The good things of Islam's paradise are reserved for the men. If any woman believes to the contrary, please submit your findings for verification. Meanwhile, I begin the count down of the blessings of paradise. All who believe a specific blessing is for the men just say MEN, all who believe it is for the women just say WOMEN.

[center][size=16pt]Houris for Brides[/size][/center]

Top on the list are the voluptuous houris whom we already mentioned but still have a lot to talk about. The Muslim men’s marriage to the houris means that the men would no longer be restricted to mating with earthlings and females of their kind, but would also be having sex with spirit beings. The Muslim women, on the other hand, get to paradise only to be thrown back to the same husbands—either the women told Allah that their present husbands would suffice for their eternal rewards or Allah already concluded that the women have no say in paradise. In any case, Allah in his wisdom, justice and equity neither saw it fit to provide the women with the option of marrying or staying free nor did he provide the women with male equivalents of the seventy houris which he gave the Muslim men; not even one male houri for the seventy he gave the men. Some might begin to wonder whether Allah’s generosity is gender sensitive.

The consequence of this selective treatment is that whether in this life or in the next, Muslim women have no better promises than what they have now for husbands. The men, on the other hand, can look beyond these present Muslim women to more ravishing ethereal females for their eternal consolation. This matrimonial arrangement which is set up exclusively to satisfy the loins of the men at the expense of the women is, in the eyes of some, the glorious pattern that every woman should strive to be a part of. And the women are welcome to abandon their one-man-one-wife marital structure and embrace Islam, so they can be a part of the large harem of females attending to the sensual needs of one man. The women are welcome to even die in defense of Islam so they can be a part of a larger harem in paradise where they would wait in line for the man to be done with his 70 virgins (some say 500) before meeting the Muslim woman’s needs—if he still has any interest left in him after his celestial nuptial circuit. Obviously, these Muslim men are so hot that just having one of them as an eternal companion is worth the price Islam requires any woman to pay to have one for a husband—and you ladies had better believe it because we are told this is the message from God to you.

It is appalling to know that even death could not free the Muslim woman from the grip of a husband whom she wedded when she was probably a child of five or six, (in some cases younger)— just to ensure that she was a virgin bride. The Muslim woman resurrects to continue her services to the same man, who had power over her body on earth to beat her if he felt insecure, and power over her soul to deny her paradise if he felt she had been ungrateful to him:

Men have authority over women because God has made one superior to the other, and because they spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient. They guard their unseen parts because God has guarded them. As for those from whom you fear disobedience, admonish them, forsake them in beds apart, and beat them. (Dawood, Surah 4: 34)

I also saw the Hell-fire and I had never seen such a horrible sight. I saw that most of the inhabitants were women." The people asked, "O Allah's Apostle! Why is it so?" The Prophet replied, "Because of their ungratefulness." It was asked whether they are ungrateful to Allah.

The Prophet said, "They are ungrateful to their companions of life (husbands) and ungrateful to good deeds. If you are benevolent to one of them throughout the life and if she sees anything (undesirable) in you, she will say, 'I have never had any good from you.’ (Sahih Bukhari 2:161)

With the Muslim man wielding so much power over the soul of the woman in the name of religion, who then is really the woman’s Allah? Muhammad confirmed that hell is full of women who were not ungrateful to Allah, yet were sent to hell because their husbands pronounced them ungrateful—that should make sense in a religion where the man has veto power. Muhammad who brought the message did not need to emphasize this aspect of Islam; he knew that the women got the message: the men are calling the shots, so pleasing them is greater than pleasing Allah. Those women who think otherwise will find themselves in hell because their gratitude to Allah would count for nothing—and he (Muhammad) had seen it in a vision.In contrast, Jesus told Martha that listening to him teach was more important than preparing food for him and making him comfortable (Luke 10: 39-42). In Islam it appears that preparing food for the man and making him comfortable is more important for the Muslim woman than her other acts of submission to Allah.
Okay, let’s get back to rewards. This is the contract between Allah and all Muslims:

Surely Allah has bought of the believers their persons and their property for this, that they shall have the garden; they fight in Allah's way, so they slay and are slain; a promise which is binding on Him in the Taurat and the Injeel and the Quran; and who is more faithful to his covenant than Allah? Rejoice therefore in the pledge which you have made; and that is the mighty achievement. (Shakir, Surah 9: 111)

The Quran states that the Muslims sold their lives to Allah to “have the garden.” So, let us stop lying to ourselves and face the truth: the hajj, the jihad, the fasting, the killing, the bombing of rival mosques and sacred places is all about the garden and what it contains. So how is it that on getting to the garden the rewards are not equally distributed among the sexes? I don’t understand how the reward can be different when the requirement for entering paradise is the same for both the Muslim man and woman. Islam emphasizes salvation by works—at least it says so every so often in the Qur’an. If justification is by works then these women have a right to equal expectation as the men. That means, if the justification of the woman’s soul is by her works here on earth, her reward is a debt owed her by Allah:

Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt” (Romans 4:4)

The reward of work done is debt. And where a debt exists, the right to expect the right payment exists. Debt is built on a binding contract in which fair play is expected when the time to pay comes and the payer is not doing the payee a favor when the debt is paid. It is the payee’s right to be paid in full, and in accordance to what payment structure administration has determined for that particular job, irrespective of the gender of the person that performed it. Where the payment structure is deliberately set up to favor a particular gender in spite of the job done, the powers that be in that establishment have been found culpable for both salary and gender discrimination. Should Allah not be greater than such earthly foibles? I had thought the whole concept of paradise was to be delivered from the systems of a world that deliberately enslaved some to nourish the greed of others. How come some are walking away with seventy brides for a reward while others who did same job have nothing to show for it, and are sent back to the same situation in which they lived and died on earth? The man was already hers from earth why is returning her to him a reward to her? Where is the reward that some say is worth dying for? May be there is none for the Muslim woman—same old stuff just a different location. Paradise indeed!

But if it can be proven that, unlike her male counterpart, the Muslim woman did not merit paradise (if she did not work hard enough for it) and that Allah mercifully ferried her across the bridge between hell and paradise while the men went in exclusively on their good works, then the Muslim woman’s reward can be seen as grace and not debt. And in grace her right to expect equal reward is forfeited since grace is at the giver’s discretion:

For to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. (Romans 4:5)

So, my dear Muslim scholars, is Islam’s paradise earned by works done on earth, or it is by grace? If it is by work, why are the rewards not equal for men and women who fought their ways into paradise by the sweat of their brows, overcoming all the obstacles they faced on the bridge which Allah placed over hell? Or does it sound equal to you that two people run a race, one is offered seventy new brides (all virgins) and the other is sent back to her former husband? Let’s move on.

Excerpt from I Speak for the Muslim Woman by James Paul-Magidi

@Sahih_JP: the goods for Islamic paradise are reserved for men and women.

the men part is described as female [houris]. but there are men houris [the husbands], just like zauj is for male and female mates as husbands and wives in marriages, so is houri in paradise.

if you expect how male partners are shaped and presented as in presence in paradise, Allah is not without His measured Perfection; He is the One Who knows what is appropriate, appropriately.

A woman would not mind to hear the description of a female as being with best shape of facial features and elements and the rest of what you think makes a woman a really pretty woman.

but a woman would not want to hear the male elements being described as donkey type and throws out like a horse [check out your bibles of the woman lusting after man in Egypt; almost a roman novel that you expect fabio to be posing for the cover.

Sweetnecta:

@Sahih_JP: the goods for Islamic paradise are reserved for men and women.

the men part is described as female [houris]. [size=18pt]but there are men houris [/size] [the husbands], just like zauj is for male and female mates as husbands and wives in marriages, so is houri in paradise.

Sweetnecta,
Islam accepts the Quran, the Sunnahs and the Hadiths as its scriptures. Can you cite us a reference from the Quran or the hadith to support what you said about the possibility of male houris? We are waiting for the scriptures from which you got that notion.

I think Sahih_JP does know that no man can sleep with more than one woman at a time.
He should know that women can be extreme in sexuality that she sleeps with more than one man at a time.

What Allah then describes of paradise is taking the case of man as the example and refrains the woman in my opinion that there will not be excess as some non muslim women go, ready for whatever as if in a bathhouse.

Every wife is a houri, too for the husband. So is the every husband is a houri for the wife. Houri is not just the houri created and no man and jinn ever touched. A woman who goes to paradise without her earthly husband will have her own newly minted houri of a man/husband.

Every man and woman who end up in paradise is a new creation and it is Allah's Mercy on husband and wife that they are reunited and reestablish what they used to have; making every time the first time feeling for them.

Destination of either in Paradise or Hell is fundamentally based on Belief.
after it, going to paradise is supported by work of good deeds;

both true belief and work of righteous good deeds are elements of MERCY of Allah who made the free will of the believer leans towards proper Aqeedah and her [his] work something that benefit his/her soul. Your work alone without proper belief will earn you only praise, etc on earth and that is enough reward for not having the correct belief. Your correct belief is the primary ingredient, that will lead you to do good deeds for the pleasure of Allah, realizing that you are nothing, needing Him and appreciating the opportunity He gave you.


Peter, your name sake who followed Jesus [as] must have proper belief in the mission of Jesus based on the Injil given to Jesus to preach to the Jews. Peter believed and did good work based on that belief. He will be different than the romans who did good work but did not belief and died on it during the time of Jesus. Since Jesus was not the last messenger to all men, just like Moses was not the last messenger to even the children of israel, we see that the true Paradise is Revealed in the Quran to mankind.

You will agree that it is very rare to find many women wanting to have many husbands [more than one] at a time. If that is not even desired or carried out on earth, even by those freaky sexual pros [pros.titutes], why would you think that it will be desired in heavens?

Did you forget that in the Lord's Prayer of Jesus, it is "done on earth as is done in heaven'', including sex at the end of the day, because Adam was the husband of Eve and sex is part of husband and wife relationship.

But guess what, Jesus promised you christians [since he is your all in all] hundred folds of wives, if you left 1 for him, hundred folds of husbands if your wife left you for him.


READ YOUR BIBLE DAILY.

@Sahih_JP: « #34 on: Today at 07:48:44 PM »
[Quote]Quote from: Sweetnecta on Today at 07:09:07 PM
@Sahih_JP: the goods for Islamic paradise are reserved for men and women.

the men part is described as female [houris]. but there are men houris [the husbands], just like zauj is for male and female mates as husbands and wives in marriages, so is houri in paradise.

Sweetnecta,
Islam accepts the Quran, the Sunnahs and the Hadiths as its scriptures. Can you cite us a reference from the Quran or the hadith to support what you said about the possibility of male houris? We are waiting for the scriptures from which you got that notion.[/Quote]You should have simply goggle this and see that it refers to both sexes. Question; Quran; houris in paradise is also man for the woman of paradise? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hour

[Chapter (Surah) Ad-Dukhan (The Smoke)(44):54]
[Chapter (Surah) Ar-Rahman (The Most Beneficent(55):56]
[Chapter (Surah) At-Tur (The Mount)(52):20]
[Chapter (Surah) Al-Waqi'a (The Event)(56):34-36]


There are also verses regarding both genders explicitly:

God has promised the believers, both men and women (Lit., waalmuminoona (male believers) waalmuminatu (female believers), gardens through which running waters flow, therein to abide, and goodly dwellings in gardens of perpetual bliss: but God's goodly acceptance is the greatest [bliss of all] -for this, this is the triumph supreme! [Chapter (Surah) At-Taubah (The Repentance) (9):72]

As for anyone - be it man or woman [Lit., min (from) thakarin (male) aw (or) ontha (female)][16:97] - who does righteous deeds, and is a believer withal - him shall We most certainly cause to live a good life, and most certainly shall We grant unto such as these their reward in accordance with the best that they ever did. [Chapter (Surah) An-Nahl (The Bee) (16):97


A verse regarding other companionship:

“And, O our Sustainer, bring them into the gardens of perpetual bliss which Thou hast promised them, together with the righteous from among their forebears, and their spouses, and their offspring - for, verily, Thou alone art almighty, truly wise [Chapter (Surah) Ghafir (The Forgiver)(40):8]

. . . Two questions arise:

1- Why does the Qur'an describe the Hur at length but never frankly names them by their genus (jins), "women"? . . .

. . . 2- Why would the Qur'an frequently mention a sexual reward specific to men in Paradise and never its equivalent for women? . . .

www.livingislam.org/fiqhi/fiqha_e18.html

. . . The least one should say is that Allah Most High is perfectly able to reward the men among the faithful with chaste maidens of great beauty in Paradise, just as explicited in the texts and without divestment of meaning; and Allah Most High is perfectly able to reward the women among the faithful with a perfect equivalent left unnamed out of regard for the greater modesty of women . . . .

. . . Saabirah [N N] wrote in a message
[Concerning] the subject of "houris" as you have defined the term.

Surat al-Waqi'ah, ayaat 22 and 23:
"And [with them will be their] companions pure, most beautiful of eye, (23) like unto pearls still hidden in their shells."

I again refer to Muhammad Asad's notes on these ayaat.
"The noun "hur" -- rendered by me as "companions pure" -- is a plural of both ahwar (masc.) and hawra (fem.), either of which describes "a person distinguished by "hawar", which latter term primarily denotes "intense whiteness of the eyeballs and lustrous black of the iris" (Qamus) . . .


www.paklinks.com/gs/, /42181-houri-has-no-specific-gender.html

. . . 3. Meaning of Hoor
The word hoor is actually the plural of ahwar (applicable to man) and of haura (applicable to woman) and signifies a person having eyes characterized by hauar a special quality bestowed upon a good soul, male or female in paradise and it denotes the intense whiteness of the white part of the spiritual eye. . .

. . . 4. Women will get something exceptional in Paradise
Many scholars say that in context, the word hoor used in the Quran refers only to ladies since gents are addressed. A reply that would be accepted by all types of people would rather be the answer given in the Hadith when a similar question was posed that if a man gets a hoor, a beautiful Maiden in Paradise, then what will the women get? The reply was that the women will get that which the heart has not desired for, the ear hasn’t heard off and the eye hasn’t seen, indicating that even the women will get something exceptional in Paradise.

I think Sahih_JP does know that no man can sleep with more than one woman at a time.

I beg to defer. I have heard of strange things not fit for a lady's ears. We live in a corrupt word, and just because you and I have reposed ourselves on teachings that demand that we eschew evil and choose what is right does not mean that the rest of the world have the restrictions to which you allude.

What Allah then describes of paradise is taking the case of man as the example and refrains the woman in my opinion

It is good to have an opinion. However, Islamic ideologies cannot be based on Muslim's opinion. Allah has not called you to express your opinion but to submit to his word.

Every wife is a houri, too for the husband. So is the every husband is a houri for the wife. Houri is not just the houri created and no man and jinn ever touched. A woman who goes to paradise without her earthly husband will have her own newly minted houri of a man/husband.

The definition and the portrayal of the houris is always female:

Houris (Ar. hawra' or huriyyah pl. hur). The female companions, perpetual virgins, of the saved in paradise. They are the symbols of spiritual states of rapture. (Koran 2:23; 3: 14; 4: 60).  (Glasse, Cyril. T[i]he New Encyclopedia of Islam[/i]. NY. Alta Mira P, 2002.)

       The encyclopedia  of Islam defines the houris as females.

“whom no man or jinn has opened their[b] hymens[/b] with intimate intercourse before” (Sura 55:70-77),

       Men have no hymen.

“Therein gardens will be fair wives good and beautiful; Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you deny? Houris restrained in pavilions; (Sura 55: 72)

     The restrain talked about in this sura speaks of a form of purdah or separation which Allah did not prescribe for males. So if they are male houris they cannot be restrained in pavilions. Allah has not prescribe purdah for the male. 


Narrated Abu Huraira:

Allah's Apostle said, "The first batch (of people) who will enter Paradise will be (glittering) like a full moon; and those who will enter next will be (glittering) like the brightest star. Their hearts will be as if the heart of a single man, for they will have no enmity amongst themselves, and everyone of them shall have [b]two wives, each of whom will be so beautiful, pure and transparent that the marrow of the bones of their legs will be seen through the flesh. [/b]They will be glorifying Allah in the morning and evening, and will never fall ill, and they will neither blow their noses, nor spit. Their utensils will be of gold and silver, and their combs will be of gold, and the fuel used in their centers will be the aloes-wood, and their sweat will smell like musk." (Sahih Bukhari 4.54.469)
 
The houris are the beautiful, pure and transparent ladies of paradise. Sahih Bukhari recognized them as wives in this hadith and makes no reference to husbands amongst them. The same line of thought is repeated in yet another hadith by Bukhari:

Volume 4, Book 54, Number 476:

Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "The first batch (of people) who will enter Paradise will be (glittering) like the full moon, and the batch next to them will be (glittering) like the most brilliant star in the sky. Their hearts will be as if the heart of a single man, for they will have neither enmity nor jealousy amongst themselves; everyone will have two wives from the houris, (who will be so beautiful, pure and transparent that) the marrow of the bones of their legs will be seen through the bones and the flesh." (Sahih Bukhari 4.54.476)

Abu Huraira who narrated this hadith was closer to Islam and the prophet of Allah more than any modern Islamic cleric or scholar alive, since Huraira was a companion of the prophet. Yet Huraira never mentioned husbands amongst the houris. The doctrine must have cropped up after the founding fathers of Islam passed on.

"The Prophet Muhammad was heard saying: ‘The smallest reward for the people of paradise is an abode where there are 80,000 servants and 72 wives (houris), over which stands a dome decorated with pearls, aquamarine, and ruby, as wide as the distance from Al-Jabiyyah [a Damascus suburb] to Sana'a [Yemen]’." [Tafsir Ibn Kathir]

Ibn Kathir's version of paradise increased the number of houris to 72. He said all 72 would be wives. He too never recalled hearing of male houris who would be husbands to Muslim women.

I have an interesting article to share with you in my next post, if you would but bear with me.

So you think turning out to be a Houri is bad for women at the end of it all? 

You might also want to contest why God created Adam first and not Eve. 

maclatunji:

So you think turning out to be a Houri is bad for women at the end of it all?

You might also want to contest why God created Adam first and not Eve.

Hi Mac,

Could you please rephrase your first question? because it seems you are of the opinion that women will become houris. Is that the drift? I want to be sure I understand you.

Sahih_JP:

Hi Mac,

Could you please rephrase your first question? because it seems you are of the opinion that women will become houris. Is that the drift? I want to be sure I understand you.

Exactly, by the way are you a Muslim? Are you male or female?

JP and frosbel, my question is still left un answer, check the first page.

olawalebab:

JP and frosbel, my question is still left un answer, check the first page.

I saw those questions, but felt you addressed them to a remark made a specific contributor. May be that person should clarify what prompted you to raise those questions.

no problem, waiting for him before i bring in my view on the matter

the spambot is hiding my response, waiting for it to restored, I will like to share this verse

He it is who has sent down to thee the Book: In it are verses basic (of established meaning); they are the foundation of the Book: others are allegorical. But those in whose hearts is perversity follow the part thereof that is allegorical, seeking discord, and searching for its hidden meanings, but no one knows its hidden meanings except God. And those who are firmly grounded in knowledge say: "We believe in the Book; the whole of it is from our Lord:" and none will grasp the Message except men of understanding.(Sura 3:7[1])

@Sahih_JP: « #38 on: November 09, 2011, 05:34 PM »
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I think Sahih_JP does know that no man can sleep with more than one woman at a time.

I beg to defer. I have heard of strange things not fit for a lady's ears. We live in a corrupt word, and just because you and I have reposed ourselves on teachings that demand that we eschew evil and choose what is right does not mean that the rest of the world have the restrictions to which you allude.[/Quote]every man has one equipment that he can use for the woman. A woman must be in from of the man to be able to use the equipment. The case of the woman is different. The man does not have to be in front of her for her to get the equipment. And she can get the equipment in many ways including orally. You see the different.

For you to say that you eschew evil, but denies what Jesus himself about se.x in heaven just because you can see it clearly in Islam is disingenuous to say the least. If Muslim man has houris and the muslim woman don't have any, at least she has her husband, still, while 100 folds of wives will replace the 1 wife that the Christian man left for Jesus. Ironically, the woman may not have any husband while the man had 100 folds, or does the woman who left 1 husband now gets 100 folds, too? The immorality of this is that it encourages divorce, while the Islam destination does not in this world.



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What Allah then describes of paradise is taking the case of man as the example and refrains the woman in my opinion

It is good to have an opinion. However, Islamic ideologies cannot be based on Muslim's opinion. Allah has not called you to express your opinion but to submit to his word.[/Quote]Opinion is a humble way, islamically of saying I know, because after all we write "Allah Knows Best". We are not arrogant and there is no pride in our statement.

In support of true opinion of muslim, as i have used it, Allah says of the people and their dog in the refuge of the cave in Surah Kahf [Allah knows and people grounded in knowledge], to show that as long as the statement from man is drawn from and in agreement with the Quran. A man who marries 1 wife is correct, just as the one with 2 wives, or the one with 3 wives and the one with 4 wives, but not the one with 1 plus 2 plus 3 plus 4 or the one with 2 times 3 times 4 plus or minus 1 wives or 2 to power 3 to power 4 plus or minus 1 wives.

Further Allah has blessed the muslim community with mercy to be able to think and come up with statement that does not disagree with the Quran and the way of the messenger [as]. What Allah gave to Muhammad [as] specifically without anyone else having that privilege is/are known. And when Allah says it is not fitting for believers to have an opinion when Allah and his messenger [as] have decreed a thing, it simply means no opinion that is not accordant to what has been decreed. Allah says worship Him at night. A worshiper may do it 30 minutes before fajr, while another does it for 2 hours; both of them have opinions, though differ, but agree within the framework of the command to worship after midnight.

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Every wife is a houri, too for the husband. So is the every husband is a houri for the wife. Houri is not just the houri created and no man and jinn ever touched. A woman who goes to paradise without her earthly husband will have her own newly minted houri of a man/husband.

The definition and the portrayal of the houris is always female:

Houris (Ar. hawra' or huriyyah pl. hur). The female companions, perpetual virgins, of the saved in paradise. They are the symbols of spiritual states of rapture. (Koran 2:23; 3: 14; 4: 60). (Glasse, Cyril. The New Encyclopedia of Islam. NY. Alta Mira P, 2002.)

The encyclopedia of Islam defines the houris as females.

“whom no man or jinn has opened their hymens with intimate intercourse before” (Sura 55:70-77),

Men have no hymen.

“Therein gardens will be fair wives good and beautiful; Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you deny? Houris restrained in pavilions; (Sura 55: 72)

The restrain talked about in this sura speaks of a form of purdah or separation which Allah did not prescribe for males. So if they are male houris they cannot be restrained in pavilions. Allah has not prescribe purdah for the male. [/Quote]Nothing in Chapters 2 through 4 speaks about Houris. As a matter of fact, if we use the ruling of marriage on earth as point of reference, we see that a woman is supposed to be a pubescence to qualify for marriage, because the word balagha means reaching age of puberty. What do you think is the minimum age for male to get married, less than puberty or same as female? But man is not even mentioned regarding minimum age. If the issue of marriage is equal, how is the issue of relationship in paradise going to be different, except that paradise is a life of ease?

Verse 70 of Surah 55 said women, not other verses mention women or hymen. Its a shame that this is amplified while you want to sweep 100 folds under the rug.

[Quote]Narrated Abu Huraira:

Allah's Apostle said, "The first batch (of people) who will enter Paradise will be (glittering) like a full moon; and those who will enter next will be (glittering) like the brightest star. Their hearts will be as if the heart of a single man, for they will have no enmity amongst themselves, and everyone of them shall have two wives, each of whom will be so beautiful, pure and transparent that the marrow of the bones of their legs will be seen through the flesh. They will be glorifying Allah in the morning and evening, and will never fall ill, and they will neither blow their noses, nor spit. Their utensils will be of gold and silver, and their combs will be of gold, and the fuel used in their centers will be the aloes-wood, and their sweat will smell like musk." (Sahih Bukhari 4.54.469)

The houris are the beautiful, pure and transparent ladies of paradise. Sahih Bukhari recognized them as wives in this hadith and makes no reference to husbands amongst them. The same line of thought is repeated in yet another hadith by Bukhari:

Volume 4, Book 54, Number 476:

Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "The first batch (of people) who will enter Paradise will be (glittering) like the full moon, and the batch next to them will be (glittering) like the most brilliant star in the sky. Their hearts will be as if the heart of a single man, for they will have neither enmity nor jealousy amongst themselves; everyone will have two wives from the houris, (who will be so beautiful, pure and transparent that) the marrow of the bones of their legs will be seen through the bones and the flesh." (Sahih Bukhari 4.54.476)

Abu Huraira who narrated this hadith was closer to Islam and the prophet of Allah more than any modern Islamic cleric or scholar alive, since Huraira was a companion of the prophet. Yet Huraira never mentioned husbands amongst the houris. The doctrine must have cropped up after the founding fathers of Islam passed on.[/Quote]Founding fathers of Islam includes Adam, Enoch, Noah, Ibrahim the father of true faith {as to all], etc and then it is completed on Muhammad [as], in the company of his companions [as]. It is true that the companions are closer to the messenger. But the messenger [as] knowing that knowledge is unlimited to his generation stated in his last sermon that the companions should spread what he said, that day and definitely Islam around the world, because those who were not there on that greatest hajj may hear in later generations, like right now, and understand what was said that day, even in more finite details.

For example, it has be discovered now the time of Fajr in a big city like New York, without having to gaze at the mountain that is not there in the middle of no where with the neon light lightening up the places, including the sky. This discovery saves a fasting person from having to erroneously put a black thread and white thread together, without the other variables considered, including thickness and the intensity of the whiteness or blackness of the threads. You see the benefit of knowledge, allowing us to know that when a man says women, the woman will definitely say men when she repeats the same statement. Or there will not be any woman in Islamic paradise, since you are the spoke man for them?




[Quote]"The Prophet Muhammad was heard saying: ‘The smallest reward for the people of paradise is an abode where there are 80,000 servants and 72 wives (houris), over which stands a dome decorated with pearls, aquamarine, and ruby, as wide as the distance from Al-Jabiyyah [a Damascus suburb] to Sana'a [Yemen]’." [Tafsir Ibn Kathir]

Ibn Kathir's version of paradise increased the number of houris to 72. He said all 72 would be wives. He too never recalled hearing of male houris who would be husbands to Muslim women.[/Quote]I will be a houri to my wife, because I am her Zauj, right now. If she wants 72 of me, then Allah will provide me to be her 72. Ise/ [the amin of bini people].Allah is capable.

@Sweetnecta

[size=14pt]Read what a fellow Muslim wrote and tell me if he shares your belief that there are male houris. Go through his entire article and tell me one surah or hadith that support your view of houris as men or husbands. Since mere mortals can't get the message across to you, I have decided to invite a Muslim scholar to try.[/size]

I will be a houri to my wife, because I am her Zauj, right now. If she wants 72 of me, then Allah will provide me to be her 72. Ise/ [the amin of bini people].Allah is capable. [/qoute]

Hoors (hoor Al-ayn/hurs)* of Jannah (paradise) in Light of the Holy Quran and Hadiths
Praise be to Allah (Subhaanahu Wa' Ta’aalaa);

Intoduction to hoors of Jannah (Paradise):


*Definition of Houris (also called: hoor al-Ayn/hur ul-Ayn/hoors/hurs) from Noble Quran:

"Very fair females created by Allah as such not from the off-spring of Adam, with intense black irises of their eyes and intense white scleras". [Noble Quran; Glossary; Houris]

The Houris (hoors/hoor al-Ayn) have variously been described as being "chaste females", "restraining their glances", "modest gaze", "wide and beautiful/lovely eyes", "untouched / with hymen unbroken by intimate intercourse", "like pearls", "virgins", "voluptuous/full-breasted", "with large, "non-menstruating/urinating/defecating and childfree", round bosoms which are not inclined to hang", "companions of equal age", "transparent to the marrow of their bones", "eternally young", "hairless" , "pure", "beautiful", "white", "revirginating", "splendid beauty".

Now you can read some verses of the Holy Quran mentioning the attributes of Houris (Hoor al-ayn/Hurs):

"And with them will be chaste females, restraining their glances (desiring none except their husbands), with wide and beautiful eyes; (Delicate and pure) as if they were (hidden) eggs (well) preserved." [Sura As-Sâffât (37):40-48]

"And beside them will be chaste females (virgins) restraining their glances only for their husbands, (and) of equal ages." [Sura Sâd (38):52]

"So (it will be), and We shall marry them to Houris (female fair ones) with wide, lovely eyes." [Sura Ad-Dukhân (44):51-55]

"They will recline (with ease) on thrones arranged in ranks. And We shall marry them to Houris (female, fair ones) with wide lovely eyes." [Sura At-Tûr (52):20]

"Wherein both (gardens) will be those (maidens) restraining their glances upon their husbands, whom no man or jinn yatmithhunna (has opened their hymens with intimate intercourse) before them. Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinns and men) deny? (In beauty) they are like rubies and coral." [Sura Ar-Rahmân (55):56-58]

"Therein (gardens) will be fair (wives) good and beautiful; , Houris (beautiful, fair females) restrained in pavilions; , Whom no man or jinn yatmithhunna (has opened their hymens with intimate intercourse) before them." [Sura Ar-Rahmân (55):70,72,74]

"And (there will be) Houris (fair females) with wide, lovely eyes (as wives for the pious), Like unto preserved pearls." [Sura Al-Wâqi'ah (56):22-23]

Verily, We have created them (maidens) of special creation. And made them virgins; Loving (their husbands only), equal in age. [Sura Al-Wâqi'ah (56):37-40]

And young full-breasted (mature) maidens of equal age; [Sura An-Naba' (78):33]

Now you can read some Hadiths regarding the attributes of Houris (Hur ul-ayn/Hoors):


Allâh (SWT) says in the Holy Quran:

"Houris (beautiful, fair females) restrained in pavilions

, With Whom no man or jinn "yatmithhunna" (has opened their hymens with intimate intercourse) before them." [Sura Ar-Rahmân (55):72,74]

"The statement of Allah in above mentioned ayah, Beautiful fair females restrained in pavilions. Narrated Qaisi, Allah’s Apostle said, ‘In Paradise there is a pavilion made of a single hollow pearl sixty miles wide, in each corner there are wives (houris) who will not see those in the other corners; and the believers (Muslims) will visit and enjoy them.’" [Al-Bukhari vol.6:402 and prior p.374]

According to Ibn Kathir (died 1373 CE) in his Holy Quranic commentary (Tafsir) of the above mentioned Surah Al-Rahman (55), verse 72: "The Prophet Muhammad was heard saying: ‘The smallest reward for the people of paradise is an abode where there are 80,000 servants and 72 wives (houris), over which stands a dome decorated with pearls, aquamarine, and ruby, as wide as the distance from Al-Jabiyyah [a Damascus suburb] to Sana'a [Yemen]’." [Tafsir Ibn Kathir]

The Prophet (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) said, "If a houri looks down from her abode in heaven onto the earth, the whole distance (space) shall be filled with light and fragrance. A houri's face is more radiant than a mirror, and one can see one's image in her cheek. The marrow of her shins is visible to the eyes." [Mishkat, volume 3,pg 83-97]

Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "The first batch (of people) who will enter Paradise will be (glittering) like the full moon, and the batch next to them will be (glittering) like the most brilliant star in the sky. Their hearts will be as if the heart of a single man, for they will have neither enmity nor jealousy amongst themselves; everyone will have two wives from the houris, (who will be so beautiful, pure and transparent that) the marrow of the bones of their legs will be seen through the bones and the flesh." [Al-Bukhari vol.4, book 54, number 476]

Narrated Anas (R.A.): The Prophet (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) said, "A single endeavor (of fighting) in Allah's Cause in the afternoon or in the forenoon is better than all the world and whatever is in it. A place in Paradise as small as the bow or lash of one of you is better than all the world and whatever is in it. And if a houri from Paradise appeared to the people of the earth, she would fill the space between Heaven and the Earth with light and pleasant scent and her head cover is better than the world and whatever is in it." [Al-Bukhari volume 4, book 52, number 53]

Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "The first group of people who will enter Paradise, will be glittering like the full moon and those who will follow them, will glitter like the most brilliant star in the sky. They will not urinate, relieve nature, spit, or have any nasal secretions. Their combs will be of gold, and their sweat will smell like musk. The aloes-wood will be used in their centers. Their wives will be houris. All of them will look alike and will resemble their father Adam (in statute), sixty cubits tall." [Al-Bukhari vol.4, book 55, number 544]

The Prophet (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) said: "A houri is a most beautiful young woman with a transparent body. The marrow of her bones is visible like the interior lines of pearls and rubies. She looks like red wine in a white glass. She is of white color, and free from the routine physical disabilities of an ordinary woman such as menstruation, menopause, urinal and offal discharge, child bearing and the related pollution. A houri is a girl of tender age, having large bosoms which are round (pointed), and not inclined to dangle. Houris dwell in palaces of splendid surroundings." [At-Tirmizi, volume 2, pg 35-40]

In book by the great Imam Ghazzali: Ihya Uloom Ed-Din. Volume 4, Page-4.430;

"According to Prophet Muhammad (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) the Hurs (Houris) of Paradise will be pure women—free of menstruation, urine, stool, cough and children. The Hurs will sing in Paradise on divine purity and praise—we are most beautiful Hurs and we are for the honored husbands. Muhammad also said that an inmate of Paradise will have the intimate strength of 70 men. Muhammad said, "An inmate of Paradise will have 500 Hurs, 4,000 unmarried women and 8,000 widowed women. Each of them will keep embracing him for the duration of his whole worldly life."

Volume 4, Page-4.428 of the same book: The Prophet Muhammad (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) said once to Jaber: "Shall I not give you the news of the windows of Paradise ? We said: 0 Messenger of God give us that information. He said: Those are made of emeralds and jewels. Their inner parts will be seen from their outer parts. Therein there will be such enjoyments, amusements and joys as no eye has seen, no ear has heard and no heart has conceived. I said: 0 Messenger of God, who will be the owners of those windows? He said: Those who spread peace, give food, keep fasts, pray at night when the people remain asleep. We asked: 0 Messenger of God, who will be able to do that? He said: My people will be able to do that. I am saying it to you. He who meets his brother, salutes him and replies to his salute,' spreads peace; and he who gives food to his wife and members of his family to their satisfaction gives food. He, who keeps fast of Ramazan and three days every month, keeps fast as it were for the whole year. He who prays Isha and Fajr in congregation prays as it were the whole night when the people remain asleep. God says: The fine buildings in Eden Paradise.' The Prophet said regarding its meanings: These places are builts of emeralds and jewels and in each building there will be 70 rooms of red colour and in each room 70 sub-rooms of green colour and in each sub-room there will be one throne and over each throne 70 beds of varied colours and on each bed a hoor al-ayn (houri- a girl having wide lovely eyes with intense black irises). There will be 70 dining cloth in each room and 70 kinds of food in each dining cloth. There will be seven girls in each room.Each believer will be given such strength in the morning as he can cohabit with them".

Abu ‘Umama (Allah be pleased with him) reported that Allah’s Messenger (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) said: "Allah will not admit anyone in the Paradise but Allah, the Mighty and glorious will marry him with 72 wives, two will be from virgin (houris) with big eyes and 70 will be his inheritance from the people of the Hell-Fire*." Every one of them will have a pleasant womanliness and he (the man) will have intimate organ that does not bend down during intimate intercourse (perpetual Attention)." [Ibn Majah, volume 5, number 4337]

*Hashim b. Khalid (R.A.) says, ‘The words "out of his inheritance (due) from the denizens of the Fire", mean men who will enter the Fire (Hell) and the inmates of the paradise will inherit their wives just as the Faroah’s wife (Asiah A.S.) will be inherited (by the Muslims-believers).

Mention of the hope of maidens of paradise after martyrdom in Al-Tabari vol.19 p.121; "Yet, by God, I feel happy for what we shall soon meet, for, by God, if all there is between us and the maidens of Paradise (hur al-ayn/houri) is that these people should come against us with their swords, then I want them to come against us with their swords."

