11068 - 'Ali ibn al-Husayn told us, Ya'qub al-Dawraqi told us, Isma'il ibn 'Ulayyah told us, he said: I heard Ibn Abi Najih say regarding His saying: "they are purer for you," he said: He did not offer them to them for illicit relations (tanah) nor for fornication (sifah).

11069 - Abu Zur'ah told us, Safwan told us, al-Walid told us, Khulayd and Sa'id told us, from Qatadah, from Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, he said: He says: "O my people, these are my daughters; they are purer for you," he offered his daughters to them for marriage. And the Prophet of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, wished that he would fulfill the marriage of his daughters.

His saying, the Exalted: "So fear Allah and do not disgrace me concerning my guests."

11070 - Muhammad ibn Hammad al-Tahrani informed us in what he wrote to me, Isma'il ibn 'Abd al-Karim al-San'ani told us, 'Abd al-Samad ibn Ma'qil told me that he heard Wahb ibn Munabbih say: So they (the angels) entered upon Lot. When his wife saw them, their beauty and handsomeness impressed her. She sent word to the people of the town that a group of people had arrived with us the like of which we had never seen for their goodness and beauty. They heard about that and swarmed the house of Lot from every side, scaling the walls against them. Lot met them and said: "O my people, do not disgrace me concerning my guests. I will marry you to my daughters; they are purer for you." They replied: "If we had wanted your daughters, we would have known their place, but we have no need for these people who have arrived with you; leave us to them."

His saying: "Is there not among you a man of right judgment?"

11071 - Abu 'Abd Allah al-Tahrani told us, Hafs ibn 'Umar al-'Adani told us, al-Hakam ibn Aban told us, from 'Ikrimah, from Ibn 'Abbas, regarding Lot's saying to his people: "Is there not among you a man of right judgment?" he says: Is there not among you one who says: There is no god but Allah?

11072 - Sahl ibn Yahya al-'Askari told us, Harun ibn Hatim told us, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Hammad told us, from Asbat, from al-Suddi, from Abu Malik, "Is there not among you a man of right judgment?" he said: A man who enjoins good and forbids evil.

His saying, the Exalted: "They said: You have already known that we have no right to your daughters."

11073 - Muhammad ibn al-'Abbas, client of the Banu Hashim, told us, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Salamah told us, Salamah told us, from Ibn Ishaq, "They said: You have already known that we have no right to your daughters," meaning: no claim to be their husbands.