Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this statement of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): "We are more deserving of doubt than Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him) when he said: 'O my Lord, show me how You give life to the dead.' The Lord asked: 'Do you not believe?' He replied: 'Yes, but (I ask) so that my heart may be at ease.'" (The Noble Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, says:) May Allah have mercy on Sayyiduna Lut (peace be upon him); he wished to seek refuge in a strong shelter. And if I had remained in prison for as long as Sayyiduna Yusuf (peace be upon him) did, I would have responded to the caller.

(Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) The statement of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): "We are more deserving of doubt than Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him)" does not mean that there was doubt regarding the resurrection of the dead, but rather it refers to the acceptance of his supplication. The reason is that Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him) said: "O my Lord, show me how You give life to the dead." He was not certain whether his supplication in this matter would be accepted. So the intent of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) is that his supplication to his Lord and the request he made—he (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) says: We are more deserving of doubt regarding this supplication than Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him), because when we supplicate, sometimes our supplication is accepted and sometimes it is not. In any case, the summary of this statement is that it is conveyed literally, but the intent is to teach the addressee about this matter.