Ahadith

Ibn Umar relates that the Holy Prophet said: O ye party of women, give alms and be diligent in seeking forgiveness for I have seen you forming the majority among the dwellers of the Fire. One of the women asked him: What is the cause of our being the majority among the dwellers of the Fire? He answered: You are too ready to condemn and you are ungrateful to" your husbands and despite your deficiency in intelligence and matters of faith you are the greatest cause of destroying the intelligence of a man. The women asked him: What is the deficiency in intelligence and matters of faith that we suffer from? He answered: The evidence of two women is equal to that of one man and a woman cannot partake in Prayer during her monthly days (Muslim).

Jabir relates that the Hoty Prophet said that the dwellers of Paradise will eat and drink but will not have to answer the call of nature or to" blow their noses or to pass water. Their food will be digested resulting only in a belch smelling of musk. They will be taught glorification of Allah and proclaiming His Greatness as you are taught breathing (Muslim).

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: Allah, the Exalted, says: I have prepared for my righteous servants that which the eye has not seen and the ear has not heard and the mind of man has not conceived. If you wish you might recall: No one knows what bliss is kept hidden from them (32. 18). (Bokhari and Muslim).

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: The first group that enters Paradise will‘be like the full moon and those who follow them will be like a very bright planet in the sky. They will not be in need of passing water or of answering the call of nature or of spitting or of blowing their noses. Their combs will be of gold and their perspiration will be like musk. Their fireplaces will send forth the fragrance of aloes. Their consorts will be beautiful large-eyed maidens. They will all be equally well behaved, their features like their father Adam and in height like him rising sixty arms length towards the sky (Bokhari and Muslim). Another version is: Their vessels will be of gold, their perspiration will be like musk, every one of them will have two consorts whose beauty will be such that their marrow will be visible through their flesh, there will be no differences or ill-will between them, they will all be single-minded glorifying Allah, morn and eve.

Mughirah ibn Shu'bah relates that the Holy Prophet said: Moses asked his Lord: Who will be of the lowest rank in Paradise? He was told: It will be a man who will arrive when the dwellers of Paradise have all entered Paradise. He will be told: Enter into Paradise. But he will say: How shall I enter, Lord, when everyone has settled in his place and has appropriated whatever has been allotted to him? He will be asked: Will you. be satisfied if you have a kingdom like the kingdoms of the monarchs of the world? He will say: I will be content, Lord. He will be told: You have such and its like, and its like, and its like. At the mention of the fifth he will say: Lord, 1am content; and will be told: That is for you and ten times more. You will have whatever your soul desires and the delight of your eyes. He will say: Lord, I am satisfied. Moses said: Who will be of the highest rank in Paradise? Allah will say: Those will be the ones whom I shall have exalted with my own hands and whose rank I shall attest with my seal. No eye has seen, no ear has heard and the mind of no man has conceived of their status (Muslim).

Ibn Mas‘ud relates that the Holy Prophet said: I know of the coming out of the Fire of its last dweller or the last one to enter Paradise. It will be a man who will emerge from the Fire crawling on all fours. Allah, the Lord of honour and glory, will say to him: Go and enter Paradise. He will go to Paradise and it will seem to him that it is full. So he will turn back and will say: Lord, I have found it full. Allah will say: Go and enter Paradise. He will again go and will imagine that it is full. He will go back and say: Lord, I have found it full. Allah will say: Go and enter Paradise. You have the equal of the" whole world and ten times more like it (or: you have ten times the like of the world). He will say: Dost Thou mock me and laugh at me and Thou art the King? Ibn Mas‘ud relates: At this I saw the Holy Prophet laugh till his back teeth could be seen and he was saying: Such will be the last of the dwellers of Paradise (Bokhari and Muslim).

Abu Musa relates that the Holy Prophet said: A believer will have a tent in Paradise hollowed out of a single pearl of which the length will be seventy miles in heaven. The believer will have his family with him, he will go about in it and one of them will not be able to see another (Bokhari and Muslim).

Abu Sa‘id Khudri relates that the Holy Prophet said: There is a tree in Paradise under which a rider of a fast pony will not be able to traverse the distdnce between one end and the other in a hundred years (Bokhari and Muslim).

Abu Sa‘id Khudri relates that the Holy Prophet said: The dwellers of Paradise will look at the mansions of those above them as you look at the bright distant planets in the eastern and western horizon. Such will be the differences in their ranks. He was asked: Messenger of Allah, will these be the mansions of the Prophets which no one else will be able to reach? He said: Yes indeed, but by Him in Whose hands is my soul there will also be those who had faith in Allah and affirmed the righteousness of the Prophets (Bokhari and Muslim).

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: A space in Paradise equal to the distance between the two ends of a bow would be better than all that upon which the sun rises and sets (Bokhari and Muslim).