[The Book of the People of Paradise] - [Libri i Banorëve të Xhenetit] - [كِتَابُ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ]

18637 - On the authority of Abu Hurayrah: That the Prophet (pbuh) said: "Paradise is [built with] a brick of silver and a brick of gold, and its mortar is musk."

18638 - And from Ibn Abbas, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "When Allah created the Garden of Eden, He created within it that which no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and has never occurred to the heart of any human being. Then He said to it: 'Speak.' It said: 'The believers have indeed attained success.'"

18639 - And in a narration: "Allah created the Garden of 'Adn [with His hand], suspended its fruits therein, and cleaved its rivers. Then He looked at it and said to it: 'Speak.' It said: 'The believers have certainly succeeded.' He then said: 'By My Might, no miser shall neighbor Me within you.'"

18640 - And on the authority of Ibn 'Umar who said: "The Prophet (pbuh) was asked about Paradise, so he said: 'Whoever enters Paradise shall live therein and not die, and shall be in bliss therein and not suffer misery; his garments shall not wear out, and his youth shall not perish.' It was said: 'O Messenger of Allah, what is its construction?' He said: 'A brick of gold and a brick of silver, its mortar is musk, its soil is saffron, and its pebbles are pearls and rubies.'"

18641 - And from Abu Sa'id, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "Allah - Exalted is He - created Paradise, a brick of gold and a brick of silver, and its mortar is musk."

18642 - And in a narration: "And the wall of Paradise is a brick of gold and a brick of silver, and its mortar is musk. And He said to it: 'Speak,' and it said: 'The believers have indeed attained success,' then the angels said: 'Blessed are you as an abode of kings.'" It was narrated by al-Bazzar in both marfu' and mawquf forms, and by al-Tabarani in al-Awsat, except that he stated: from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "Indeed, Allah created the Garden of Eden with His Hand, a brick of gold and a brick of silver," and the rest of the narration is similar to it.

18643 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas: that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, Allah created Paradise white."

18644 - On the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), who said: "The distance between two gate-panels in Paradise is a journey of forty years."

18645 - And from Mu'awiyah bin Haydah: That the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "You complete seventy nations; you are the last of them and the most honorable of them to Allah - Mighty and Majestic. The distance between two gate-leaves of the gates of Paradise is forty years, and a day will surely come upon it when it is overcrowded."

18646 - And on the authority of Abdullah bin Salam, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Verily, the distance between the two gate-leaves in Paradise is forty years, and a day shall surely come upon it when it will be crowded like the crowding of camels arriving at water after five days of thirst."

18647 - On the authority of Abu Musa: That the Prophet (pbuh) said: "The Gardens of al-Firdaws are four." I said: Then he mentioned the hadith.

And on the authority of Samurah—meaning Ibn Jundub—who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Al-Firdaws is the elevated part of Paradise, its highest part, and its middle part, and from it the rivers of Paradise gush forth."

18649 - And on the authority of Al-Irbad ibn Sariyah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "If you ask Allah, then ask Him for Al-Firdaws."

18650 - And on the authority of Samura: that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) used to say to us: "Verily, al-Firdaws is the middle elevated part of Paradise, which is its highest and its best."

18651 - And on the authority of Abu Umama, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "Ask Allah for Al-Firdaws; for it is the center of Paradise, and indeed, the inhabitants of Al-Firdaws hear the creaking of the Throne."

On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "For every people of a [righteous] deed, there is a gate among the gates of Paradise through which they will be called by that deed." And he mentioned the rest of the Hadith.

18653 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "When it is the Day of Resurrection, a person will be called by the most abundant of his deeds. If prayer was the superior deed, he will be called by it; if fasting was [the superior deed], he will be called by it; and if jihad was [the superior deed], he will be called by it. Then he will come to a gate among the gates of Paradise called al-Rayyan, from which the observers of fasting are called." Abu Bakr al-Siddiq said: "O Messenger of Allah, is there anyone who will be called by two deeds?" He said: "Yes, and you are [one]."

18654 - On the authority of Salman al-Farisi, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "No one shall enter Paradise except with a permit: 'In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. [This] is a decree from Allah for So-and-so, son of So-and-so: Enter a Paradise, elevated, its clusters of fruits hanging low.'"

18655 - On the authority of Mu'adh bin Jabal: that he asked the Prophet (pbuh) or heard the Prophet (pbuh) saying: "The people of Paradise will enter Paradise hairless, beardless, with kohl-rimmed eyes, at the age of thirty."

18656 - And in a narration: "The believers will be resurrected on the Day of Resurrection hairless, beardless, and with kohl-lined eyes, aged thirty years."

18657 - And on the authority of Anas bin Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The people of Paradise will enter Paradise hairless, beardless, and with kohl-lined eyes."

And from Abu Hurayrah, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The people of Paradise will enter Paradise hairless, beardless, fair-skinned, with curly hair, having eyes adorned with kohl, aged thirty-three, and they will be in the form of Adam (pbuh), sixty cubits tall by seven cubits wide."

18659 - And from Abu Sa'id, from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) - Abu Khaythamah was uncertain - that he said: "Whoever dies among the people of this world, whether young or old, they will be restored to sixty years in Paradise, never exceeding it, and likewise the people of the Fire."

18660 - On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Every inhabitant of the Fire shall see his seat in Paradise, and he will say: 'If only Allah had guided me!' and it will be a source of regret for him." He said: "And every inhabitant of Paradise shall see his seat in the Fire, and he will say: 'Had it not been that Allah guided me!' and it will be a source of gratitude for him."

18661 - And in a narration: "No one enters the Fire except that he sees his seat in Paradise, had he done good, so that it may be a source of regret for him; and no one enters Paradise except that he sees his seat in the Fire, had he done evil, so that he may increase in gratitude."

18662 - From Jabir bin 'Abdullah, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said regarding the Jews: 'I shall ask them about the soil of Paradise, which is white fine flour.' He then asked them, and they replied: 'It is a loaf of bread, O Abu al-Qasim.' The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'Bread is made from fine flour.'"

18663 - On the authority of 'Umarah bin Khuzaymah, who said: While we were with 'Amr bin al-'As during Hajj or 'Umrah, he said: While we were with the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) in this mountain pass, he said: "Look, do you see anything?" We said: "We see crows, among which is a white-winged crow, with a red beak and legs." Then the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "None among women shall enter Paradise except those who are like this crow among [other] crows."

And in a narration: "We were with 'Amr ibn al-'As during a Hajj or 'Umrah pilgrimage, until when we reached Marr al-Zahran, there was a woman in her litter." Then he mentioned the likes of it.

Narrated by Abu Sa'id al-Khudri and Abu Hurayrah: that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The last two men to come out of the Fire—Allah will say to one of them: 'O son of Adam, what did you prepare for this day? Have you ever done any good? Did you have hope in Me?' He will say: 'No, O my Lord.' So he is ordered back to the Fire, and he will be in the most intense state of regret. Then He will say to the other: 'O son of Adam, what did you prepare for this day? Have you ever done any good? Did you have hope in Me?' He will say: 'No, O my Lord, except that I used to have hope in You.' He (the Prophet) said: 'Then a tree is raised for him, and he says: 'O my Lord, settle me under this tree so that I may seek shade in its shade, eat from its fruits, and drink from its water.' And he gives Him a covenant that he will not ask Him for anything else. So He settles him under it. Then a tree is raised for him that is better than the first and has more abundant water. He says: 'O my Lord, settle me under it; I will not ask You for anything else, so that I may seek shade in its shade, [and eat from its fruit], and drink from its water.' He says: 'O son of Adam, did you not give Me a covenant that you would not ask Me for anything else?' [He says: 'O my Lord, this one; I will not ask You for anything else.'] So He settles him under it, [and he gives Him a covenant that he will not ask Him for anything else]. Then a tree is raised for him at the gate of Paradise, which is better than the first two and has more abundant water. He says: 'O my Lord, this one [I do not ask You for anything else, so] settle me under it [so that I may seek shade in its shade, eat from its fruit, and drink from its water.' He says: 'O son of Adam, did you not give Me a covenant that you would not ask Me for anything else?' He says: 'O my Lord, this one; I will not ask You for anything else.'] So He brings him near it under its shade and takes a covenant from him that he will not ask Him for anything else. Then he hears the voices of the people of Paradise, and he cannot restrain himself and says: 'O my Lord, admit me into Paradise!' Then Allah—the Mighty and Majestic—says: 'Ask and wish.' So he asks and wishes for the equivalent of three days of the days of this world, and Allah prompts him with that which he has no knowledge of. He continues to ask and wish, and when he is finished, He says: '[O son of Adam,] you shall have what you asked for.'" Abu Sa'id said: "And its like along with it." Abu Hurayrah said: "And ten times its like along with it." One of them said to his companion: "Narrate what you heard, and I will narrate what I heard."

