger came to him, he said: “Return to your king and ask him: ‘What happened to the women who cut their hands?’”[1] He said: “May Allāh have mercy upon Lūt, certainly he used to lean toward powerful support, since he said: “Would that I had strength to overpower you, or that I could betake myself to some powerful support.”[2] So Allāh did not send a Prophet after him except among a high ranking family (Dhirwah) among his people.”
(Another chain) except that he said: “Allāh did not send a Prophet after him except among a wealthy family (Tharwah) among his people.”
Muḥammad bin ‘Amr said: “Ath-Tharwah is riches and power. (Hasan)
[Abū ‘Eisā said:] This is more correct than the narration of Al-Faḍl bin Mūsā, (a narrator in the chain of no. 3116) and this Ḥadīth is Hasan.
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The Prophet ﷺ said so to express and magnify the perseverance, steadfastness and consistency of Prophet Yūsuf ﷺ, he refused to be released from the prison without an investigation of the incident, in order to make
clear that none would dare to speak a single word of suspicion about him. It is a true fact that only a person of great virtue can realise the righteousness and significance of others.
