I recently read that men would get 70 wives in paradise.Is that true?
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I
recently read that men would get 70 wives in paradise.Is that true?or are they
70 slaves which they will get for their wives?
And if
they are 70 wives why is it so?why not 1 wife who gave so many sacrifices for
him in this world?Jazakallah.
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Paradise
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and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear
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witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His
Messengers.
Your
Question: ….I recently read that men would get 70 wives in paradise.Is that
true?
Dear and beloved Sister in Islam, what exactly will happen
after one’s death, in the grave, on the Day of Judgment, in Hell Fire or in
Paradise, etc….are all events and information of the ‘unseen’; and without an
iota of a doubt, none possesses the knowledge of the ‘unseen’ except the
All-Knowing, All-Wise Lord Who Created.
Thus for any information regarding the ‘unseen’ the
believers are only to believe with absolute conviction in what the Lord has
Declared in Truth in His Glorious Quran; and what the Lord Most Majestic chose
to make known to His Last and Final Messenger (saws), who in turn informed the
believers about it.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 25 Surah Furqan verses 15-16:
Ask them, “Is this (the Fire) better, or the
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 32 Surah Sajdah verse 17:
No living being knows
what comfort of the eyes has been kept hidden from them (in
Sahih Al-Bukhari
Hadith 4.467 Narrated by Abu
Huraira
Allah's Messenger
(saws) said, "Allah, The High and Exalted He is, said, 'I have prepared
for My pious slaves (men and women) things (in Paradise) which have never been
seen by an eye, or heard by an ear, or imagined by a human being.'
Allah
has promised the fortunate dwellers of
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 50 Surah Qaaf verse 35:
There they (the men and women of
Your
Question (again): ….I recently read that men would get 70 wives in paradise.Is
that true?
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 5648 Narrated by Abu Sa'id
Allah's Messenger (saws) said, "The
lowliest of the inhabitants of Paradise will be he who has eighty thousand
servants, seventy-two wives, and for whom a round pavilion of
pearls, chrysoprase and rubies as large
as the distance between al-Jabiyah and San'a will be set up. Those who are to
go to Paradise, who die whether young or old, will come into
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 3834 Narrated by
Al-Miqdam ibn Ma'dikarib
Allah's Messenger (saws) said, "The
martyr receives six good things from Allah: he is forgiven at the first
shedding of his blood; he is shown his abode in Paradise; he is preserved from
the punishment in the grave; he is kept safe from the greatest terror; he has
placed on his head the crown of honour, a ruby of which is better than the
world and what it contains; he is married to seventy-two wives of the maidens
with large dark eyes; and is made intercessor for seventy of his
relatives."
The Messenger of Allah (saws) did indeed make it known
that each person will have seventy-two righteous and pious wives provided for
them by their Lord Most Gracious in the Realms of Paradise.
Your
Question: …..And if they are 70 wives why is it so?why not 1 wife who gave so
many sacrifices for him in this world?
Why the Lord Willed to provide multiple mansions and not
one for each fortunate dweller of Paradise….why canals of milk, and honey, and
natural springs and why not tubes, or wells, or oceans…..and why fruits and
flesh of animals and not nuts and berries….and why seventy-two pure and
righteous wives and not only one, etc….are the Determinations of the Lord Most
Wise, Most Supreme Alone!
Without an iota of a doubt, the married couple amongst the
believers who lived their lives on this earth in the obedience and awe of Allah
Subhanah and both were fortunate enough to enter Paradise, the Lord Most High,
Most Merciful will re-unite the pious couple in
The
nature granted by Allah to women is not the same that was granted to men.
Unlike men, a woman is not polygamous by nature. The things that a woman desires most from her
husband is that he love her, cherish
her, honor her, respect her, and treat her like a queen. And every woman also has the desire to be the
most beautiful of all!
Thus,
of all the heavenly wives of the righteous men of
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 32 Surah Sajdah verse 17:
No living being knows
what comfort of the eyes has been kept hidden from them, as a recompense for their (righteous) deeds!
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is
the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister