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Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): Salim al-Hannat said: I asked Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) about the verse: فَأَخْرَجْنَا مَن کَانَ فِیهَا مِنَ المُؤْمِنِینَ فَمَا وجَدْنَا فِیهَا غَیْرَ بَیْتٍ مِّنَ المُسْلمِینَ [So We brought out those of the believers who were in it, but We did not find in it except one house of the Muslims]. Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) said: "The intended ones are the family of Muhammad (peace be upon them), meaning no one besides the family of Muhammad (peace be upon them) remained in that land."

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): Abu Basir said: I said to Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): "May I be your ransom! Did all the people of the town of Lut (peace be upon him) do this and were they afflicted with this ugly act?" He (peace be upon him) said: "Yes! Except one family among them who were worshippers of Allah and believers. Have you not heard the saying of Allah the Exalted in the Quran, where He says: فَأَخْرَجْنا مَنْ کانَ فِیها مِنَ المُؤْمِنِینَ فَما وَجَدْنا فِیها غَیْرَ بَیْتٍ مِنَ المُسْلِمِینَ [So We brought out those of the believers who were in it, but We did not find in it except one house of the Muslims]."

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): Ibrahim (peace be upon him) said: "O Jibra'il! If there are a hundred believing men in that town, will Allah destroy them?" He said: "No." He asked: "What if there are fifty believers among them?" He said: "No." He asked: "What if there are ten believers among them?" He said: "No." He asked: "What if there is one believer among them?" Jibra'il said: "No! Even if there is a single believer among them." And this is the saying of Allah the Exalted: فَما وَجَدْنا فِیها غَیْرَ بَیْتٍ مِنَ المُسْلِمِینَ [But We did not find in it except one house of the Muslims].

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): Abu Hamza narrates from Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) asked Jibra'il: "In what manner was the destruction of the people of Lut (peace be upon him)?" Jibra'il said in his blessed presence: "The people of Lut (peace be upon him) were from a town where they did not clean themselves from excrement, nor did they perform ghusl for janabah, and among their other characteristics was that they were greedy for food." Lut (peace be upon him) was among them for thirty years; he had come down among them but he was not of their clan and had no relatives or kin among them. He continuously invited them to Allah, to faith in Him, and to following His commands, and he restrained them from committing indecencies and their ugly acts. He (peace be upon him) urged his people to obey Allah, but they did not answer him and did not obey Allah the Exalted. And when Allah, Blessed and Exalted, willed to punish this people, He sent to them messengers who were proofs and warners, so that they would restrain them from their ugly and vile deeds, but they continued in their rebellion and transgression. And when that people did not obey the command of the Lord and disobeyed Him, Allah the Exalted sent angels to that people to bring out the believers from their town. So all the people of faith came out from among them, and He said: "But We did not find there except one family of believers." The angels brought that family out as well, and said to Lut (peace be upon him): "Set out with your family from this town by night."