18666 - And from Abu Hurayrah, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, the one with the lowest status among the people of Paradise shall have seven levels, and he is on the sixth with the seventh above him. He shall have three hundred servants, and there shall be brought to him in the morning and evening three hundred platters—and I only think he said: of gold—in every platter there is that which is not in the others. He shall find the first of it as delicious as the last. He shall say: 'O Lord, if You permitted me, I would feed the people of Paradise and give them drink, and nothing of what I have would decrease.' And he shall have seventy-two wives from the wide-eyed maidens (al-hur al-'in) [besides his other wives], and indeed, one of them would occupy a seat the size of a mile on the earth."

18667 - And from Abu Hurayrah, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, the lowest of the people of Paradise in portion - or share - are a people whom Allah brings out of the Fire, and the Lord - Glorified and Exalted - shows favor to them because they did not associate anything with Allah. They will appear in the open land and grow as herbs grow, until when the souls enter their bodies, they say: 'Our Lord, just as You have brought us out of the Fire and returned the souls to our bodies, turn our faces away from the Fire.' He said: 'So He turns their faces away from the Fire.'"

And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "If the adornment of the lowest of the people of Paradise in status were to be weighed against the adornment of all the inhabitants of this world combined, what Allah grants him in the Hereafter would be superior to the adornment of all the inhabitants of this world combined."

And on the authority of Ibn Umar, who said: The Prophet (pbuh) said: "Indeed, the lowest of the people of Paradise in rank is he who looks into his kingdom for two thousand years; its furthest extent is seen just as its nearest part is seen, and he gazes upon his wives and his servants."

18670 - And from Anas bin Malik, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saying: "Indeed, the lowest of all the people of Paradise in rank is he for whom ten thousand [servants] stand at his head, in the hands of each one are two platters, one of gold and the other of silver. In each platter is a variety of food the like of which is not in the other. He eats from the end of it just as he eats from the beginning of it, finding for its end the same fragrance and delight as he finds for its beginning. Then, that [food] becomes the scent of pungent musk. They do not urinate, nor defecate, nor blow their noses; they are brothers on couches facing one another."

18671 - And on the authority of 'Awf ibn Malik: that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "I have certainly known the last of the people of Paradise to enter: a man who used to say: 'O Allah, distance me from the Fire,' and he would not say: 'Admit me into Paradise.' So when the people of Paradise have entered Paradise and the people of the Fire have entered the Fire, that man remains and says: 'O Lord, why am I here?' He says: 'That is what you used to ask of Me, O son of Adam.' He says: 'O Lord, bring me closer to Paradise.' He says: 'O son of Adam, you were not asking Me [for that]!' He [the Prophet] said: 'Then Allah brings forth for him a tree at the gate of Paradise, and he says: O Lord, bring me closer to this tree so that I may eat of its fruit and seek shade in its shadow. He says: O son of Adam, did you not use to ask Me that I distance you from the Fire? And he continues to ask until it is said to him: Go, for you shall have what your feet have reached and what your eyes have seen.'" It was narrated by al-Tabarani in a similar manner, except that he said: "'This is what you used to ask of Me, O son of Adam.' While he was in that state, a tree appeared to him from the gate of Paradise, inside Paradise. He said: 'O Lord, bring me closer to this tree so that I may eat of its fruit and seek shade in its shadow.' He says: 'O son of Adam, you were not asking Me [for that]!' He says: 'O Lord, where is there anyone like You?' And he continues to see something better than the previous thing and asks until it is said to him: 'Go, for you shall have what your feet have paced and what your eyes have seen.' So he paces until he exerts himself—he [the narrator] signaled with his hand—and said: 'This and this.' Then it is said to him: 'This is for you and the likes of it along with it.' So he is satisfied until he deems that He has given him something He has not given anyone else among the people of Paradise. He then says: 'If I were permitted, I would provide the people of Paradise with food, drink, and clothing from what Allah has given me, and that would not diminish anything from me.'"

18672 - And from Abu Umama, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The last man to enter Paradise is a man who flips over on the Bridge (As-Sirat) from back to belly, like a boy being beaten by his father while he flees from him, failing in his effort to run. He says: 'O Lord, bring me to Paradise and save me from the Fire.' Then Allah inspires him: 'My servant, if I save you from the Fire and admit you to Paradise, will you acknowledge your sins and mistakes to Me?' The servant says: 'Yes, O Lord, by Your Might and Your Majesty, if You save me from the Fire, I shall certainly acknowledge my sins and mistakes to You.' So he passes the Bridge, and the servant says to himself: 'If I acknowledge my sins and mistakes, He will surely return me to the Fire.' Then Allah inspires him: 'My servant, acknowledge your sins and mistakes to Me; I will forgive them for you and admit you to Paradise.' The servant says: '[No], by Your Might, I have never committed a sin, nor have I ever made a mistake.' Then Allah inspires him: 'My servant, I have evidence against you.' The servant turns to his right and left but sees no one, so he says: 'O Lord, show me Your evidence.' Then Allah makes his skin speak of his belittled sins. When the servant sees that, he says: 'O Lord, by Your Might, I have hidden matters as well!' Allah—the Mighty and Majestic—inspires him: 'My servant, I know them better than you do. Acknowledge them to Me, and I will forgive them for you and admit you to Paradise.' So the servant acknowledges his sins, and He admits him to Paradise." Then the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) laughed until his molars were visible, saying: "This is the one with the lowest status among the people of Paradise, so how about the one above him?!"

18673 - And on the authority of Ibn Mas'ud, who said: "Indeed, the last of the people of Paradise to enter Paradise is a man whom his Lord - Mighty and Majestic - passed by and said to him: 'Arise and enter Paradise.' So he turned toward Him with a frowning face and said: 'And have You left anything for me?' He said: 'Yes. For you is the like of everything upon which the sun has risen or set.'"

18674 - On the authority of Anas: that the Prophet (pbuh) said: “The majority of the people of Paradise are the simple-minded.”

18675 - On the authority of Jabir: that he heard the Prophet (pbuh) saying: "I hope that those who follow me from my nation [on the Day of Resurrection] will be a quarter of the people of Paradise." He said: So we proclaimed the Greatness of Allah. Then he said: "I hope that they will be a third of the people." He said: So we proclaimed the Greatness of Allah. Then he said: "I hope that they will be half."

18676 - And from Abu Musa, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "The people of Paradise are one hundred and twenty rows; my nation constitutes eighty rows of them, and the rest of the nations are forty rows."

18677 - And from Ibn Mas'ud, he said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said to us: 'How would you feel about being a quarter of the people of Paradise? You shall have its quarter and the rest of the people shall have three-quarters of it?' We said: 'Allah and His Messenger know best.' He said: 'How would you feel about being its third?' They said: 'That would be more.' [He said: 'How would you feel about being a half?' They said: 'That would be even more.'] Then the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'The people of Paradise on the Day of Resurrection will be one hundred and twenty ranks, and you will constitute eighty ranks of them.'"

18678 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), who said: "The people of Paradise are one hundred and twenty rows; eighty of them are from my nation."

18679 - And from Mu'awiyah ibn Haydah, from the Prophet (pbuh), he said: "The people of Paradise are one hundred and twenty rows; you are eighty rows, and the rest of the people comprise the remainder of that."

18680 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "You are a third of the inhabitants of Paradise, or half of the inhabitants of Paradise."

And on the authority of Ali ibn Khalid, that Abu Umamah passed by Khalid ibn Yazid ibn Mu'awiyah, who asked him about the gentlest word he had heard from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh). He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "Lo! All of you shall enter Paradise except for him who flees from Allah as a camel flees from its owners."

18682 - And from Abu Umamah, who said: No one from this nation shall remain except that they enter Paradise, except for him who flees from Allah as an ill-tempered camel flees from its owners. So whoever does not believe me, then indeed Allah the Exalted says: {None will burn therein except the most wretched, who denied and turned away} [al-Layl: 15]; he denied what Muhammad (pbuh) brought and turned away from him.

18683 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "You shall certainly enter Paradise, all of you, every single one of you, except for him who flees from Allah like the fleeing of a camel."

18684 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: I asked the Messenger of Allah (pbuh): "What did your Lord grant you in response regarding the intercession?" He said: "By the One in Whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad, I certainly thought that you would be the first from my nation to ask me about that, because of what I have seen of your eagerness for knowledge. By the One in Whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad, the concern I have regarding their rushing to the gates of Paradise is not as great as my concern for the completion of my intercession; and my intercession is for whoever testifies that there is no god but Allah sincerely, his heart confirming his tongue, and his tongue confirming his heart."

18685 - And from Abu Malik—meaning al-Ash'ari—who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, Allah shall surely send forth from among you on the Day of Resurrection toward Paradise a multitude like the dark night, a single group altogether, treading upon the earth; then the angels will say: 'Indeed, those who have come with Muhammad are more numerous than those who have come with the [other] Prophets.'"

18686 - Narrated from Anas: that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "My Lord—Mighty and Majestic—promised me that He would admit one hundred thousand from my nation into Paradise." Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Increase [the number] for us, O Messenger of Allah." He (the Prophet) said: "And like this," and he gestured with his hand. He (Abu Bakr) said: "O Prophet of Allah, increase [it] for us." He said: "And like this." Umar said: "That is enough for you, O Abu Bakr." Abu Bakr said: "What is it between us and you, O son of al-Khattab?" Umar said: "Indeed, if Allah wills, He could admit all people into Paradise with a single handful." The Prophet (pbuh) said: "Allah has confirmed the truth of Umar."

18687 - And on the authority of Anas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, Allah - Mighty and Majestic - promised me to enter four hundred thousand of my Ummah into Paradise." Abu Bakr said: "Increase [this for] us, O Messenger of Allah." He said: "And like this," and he joined his palms together, then he mentioned the likes of it.

18688 - And from Anas, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "Seventy thousand from my Ummah shall enter Paradise." They said: "Grant us more, O Messenger of Allah." He said: "For every man, seventy thousand." They said: "Grant us more, O Messenger of Allah." He was upon a sand dune, and he scooped with both his hands. They said: "Grant us more, O Messenger of Allah." He said: "Like this," and he scooped with both his hands. They said: "O Prophet of Allah, may Allah distance whoever enters the Fire after this." Reported by Abu Ya'la.

And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah [from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) that he] said: "I asked my Lord—Mighty and Majestic—and He promised me that seventy thousand of my nation would enter Paradise with the appearance of the moon on the night of its fullness. So I asked Him for more, and He increased for me seventy thousand with every thousand. I said: 'O my Lord, what if these are not the emigrants (Muhajirun) of my nation?' He said: 'Then I shall complete their number for you from the Bedouins.'" I said: He has a narration in the Sahih in a summarized form.

18690 - And from Asma' bint Abi Bakr, she said: "The sun eclipsed during the time of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), and I heard the commotion of the people while they were saying: 'A sign!' On that day, we were in Fari'. I went out wrapped in a plush cloak belonging to al-Zubayr until I entered upon Aisha, while the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) was standing, praying with the people." I [the narrator] said: Then she mentioned the Hadith until he said: "And I have seen fifty or seventy thousand entering Paradise in the likeness of the image of the moon on the night of the full moon." A man stood up and said: "Supplicate to Allah to make me among them." He said: "O Allah, make him among them. O people, you shall not ask me about anything until I descend except that I will inform you of it." A man stood up and said: "Who is my father?" He said: "Your father is so-and-so"—referring to the one he was attributed to. I [the author] said: The story of the eclipse is in the Sahih.

18691 - And on the authority of Abu Bakr ibn 'Umayr, from his father: that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "Indeed, Allah - Mighty and Majestic - promised me that He would admit three hundred thousand of my nation into Paradise." 'Umayr said: "O Prophet of Allah, increase for us." So he (pbuh) said: "Like this." 'Umayr said: "O Prophet of Allah, increase for us." Then 'Umar said: "Enough for you, O 'Umayr!" He ('Umayr) said: "What is it to us and you, O son of al-Khattab? And what concern is it of yours if Allah admits us into Paradise?" 'Umar said: "Indeed, Allah, if He wills, can admit the people into Paradise with a single handful - or a single scoop." So the Prophet (pbuh) said: "'Umar has spoken the truth."

Narrated from Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, who said: "We spoke much in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) one night, then we went to him the next morning and he said: 'The Prophets were presented to me tonight with their nations. A Prophet would pass by with three followers, a Prophet would pass by with a band, a Prophet would pass by with a small group, and a Prophet would pass by with no one with him, until Moses (pbuh) passed by me with a large multitude from the Children of Israel. They impressed me, so I said: "Who are these?" It was said: "This is your brother Moses with the Children of Israel."' He said: 'I said: "Then where is my nation?" It was said to me: "Look to your right." I looked and behold, the horizon was obstructed by the faces of men. It was said to me: "Are you satisfied?" I said: "I am satisfied, my Lord."' He said: 'Then it was said to me: "With these are seventy thousand who shall enter Paradise without account."' Then the Prophet (pbuh) said: 'May my father and mother be ransomed for you! If you are able to be among those seventy thousand, then do so. If you fall short, then be among the people of the slopes. If you fall short, then be among the people of the horizon, for I saw people there surging together.' Then Ukashah ibn Mihsan stood up and said: 'Supplicate to Allah for me, O Messenger of Allah, that He makes me among the seventy thousand.' So he supplicated for him. Then another man stood up and said: 'Supplicate to Allah, O Messenger of Allah, that He makes me among them.' He said: 'Ukashah has preceded you in this.' Then we talked among ourselves and said: 'Who do you think those seventy thousand are?' It was said: 'A people born in Islam, who then did not associate anything with Allah until they died.' That reached the Prophet (pbuh), and he said: 'They are those who do not use cauterization, do not seek incantations, do not believe in omens, and upon their Lord they rely.'"

And from Jabir bin Abdullah: That the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) delayed the Dhuhr prayer until the end of its time, then he came out and prayed, then he said: "I saw in what a sleeper sees that the nations were presented before me. A prophet would come with five followers or more than that. Then I saw a large multitude and I said: 'Is this my nation?' It was said: 'This is the nation of Moses.' And I saw Jesus, the son of Mary, fair-skinned with curly hair, with a reddish complexion. And I saw—and he mentioned words whose meaning indicated a vast number—and it was said: 'This is your nation,' and it was said: 'Indeed, you have with them seventy thousand who shall enter Paradise without reckoning or punishment.'" Then Ukashah al-Asadi said: "O Messenger of Allah, make me among those seventy." He replied: "You are among them." Then another man said: "O Messenger of Allah, make me among them." He replied: "Ukashah has preceded you in this." Then the people said: "Who do you think these seventy are?" Some of them said: "Those whose hearts softened for Islam." Others said: "A group of believers who did not associate partners with Allah, or did not worship anything except Allah." Their voices rose, so the Prophet (pbuh) came out and said: "What are these voices?" They said: "O Messenger of Allah, who are the seventy whom you mentioned?" He said: "They are those who do not use cauterization, do not seek incantations, do not practice augury, and they put their trust in their Lord."

18694 - And from Abu Ayyub: that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) came out one day to them and said to them: "Indeed, my Lord - the Mighty and Majestic - gave me a choice between seventy thousand who shall enter Paradise without account, and the hidden treasure with Him for my Ummah." Some of his companions said to him: "O Messenger of Allah, will your Lord keep that hidden?" Then the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) entered then came out while proclaiming the Takbir, and he said: "Indeed, my Lord increased for me, with every thousand, seventy thousand [more], and the hidden treasure is with Him." I say: He mentioned the Hadith, and it is mentioned in [the chapter regarding] Intercession.

And from Jabir bin Abdullah: that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) delayed the Isha prayer one night until a significant portion of the night had passed, so much so that some of those who were in the mosque fell asleep. He then came out while the people were divided between those sleeping and those praying while waiting for the prayer. He said: "Verily, the people continue to be in a state of prayer as long as they are waiting for it. Were it not for the weakness of the elderly and the crying of the infant, I would have delayed the Isha prayer until the deep darkness of the night." Then he said: "Seventy thousand shall enter Paradise without any reckoning." He said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) then went inside. When the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) had entered, we discussed the seventy thousand among ourselves, saying: "Do you think they are the martyrs?" Some of us said: "They are the martyrs," and some of us said: "They are the believers." Then the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) came out and asked: "What are you discussing?" So we informed him, and he said: "They are those who do not use cauterization, do not seek incantations, do not believe in omens, and they rely upon their Lord."

And from Shurayh ibn 'Ubayd, who said: Thawban fell ill in Homs while Abd Allah ibn Qurt al-Azdi was its governor, but he did not visit him. A man from the Kala'iyyin entered upon Thawban to visit him, so Thawban said to him: "Do you write?" He replied: "Yes." He said: "Write." So he wrote to the Emir Abd Allah ibn Qurt: "From Thawban, the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh). To proceed: If there were a freed slave of Moses or Jesus (peace be upon them) in your presence, you would have visited him." Then he folded the letter and said to him: "Deliver it to him." He replied: "Yes." So the man set out with his letter and handed it to Ibn Qurt. When he read it, he stood up in alarm, and the people said: "What is the matter with him? Has something happened?" He then came to Thawban, entered upon him, and visited him. He sat with him for a while, then he stood up to leave. Thawban grabbed his cloak and said: "Sit, so that I may narrate to you a Hadith I heard from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh). I heard him saying: 'Seventy thousand of my nation shall enter Paradise without any reckoning or punishment, and with every thousand, seventy thousand.'"

18697 - And on the authority of Abu Sa'id—meaning al-Khudri—who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Seventy thousand from my nation shall enter Paradise without any reckoning upon them." Then 'Ukashah stood up and said: "O Messenger of Allah, supplicate to Allah that He makes me among them." He said: "O Allah, make him among them." Then the people fell silent, then some of them said to one another: "If only we had said: 'O Messenger of Allah, supplicate to Allah to make us among them.'" He said: "'Ukashah and his companion have preceded you in it. Truly, had you said so, I would have said so, and had I said so, it would have become mandatory."

18698 - And from al-Falatan ibn 'Asim, who said: The Prophet (pbuh) was in the assembly, and his gaze was fixed upon a man walking in the mosque, so he said: "O so-and-so." He replied: "At your service, O Messenger of Allah," and he did not engage in conversation with him except that he said: "O Messenger of Allah." He said to him: "Do you testify that I am the Messenger of Allah?" He replied: "No." He asked: "Do you read the Torah?" He replied: "Yes." He asked: "And the Gospel?" He replied: "Yes." He asked: "And the Qur'an?" He replied: "By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, if I wished, I could have read it." Then he adjured him: "Do you find me in the Torah and the Gospel?" He replied: "We find your likeness, the likeness of your place of emergence, and the likeness of your appearance. We were hoping that he would be among us, but when you appeared, we feared that you were him; then we looked and found that you were not him." He asked: "And why is that?" He replied: "With him from his nation are seventy thousand who shall have no reckoning and no punishment, whereas there is only a small group with you." So he said: "By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, I am indeed him, and they are indeed my nation, and they are surely more than seventy thousand and seventy thousand."

18699 - And from Anas, from the Prophet (pbuh) that he said: "Seventy thousand of my nation shall enter Paradise without reckoning; they are those who do not seek cauterization, nor do they perform cauterization, nor do they seek incantations, nor do they follow omens, and upon their Lord they rely."

18700 - And from Rifa'ah bin 'Araba who said: "We returned from a journey with the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), and some people began seeking permission from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) [to leave], and he began granting them permission. Then the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'What is the matter with the side of the tree that is adjacent to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) being more hateful to you than the other side?' Thus, one could not see anyone among the people except that they were weeping. Abu Bakr said: 'Indeed, he who seeks your permission regarding himself after this is surely a fool.' Then the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) stood up, praised Allah and extolled Him, and said: 'I bear witness before Allah'—and whenever he took an oath, he would say: 'By the One in Whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad, there is not one among you who believes in Allah and then remains steadfast except that He will lead him into Paradise. And my Lord has promised me that He will admit seventy thousand of my nation into Paradise without reckoning and without punishment, and I certainly hope that they will not enter it until you and whoever was righteous among your spouses and your offspring have taken up dwellings in Paradise.'" He then mentioned the hadith. I say: Ibn Majah has a small portion of it.

18701 - And on the authority of Umar bin al-Khattab, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "Allah shall surely raise from a city in ash-Sham called Homs ninety thousand who shall have no reckoning upon them, from [the area] between the Olive trees, the Wall, and al-Bart al-Ahmar."

And on the authority of Sahl bin Sa'd, who said: "I heard the Prophet (pbuh) saying: 'Indeed, in the loins of the loins of the loins of men among my companions are men and women who shall enter Paradise without any reckoning.' Then he recited: 'And [to] others of them who have not yet joined them. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise' [Al-Jumu'ah: 3]."

18703 - And on the authority of Samurah ibn Jundub, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) used to say: "Indeed, from my nation is a group from whom Allah will enter seventy thousand into Paradise without account."

And on the authority of Abu Umamah: that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "When the Day of Resurrection occurs, a large group of people will stand, filling the horizon, their light being like the sun. Then it will be said: 'The Unlettered Prophet,' and every prophet will lean forward in anticipation for them. Then it will be said: 'Muhammad and his nation.' Then another large group will stand, filling what is between the two horizons, their light being like the moon on the night of the full moon." Then the Prophet (pbuh) said: "And every prophet will lean forward in anticipation for them, and it will be said: 'Muhammad and his nation.' Then another large group will stand, filling the horizon, their light being like the stars. It will be said: 'The Unlettered Prophet,' and every prophet will lean forward in anticipation for them [and it will be said: 'Muhammad and his nation']. Then He will scoop two handfuls and it will be said: 'This is for you, O Muhammad, and this is from Me for you, O Muhammad.' Then the Scale will be placed and the reckoning will begin."

18705 - And on the authority of Abu Umamah, who said: On the Day of Resurrection, a multitude will emerge with radiant faces and white limbs, filling the horizon; their light is like the light of the sun. Then a caller will call out: "The Unlettered Prophet!" At this, every unlettered prophet will stir for it, and it will be said: "Muhammad (pbuh) and his nation." They will enter Paradise without any reckoning or punishment upon them. Then another multitude will emerge with radiant faces and white limbs; their light is like the light of the moon on the night of the full moon, filling the horizon. Then a caller will call out: "The Unlettered Prophet!" At this, every unlettered prophet will stir for it, and it will be said: "Muhammad (pbuh) and his nation." They will enter Paradise without reckoning or punishment. Then another multitude will emerge [with radiant faces and white limbs]; their light is like the greatest star in the sky, their light filling the horizon. Then a caller will call out: "The Unlettered Prophet!" At this, every unlettered prophet will stir for it, and it will be said: "Muhammad (pbuh) and his nation." They will enter Paradise without reckoning or punishment. Then your Lord - Mighty and Majestic - will come, and then the Balance and the reckoning will be established.

18706 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "The nations were shown to me." I say: then he mentioned the Hadith until he said: "Then Ukkashah ibn Mihsan stood up and said: 'Am I among them, O Messenger of Allah?' He replied: 'Yes.' Then another man stood up and said: 'Am I among them, O Messenger of Allah?' He replied: 'Yes.'" Thus he mentioned the Hadith, and it is in the Sahih with the omission of his statement to the second: "Yes."

18707 - And on the authority of Anas: That the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Seventy thousand from my nation shall enter Paradise without account." Abu Bakr said: "O Messenger of Allah, increase [it] for us." He said: "And like this [gesturing]." Umar then said: "O Abu Bakr, if Allah wills, He shall enter them into Paradise with a single handful."

18708 - And on the authority of Utbah ibn Abd, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, my Lord has promised me to admit seventy thousand of my nation into Paradise without account, then each thousand will intercede for seventy thousand." I said: then he mentioned the hadith, and it is long and will appear in the section on the Description of Paradise.

18709 - And on the authority of Abu Sa'd al-Ansari: that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, my Lord has promised me to admit seventy thousand of my nation into Paradise without any reckoning, and each thousand shall intercede for seventy thousand, then my Lord will scoop three handfuls with His palms." Qays said: I said to Abu Sa'd: "Did you hear this from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh)?" He replied: "Yes, with my ears, and my heart has grasped it." And Abu Sa'id said: "And that, if Allah wills, will encompass the Migrants of his nation, and Allah—Mighty and Majestic—will complete the remainder from our Bedouins."

18710 - And on the authority of Asma' bint Abi Bakr, she said: "The sun eclipsed during the time of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), and I heard the commotion of the people as they were saying, 'A sign!' We were in Fari' on that day. So I went out wrapped in a velvet cloak belonging to al-Zubayr until I entered upon Aisha, while the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) was standing praying for the people." She mentioned the Hadith until he said: "And I have indeed seen fifty or seventy thousand entering Paradise in the likeness of the image of the moon on the night of the full moon." A man stood up and said: "Supplicate to Allah that He makes me among them." So he said: "O Allah, make him among them. O people, you shall not ask me about anything until I descend except that I shall inform you of it." Then a man stood up and said: "Who is my father?" He replied: "Your father is so-and-so"—referring to the one to whom he was attributed.

18711 - And from 'Amir bin 'Umayr, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) remained for three days without coming out for a prescribed prayer. When he was questioned regarding that, he said: "Indeed, I found my Lord to be Glorious and Generous; He granted me, with every one of the seventy thousand who enter Paradise without account, seventy thousand. I said: 'Indeed, my nation will not reach this or complete this,' so He said: 'I shall complete them for you from the Bedouins.'"

18712 - On the authority of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "I have been given seventy thousand who shall enter Paradise without account; their faces are like the moon on the night of the full moon, and their hearts are as the heart of a single man. So I asked my Lord—Mighty and Majestic is He—for an increase, and He increased for me, with every one of them, seventy thousand." Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I considered that this would encompass the inhabitants of the villages and reach the fringes of the desert lands."

18713 - And from Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Bakr: that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, my Lord has granted me seventy thousand of my nation who shall enter Paradise without account." Umar said: "O Messenger of Allah, why did you not ask Him for more?" He said: "I did ask Him for more, and He granted me seventy thousand with every man." Umar said: "Why did you not ask Him for more?" He said: "I did ask Him for more, and He granted me like this" — and Abdullah bin Abi Bakr spread his hands before him; Abdullah said: and he extended his arms and scooped with his hands, and Hisham said: "And this is from Allah, we do not know its number."

18714 - And on the authority of Anas bin Malik: that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "When the servants stand for the account, a people will come placing their swords upon their necks while dripping with blood, and they will crowd at the gate of Paradise. It will be asked: 'Who are these?' It will be said: 'The martyrs; they were alive and provided for.' Then a caller will cry out: 'Let him whose reward is with Allah stand up and enter [Paradise; then he called for the third time: 'Let him whose reward is with Allah stand up and enter Paradise.' He said: 'And who is it whose reward is with Allah that he may enter] Paradise?' Then such and such thousand people stood up and entered it without account."

18715 - On the authority of Abu Bakr - meaning al-Siddiq - from the Prophet (pbuh) who said: "No miser shall enter Paradise, nor a deceiver, nor a traitor, nor one who treats those under his authority badly. And the first to knock at the gate of Paradise are the slaves when they act well in what is between them and Allah - the Mighty and Majestic - and in what is between them and their masters." Then he mentioned the Hadith.

18716 - On the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri and Abdullah bin Mas'ud: That the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The first group to enter Paradise on the Day of Resurrection, their faces will be in the form of the moon on the night of the full moon, and those who follow them will be like the most beautiful radiant star in the sky. For each one of them are two wives, upon each wife are seventy robes; the marrow of her shin can be seen from behind the flesh, just as red drink is seen through a white glass vessel."

18717 - On the authority of Jabir, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Allah - Mighty and Majestic is He - says every day to Paradise: 'Be fragrant for your inhabitants,' and it increases in fragrance. That coolness which people feel at the time of dawn is from that."

And on the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: "I heard the Prophet (pbuh) say: 'In Paradise, there is that which no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and has never occurred to the heart of a human being.'" It was narrated by al-Tabarani in al-Awsat and al-Bazzar.

18719 - And from Abu al-Darda, from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), who said: "Indeed, Allah - the Exalted - descends in three hours remaining of the night. In the first hour, He opens the Remembrance, which no one besides Him has seen, and Allah erases what He wills and establishes what He wills. Then, in the second hour, He descends to the Garden of Eden, which no one else has seen and which has never occurred to the heart of any human being. None from the children of Adam shall dwell in it with Him except for three: the Prophets, the Truthful, and the Martyrs. Then He says: 'Blessed is he who enters you.'"

18720 - And on the authority of Anas bin Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, said: 'I have prepared for My righteous servants what no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and what has never occurred to the heart of man.'"

18721 - And with his chain of narration, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "I have not seen anything like Paradise, whose seeker sleeps, nor anything like the Fire, whose fleer sleeps."

18722 - On the authority of Jabir bin Abdullah, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said regarding the Jews: 'I shall ask them about the soil of Paradise, and it is white fine flour.' So he asked them, and they said: 'It is a loaf of bread, O Abul-Qasim.' The Prophet (pbuh) then said: 'Bread is made from fine flour.'"

And on the authority of Sahl bin Sa’d, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Verily, in Paradise there is a wallowing place of musk, like the wallowing places of your beasts in this world."

On the authority of Abu Ayyub, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "Indeed, the inhabitants of Paradise will visit one another upon white mounts as if they were rubies, and there are no beasts in Paradise except for camels and birds."

18725 - On the authority of Abd al-Rahman bin Sa'idah, who said: I loved horses, so I said: O Messenger of Allah (pbuh), are there horses in Paradise? He said: If Allah admits you into Paradise, O Abd al-Rahman, you shall have therein a horse made of ruby with two wings that will fly with you wherever you wish.

18726 - On the authority of Tariq ibn Shihab, who said: "The Jews came to the Prophet (pbuh) and said: 'Inform us, what is the first thing that the people of Paradise will eat when they enter?' He said: 'The first thing they shall eat is the liver of the whale.'"

On the authority of Utbah bin Abdillah, who said: A Bedouin came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and said: "What is your Pond (Hawd) that you speak of?" He (pbuh) said: "It is as the distance between al-Bayda' and Busra; Allah extends it for me with a Kura'. No human [among those] created knows where its two ends are." Umar then proclaimed 'Allahu Akbar' (Allah is the Greatest) and said: "As for the Pond, the poor among the Emigrants (Muhajirun) who fight in the cause of Allah and die in the cause of Allah shall arrive at it, and I hope that Allah will bring me to the Kura' so that I may drink from it." The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, my Lord has promised me to admit seventy thousand of my Ummah into Paradise without reckoning, then every thousand shall intercede for seventy thousand, then my Lord, Mighty and Majestic is He, will scoop three handfuls with His two Hands." Umar proclaimed 'Allahu Akbar' and said: "As for the first seventy thousand, Allah will grant them intercession for their fathers, their sons, and their kinsfolk, and I hope that Allah will place me in one of the final handfuls." The Bedouin then said: "O Messenger of Allah, is there fruit in it?" He (pbuh) said: "Yes, and in it is a tree called Tuba, the canopy of al-Firdaws." He asked: "Which of the trees of our land does it resemble?" He (pbuh) said: "It does not resemble any of the trees of your land, but have you been to Syria (al-Sham)?" He replied: "No, O Messenger of Allah." He (pbuh) said: "It resembles a tree in Syria called the walnut tree (al-Jawzah), which grows on a single trunk and then its top spreads out." He asked: "How large is its trunk?" He (pbuh) said: "If a young female camel from the camels of your people were to set out, she would not traverse its circumference until her collarbone broke from old age." He asked: "Are there grapes in it?" He (pbuh) said: "Yes." He asked: "How large is a cluster of grapes in it?" He (pbuh) said: "The distance of a month's journey for a pied crow that does not turn aside nor tire." He asked: "How large is a single grape from it?" He (pbuh) said: "Has your father ever slaughtered a large he-goat from his sheep?" He said: "Yes." He (pbuh) said: "And he flayed its skin and gave it to your mother, saying: 'Tan this, then cut a large bucket for us from it so that we may provide water for our livestock'?" He said: "Yes." He asked: "Would that single grape then satisfy me and the members of my household?" The Prophet (pbuh) said: "And your entire clan."

18728 - And from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri: that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Paradise was presented before me, so I went to take a bunch of fruit from it to show it to you, but a barrier was placed between me and it." A man said: "O Messenger of Allah, what is the likeness of a single grape?" He said: "Like the largest bucket your mother ever fashioned."

And on the authority of Samurah bin Jundub: That the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, in Paradise there is a tree standing alone on a single trunk; the width of its trunk is seventy-two [years]."

18730 - And from 'Uqbah ibn 'Abd al-Sulami, who said: "I was sitting with the Prophet (pbuh) when a Bedouin came and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I hear you mentioning a tree in Paradise of which I know none to have more thorns than it' — meaning the acacia (al-talh). So the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'Allah places in the stead of every thorn of it a fruit like the scrotum of a plump, castrated goat; from it come seventy varieties of food, no variety resembling another.'"

18731 - And on the authority of Thawban, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, when a man plucks a fruit from Paradise, another one returns in its place."

18732 - And from Abu Hurayrah, from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) who said: "Indeed, in Paradise there is a tree under whose shade a rider [of a swift horse] would travel for a hundred years, and its leaves would surely cover Paradise."

18733 - And on the authority of Anas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, the birds of Paradise are like Bactrian camels, grazing in the trees of Paradise." Abu Bakr said: "O Messenger of Allah, indeed these birds are delicate!" He said: "Those who eat them are even more delicate than they"—he said this three times—"And indeed, I hope that you will be among those who eat from them, [O Abu Bakr]."

18734 - And on the authority of Abdullah bin Mas'ud, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, you will look at a bird in Paradise and desire it, and it will come to you roasted before you."

18735 - On the authority of Jabir, who said: "A Bedouin came to the Prophet (pbuh) and said: 'Our clothes in Paradise, do we weave them with our own hands?' Thereupon, the companions of the Prophet (pbuh) laughed. The Bedouin said: 'Why do you laugh at us?! A rough man asking a scholar.' The Prophet (pbuh) said: 'You have spoken the truth, O Bedouin, but rather they are fruits.'"
It was narrated by Abu Ya’la and al-Bazzar, except that he said: "The Bedouin said: 'Why do you laugh? At an ignorant person asking a scholar?' So the Prophet (pbuh) said: 'No, but rather they are created as a [direct] creation, or the fruits of the people of Paradise split open to reveal them.'"
And al-Tabarani narrated it in al-Mu'jam al-Saghir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, except that he said: The Prophet (pbuh) said: "Why do you laugh? At an ignorant person asking a scholar? No, O Bedouin, but rather the fruits of Paradise split open to reveal them."

18736 - And on the authority of Abdullah bin Amr, who said: "Another man stood up and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, inform us about the garments of the people of Paradise: are they a creation that is created or a fabric that is woven?' Some of the people laughed, so the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'At what are you laughing? At an ignorant man asking a scholar? Where is the questioner?' The man said: 'I am here, O Messenger of Allah.' He said: 'The fruits of Paradise split open to reveal them.'"

18737 - On the authority of Anas bin Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The space of a whip in Paradise is better than the world and everything in it."

18738 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The space of a whip in Paradise is better than all that is between the heavens and the earth."

18739 - And from Abu Hurayrah, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The length of a whip of one of you in Paradise is better than the world and its like, and the distance of a bow of one of you in Paradise is better than the world and its like along with it, and the veil of a woman from Paradise is better than the world and its like along with it." I said: O Abu Hurayrah, what is the *al-tad'if*? He said: The headscarf.

18740 - On the authority of Jabir bin Abdullah who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) was asked, and it was said: 'O Messenger of Allah, do the people of Paradise sleep?' So the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'Sleep is the brother of death, and the people of Paradise do not sleep.'"

18741 - From Abu Hurayrah, from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), who said: "When the people of Paradise enter Paradise, a man will stand up and say: 'O my Lord, permit me to farm.' So He will permit him, and he will sow a seed, and he will not even turn around before every ear of grain becomes twelve cubits long, then he will not leave his place until there is a heap from it like mountains." A Bedouin said: "O Messenger of Allah, you will not find this man to be anything other than a Qurayshite or an Ansari," then the Prophet (pbuh) laughed.

And from Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, the people of Paradise do not trade with one another, and if they were to trade, they would not trade in anything except fine cloth."

18743 - On the authority of Ibn Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "If Allah were to permit trade for the people of Paradise, they would have traded in textiles and perfume."

18744 - On the authority of Zayd ibn Arqam, who said: "A man from among the Jews came to the Prophet (pbuh) and said: 'O Abul-Qasim, do you claim that the people of Paradise eat and drink therein?' He said: 'Yes, by the One in Whose hand is my soul, indeed a man will be given the strength of a hundred men in eating, drinking, desire, and sexual intercourse.' The Jew said: 'Indeed, he who eats and drinks has a need (to relieve himself), and Paradise is purified.' He said: 'The relief of one of them is sweat that exudes from his skin like the fragrance of musk, and then his stomach becomes lean.'"

١٨٧٤٥ - And in a narration: While we were with the Prophet (pbuh), a man from the Jews called Tha’labah ibn al-Harith approached and said, "Peace be upon you, O Muhammad." He replied, "And upon you." The Jew said, "You claim that in Paradise there is food, drink, and spouses." The Prophet (pbuh) said, "Yes. Do you believe in the tree of musk?" He said, "Yes." He asked, "And do you find it in your Book?" He said, "Yes." He said, "Indeed, urine and major ritual impurity are sweat that flows from beneath the locks of their hair to their feet as musk."

18746 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: It was said: "O Messenger of Allah, shall we have intimacy with our wives in Paradise as we have intimacy with them in this world?" He (pbuh) said: "By Him in Whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad, a man shall have intimacy in a single morning with a hundred virgins."

18747 - And from Abu Umama, he said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) was asked: 'Will the people of Paradise engage in sexual intercourse?' He replied: 'Yes, with a male organ that does not tire, and a desire that does not cease, thrusting, thrusting.'"

18748 - And in a narration: "But there is no semen and no death."

18749 - And in a narration: Do the people of Paradise engage in sexual intercourse? He (pbuh) said: "Yes, and they eat and drink."

18750 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Prophet (pbuh) was asked: "Will the people of Paradise have intercourse with their spouses?" He said: "Yes, with a male organ that never tires, a female organ that is never hidden, and a desire that never ceases." Narrated by al-Bazzar.

18751 - And in a narration with him, and with al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Saghir and al-Awsat, he said: It was said: "O Messenger of Allah (pbuh), shall we have intimate relations with our wives in Paradise?" He replied: "Yes, by the One in Whose Hand is my soul, a man will indeed have intimate relations with a hundred virgins in a single day."

18752 - And on the authority of Anas, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "The servant will be married in Paradise to seventy wives." It was asked: "O Messenger of Allah, will he be able to bear that?" He replied: "He shall be given the strength of a hundred."

And on the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "When the people of Paradise have intercourse with their wives, they return to being virgins."

18754 - On the authority of Sa'id ibn 'Amir ibn Hidyam, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "If a woman from among the women of the people of Paradise were to look down [upon the people of the earth], she would fill the earth with the fragrance of musk, and she would eclipse the light of the sun and the moon."

18755 - And on the authority of Umm Salama, the wife of the Prophet (pbuh), she said: I said: O Messenger of Allah, inform me regarding the saying of Allah - the Mighty and Majestic -: "Hoor 'Ayn". He said: "Hoor: white-complexioned; 'Ayn: large-eyed. The eyelashes of the Hooriya are as long as the wing of an eagle." I said: O Messenger of Allah, so inform me regarding the saying of Allah - the Mighty and Majestic -: {As if they were rubies and coral} [Ar-Rahman: 58]. He said: "Their purity is like the purity of the pearl that is inside the shells, which hands have not touched." I said: O Messenger of Allah, so inform me regarding the saying of Allah: {In them are good and beautiful ones} [Ar-Rahman: 70]. He said: "Good in character, beautiful in faces." She said: I said: O Messenger of Allah, so inform me regarding the saying of the Exalted: {As if they were well-protected eggs} [As-Saffat: 49]. He said: "Their delicateness is like the delicateness of the membrane that is inside the egg, which adheres to the shell." I said: O Messenger of Allah, so inform me regarding His saying: {Devoted and of equal age} [Al-Waqi'ah: 37]. He said: "They are those who were taken away in the abode of this world as old women, bleary-eyed and gray-haired; Allah recreated them after old age and made them virgins." He said: "'Uruban: passionately loving and beloved; Atraban: born of the same age." I said: O Messenger of Allah, are the women of this world superior or the Hoor 'Ayn? He said: "The women of this world are superior to the Hoor 'Ayn just as the outer fabric of a garment is superior to its lining." I said: O Messenger of Allah, and why is that? He said: "By their prayer and their fasting for Allah - the Mighty and Majestic. Allah - the Mighty and Majestic - has clothed their faces with light and their bodies with silk. They are white of complexion, with green garments and yellow jewelry. Their censers are of pearl and their combs are of gold. They say: 'Behold, we are the eternal ones and we shall never die; behold, we are the ones in bliss and we shall never be miserable; behold, we are the ones who stay and we shall never depart; behold, we are the well-pleased and we shall never be angry. Glad tidings to the one for whom we are and who is for us.'" I said: A woman among us may marry two, three, or four husbands in the world, then she dies and enters Paradise and they enter with her; which of them will be her husband? He said: "O Umm Salama, she will be given a choice and she will choose the one with the best character." He said: "So she says: 'O my Lord, this one was the best of them in character with me in the abode of the world, so marry me to him.' O Umm Salama, good character has taken the good of this world and the Hereafter."

18756 - And on the authority of Anas bin Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) narrated to me, saying: Gabriel (peace be upon him) narrated to me, saying: "A man enters upon a fair maiden of Paradise (huriyyah), and she receives him with an embrace and a handshake." The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "With what fingers she reaches out to him! If but a portion of her fingertips appeared, its light would overcome the light of the sun and the moon. And if a single strand of her hair appeared, its sweet fragrance would fill all that is between the East and the West. While he is reclining with her upon a couch, a light shines upon him from above, and he thinks that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has looked upon His creation. Then, behold, a huriyyah calls out to him: 'O ally of Allah, do we not have a turn with you?' He asks: 'Who are you, O lady?' She replies: 'I am among those of whom Allah the Exalted said: {And with Us is more}.' So he moves to her, and finds her possessing beauty and perfection that the first did not have. While he is reclining with her upon his couch, a light shines upon him from above, and behold, another huriyyah calls out to him: 'O ally of Allah, do we not have a turn with you?' He asks: 'And who are you?' She replies: 'I am among those of whom Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said: {And no soul knows what has been hidden for them of comfort for eyes as reward for what they used to do}.' Thus, he continues to move from wife to wife."

18757 - And on the authority of Anas bin Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "If a woman from the women of the people of Paradise were to look down upon the earth, she would fill what is between them with fragrance, and she would illuminate what is between them, and her crown upon her head is better than the world and all that it contains."

18758 - And on the authority of Ibn Mas'ud, who said: Indeed, the woman from among the Hur al-'In (the fair maidens of Paradise), the marrow of her shin is visible through the flesh and the bone from beneath seventy garments, just as red drink is seen through a white glass vessel.

And from Abu Umamah, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "There is no servant who enters Paradise except that at his head and at his feet are two of the wide-eyed maidens, singing with the most beautiful voice ever heard by mankind and jinn; it is not with the flutes of Satan, but rather with the praise and sanctification of Allah."

18760 - And on the authority of Ibn ‘Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: “Indeed, the spouses of Paradise shall sing to their husbands with the most beautiful voices anyone has ever heard. Among what they sing is: ‘We are the good and beautiful ones, the spouses of a noble people, looking with the delight of the eyes.’ And among what they sing is: ‘We are the eternal who shall never die; we are the secure who shall never fear; we are the permanent who shall never depart.’”

And from Anas bin Malik: That the Prophet (pbuh) said: "Indeed, the Houri in Paradise sing, saying: 'We are the beautiful Houri, we have been gifted to noble spouses.'"

18762 - And on the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), who said: "Indeed, a man shall recline in Paradise for seventy years before he turns. Then his wife will come to him [and strike his shoulders]; he will see his face in her cheek, clearer than a mirror. Verily, the least pearl upon her illuminates what is between the East and the West. She will greet him with peace, and he will return the greeting. He will ask her: 'Who are you?' She will reply: 'I am from the Increase.' She will be wearing seventy garments, the least of them like the anemone of Tuba. His sight will penetrate them until he sees the marrow of her shin from behind that. She will be wearing crowns, the least pearl of which illuminates what is between the East and the West."

18763 - And on the authority of Abu Umama, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Allah created the Hur al-'Ayn from saffron."

18764 - On the authority of Aisha: that an old woman from the Ansar came to the Prophet (pbuh) and said, "O Messenger of Allah, supplicate to Allah to admit me into Paradise." The Prophet of Allah (pbuh) said, "Indeed, an old woman shall not enter Paradise." Then the Prophet of Allah (pbuh) went and prayed, then returned to Aisha. Aisha said, "I have experienced hardship and distress from your words." The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) then said, "That is indeed the case; for when Allah admits them into Paradise, He transforms them into virgins."

On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Paradise consists of one hundred levels; the distance between every two levels is a journey of five hundred years."

18766 - On the authority of Abu Malik al-Ash'ari, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Verily, in Paradise there are chambers whose outside can be seen from their inside, and whose inside can be seen from their outside; Allah has prepared them for those who provide food, speak gently, fast consistently, and pray while the people are sleeping."

18767 - And on the authority of Abdullah bin Amr: That the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, in Paradise there is a chamber whose outside is seen from its inside, and its inside is seen from its outside." Abu Musa al-Ash'ari said: "For whom is it, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "For those who speak kindly, provide food, and spend the night standing in prayer for Allah while the people are asleep."

18768 - From Ibn 'Umar, who said: "A man came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) to ask him, and the Prophet (pbuh) said to him: 'Ask and seek to understand.' He said: 'O Messenger of Allah, you have been favored over us in forms, colors, and prophethood. Do you see that if I believe in the like of what you believe in and act in the like of how you act, I shall be with you in Paradise?' He said: 'Yes.' Then the Prophet (pbuh) said: 'By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, the radiance of the black person shall be seen in Paradise from a distance of a thousand years.' Then the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'Whoever says: "There is no deity but Allah," a covenant with Allah is recorded for him thereby. And whoever says: "Glory be to Allah and by His praise," one hundred and twenty-four thousand good deeds are recorded for him thereby.' A man said: 'How could we perish after this, O Messenger of Allah?' The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'Indeed, a man will come on the Day of Resurrection with deeds that, were they placed upon a mountain, would weigh it down. Then one blessing from among the blessings of Allah will stand and nearly exhaust all of that, unless Allah bestows His grace through His mercy. And [this Surah] was revealed: "Has there come upon man a period of time when he was not a thing mentioned," until His saying: "...bliss and a great kingdom."' The Abyssinian said: 'And will my eyes indeed see your eyes in Paradise?' The Prophet (pbuh) said: 'Yes.' So the Abyssinian wept intensely until his soul passed away. Ibn 'Umar said: 'I saw the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) lowering him into his grave with his own hand.'"

18769 - On the authority of Imran bin Husayn and Abu Hurayrah, who both said: The Prophet (pbuh) was asked about the saying of Allah the Exalted: "And pleasant dwellings in gardens of perpetual residence" [At-Tawbah: 72]. He said: "A palace in Paradise made of a pearl, in which there are seventy houses of red ruby, in every house seventy rooms of green emerald, in every room seventy beds, on every bed seventy mattresses of every color, on every mattress a woman, in every room seventy tables, on every table seventy kinds of food, in every room seventy male and female servants; and the believer will be given such strength that he may visit all of that in a single morning."

18770 - On the authority of Anas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "When the people of Paradise enter Paradise, they will long for their brothers. Then the couch of this one will come until it aligns with the couch of that one, so that they may converse. This one will weep and that one will weep, and they will converse about what they were in during the worldly life. One of them will say to his companion: O so-and-so, do you know on which day Allah forgave us? It was the day we were in such-and-such a place, where we supplicated and Allah forgave us."

On the authority of Anas bin Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Gabriel (peace be upon him) came to me with a white mirror in his hand, in which there was a black speck. I said: 'What is this, O Gabriel?' He replied: 'This is Friday, which your Lord presents to you to be a festival for you and for your people after you. You shall be first, and the Jews and Christians shall follow you.' He asked: 'What is there for us in it?' He replied: 'There is good for you in it; in it there is an hour wherein if anyone supplicates his Lord for a good that is allotted for him, He will surely grant it to him, and if it is not allotted for him, He stores up for him something even greater than it. Or if he seeks refuge in it from an evil that is decreed, He will surely grant him refuge from something even greater than it.' I asked: 'What is this black speck in it?' He replied: 'This is the Hour (of Resurrection), which will occur on Friday. It is the master of days to us, and in the Hereafter, we call it the Day of Increase.'" He said: "I asked: 'Why do you call it the Day of Increase?' He replied: 'Indeed, your Lord - the Mighty and Majestic - has taken a vast valley in Paradise of white musk. When it is Friday, He descends - the Transcendent - from the Illiyyun upon His Throne until the Throne is surrounded by pulpits of light. Then the Prophets come and sit upon them. Then the pulpits are surrounded by seats of gold, and the truthful and the martyrs come and sit upon them. Then the people of Paradise come and sit upon the dune. Then He - the Transcendent - manifests Himself to them so they may look upon His Face, and He says: "I am the One Who fulfilled My promise to you and perfected My favor upon you; this is the abode of My honor, so ask of Me." They will ask Him for His pleasure, and Allah - the Mighty and Majestic - will say: "My pleasure has settled you in My abode and granted you My honor, so ask of Me." They will ask Him until their desires are exhausted. At that point, He will open for them what no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no heart of a human has ever conceived, for the duration of the time people depart from the Friday prayer. Then He - the Transcendent - ascends on His Throne, and the martyrs and the truthful ascend with Him.' I think he said: 'And the people of the chambers return to their chambers—a white pearl with no fracture or crack, or a red ruby, or a green emerald. Its chambers and doors are well-ordered, its rivers flow through it, its fruits hang low, and its spouses and servants are therein. They are not in need of anything more than they are of Friday, so they may increase in honor and increase in looking upon His Face - the Transcendent - and for that reason, it is called the Day of Increase.'"

And on the authority of Hudhayfah—meaning Ibn al-Yaman—who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Jibril (pbuh) came to me with something like a mirror in his palm, in the middle of which was a black speck. I said: 'O Jibril, what is this?' He said: 'This is the world, its clarity and its beauty.' I said: 'What is this black speck?' He said: 'This is Friday.' I said: 'And what is the day of Friday?' He said: 'A great day among the days of your Lord,' and he mentioned its honor, its merit, and its name in the Hereafter. For when Allah has settled the people of Paradise in Paradise and the people of Hell in Hell, and there is neither night nor day there—yet Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, knows the measure of those hours—when it is Friday at the time when the people of Friday used to go out to their Friday prayer, a caller will announce: 'O people of Paradise, go out to the Abode of Increase.' They will then go out to dunes of musk." Hudhayfah said: "By Allah, it is whiter than your flour." "Then the youths of the Prophets will come out upon pulpits of light, and the youths of the believers will come out with chairs of ruby. When they have sat down and the people have taken their places, Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, will send a wind called al-Muthirah (the Stirrer), which will stir the white musk over them, causing it to enter their garments and emerge from their collars. No one is more familiar with that perfume than the wife of one of you would be if the perfume of all the people of the world were given to her. Then Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, will say: 'Where are My servants who obeyed Me in the unseen and believed My messengers? This is the Day of Increase.' They will all agree upon a single word: 'We are indeed pleased, so be pleased with us.' He will reply to them by saying: 'O people of Paradise, had I not been pleased with you, I would not have settled you in My Paradise. This is the Day of Increase, so ask of Me.' They will agree upon a single word: 'Show us Your Face that we may look upon it.'" He said: "Then Allah, the Exalted and Sublime, will reveal the veils and manifest Himself to them, and His light will envelop them. Had Allah not decreed that they should not die, they would have been burned. Then it will be said to them: 'Return to your dwellings.' They will return, having become unrecognizable to their wives, and their wives to them, because of the light of His, the Sublime, that enveloped them. The light will continue to settle until they return to their original state or to the dwellings they were in. Their wives will say to them: 'You left us with one appearance and returned to us with another.' They will say: 'Our Lord, the Mighty and Sublime, manifested Himself to us, and we gazed upon that which made us unrecognizable to you.'" He said: "They alternate within the musk and bliss of Paradise every seven days."

18773 - And on the authority of Jabir, who said: "When the people of Paradise enter Paradise, Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, says: 'O My servants, do you ask of Me anything so that I may increase you?' They say: 'O our Lord, what is better than what You have given us?' He says: 'My pleasure is greater.'" He attributed it to the Prophet (pbuh).

18774 - On the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, those who love one another for the sake of Allah, their chambers in Paradise will be seen like the rising star in the east or the west. It will be asked: 'Who are these?' and it will be said: 'These are those who loved one another for the sake of Allah - the Mighty and Sublime -.'"

18775 - On the authority of Jubayr ibn Mut'im, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever says: 'Glory be to Allah and with His praise, Glory be to You, O Allah, and with Your praise, I bear witness that there is no deity except You, I seek Your forgiveness and I turn to You in repentance,' and says it in a gathering of remembrance, it would be like a seal imprinted upon it; and whoever says it in a gathering of idle talk, it would be an expiation for him."

18776 - And in a narration: "The expiation of the gathering is that one does not rise until he says: 'Glory be to You, O Allah, and with Your praise; there is no deity except You; relent toward me and forgive me,' saying it three times. If it was a gathering of idle talk, it serves as an expiation for it, and if it was a gathering of remembrance, it serves as a seal upon it."