Abu Hurayrah (R.A.) narrated that the Prophet Muhammad (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) said that: "Every man in heaven will go to 72 of the creatures of Allah (houris) and 2 of the women of mankind, these two women are superior to the creatures of Allah (houris) with their worshipping (good deeds) they had performed in this world." [Bayhaqi, al-Bas wa’n-Nushur; Tabari, Tafsir; Abu Yala, Ibn Hajar, Fathu’l-Baari, Tabarani and others]


Houris do not want wives to annoy their husbands, since the houris will also be the spouses [i.e. wives] of the Muslim husbands in the afterlife; ---"Mu’adh b. Jobal (R.A.) reported that Allah’s Messenger (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) said, ‘A woman does not annoy her husband but his spouse from amongst the houris (maidens with wide eyes, intensely white and deeply black irises) will say: Do not annoy him, may Allah ruin you." He is with you as a passing guest. Very soon, he will part with you and come to us.’" [Ibn-i-Majah vol.3:2014 p.212]

Now from the above mentioned verses of Holy Quran and Hadiths we can summarize the characteristics of Houris (Hoors/Hur al-ayn) as follows;

* A houri is a most beautiful young woman with a transparent body. The marrow of her bones is visible like the interior lines of pearls and rubies. She looks like a red wine in a white glass.
* She is of white color, and free from the routine physical disabilities of an ordinary woman such as menstruation, menopause, urinal and offal discharge, child bearing and the related pollution.
* She is a woman characterized by modesty and flexing glances; she never looks at any man except her husband and feels grateful for being the wife of her husband.
* A houri is a young woman, free from odium and animosity. Besides, she knows the meaning of love and has the ability to put it into practice.
* A houri is an immortal woman, who does not age. She speaks softly and does not raise voice at her man; she is always reconciled with him. Having been brought up in luxury, she is a luxury herself.
* A houri is a girl of tender age, having large rising bosoms which are round, and not inclined to dangle.
* Houris dwell in palaces of splendid surroundings.
* If a houri looks down from her abode in Heaven onto the earth, the whole distance shall be filled with light and fragrance
* A houri's face is more radiant than a mirror and one can see one's image in her cheek. The marrow of her shins is visible to the eyes.
* Every man who enters Paradise shall be given minimum seventy-two houris; no matter at what age he had died, when he enters Paradise, he will become a thirty-year-old and he will not age any further.
* Their glances, with big eyes (Of wonder and beauty)
* when a man turns his face away from her, she will become 70 times more beautiful in his eyes
* if she were to spit in the salty water of the seven occeans, then all the seven occeans would turn sweater than honey.

Also note that the Muslim women of this world will be superior to Houris (Hoors/Hur al-ayn) in Paradise:


*Definition of Houris (hoors/hur al-ayn) from Noble Quran:

"Very fair females created by Allah as such not from the off-spring of Adam, with intense black irises of their eyes and intense white scleras". [Noble Quran; Glossary; Houris]

So it is obvious that houris (hoor al-Ayn) will be different from the off-springs of the Prophet Adam (A.S.), and as humans are the most superior creation of Allah (SWT) so Muslim women are superior to houris just like we as humans are superior to Jinns, Angels and all other creatures of Allah (SWT) that exist. So a hoori who is one of the delights of Paradise, she has only been created in Paradise for the sake of someone else, and has been made the reward for the believing man for his righteous deeds.


But for Muslim women, they themselves are from the off-springs of Adam and the rewards of Paradise are created for them and on the contrary houris (hoors/hur al-ayn) themselves are from the rewards of Paradise.

Therefore it is clear that Muslim women will not feel jealous of the houris (hoor al-Ayn) as righteous women of this world will be much more superior and beautiful than houris (hoor al-Ayn), in Jannah (Paradise). Thus the Muslim women of this worldly life have superiority over houris (hoor al-Ayn) due to the acts of worship and obedience that they performed in this world. Therefore, the believing (Muslim) women will enter Paradise just like the believing men. If a Muslim woman had a number of husbands, she, upon entering Paradise with them, would choose among them the one with the best character and behavior.

The following two Hadiths confirms the fact stated above:

Umme Salamah (Radiahallahu Anha) narrates that she said to the Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) "O Rasûlullah, are the women of this world superior or the hûrs (of Paradise)?" He replied, "The women of this world will have superiority over the hûrs (houris) just as the outer lining of a garment has superiority over the inner lining." Umme Salamah R.A then asked, "O Rasûlullah, what is the reason for this?" He answered, "Because they performed salâh, fasted, and worshipped [Allah]. Allah will put light on their faces and silk on their bodies. [The human women] will be fair in complexion and will wear green clothing and yellow jewelry. Their incense-burners will be made of pearls and their combs will be of gold. They will say, 'We are the women who will stay forever and we will never die. We are the women who will always remain in comfort and we will never undergo difficulty. We are the women who will stay and we will never leave. Listen, we are happy women and we will never become sad. Glad tidings to those men for whom we are and who are for us.'" [Tabrânî]

Al-Qurtubi said: Abu Bakr ibn al-Najjaad said: Ja’far ibn Muhammad ibn Shaakir told us, ‘Ubayd ibn Ishaaq al-‘Attaar told us, Sinaan ibn Haaroon told us, from Humayd from Anas that: Umm Habeebah the wife of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "O Messenger of Allaah, if a woman had two husbands in this life, then they all died and came together in Paradise, with which of them would she be – the first or the last?" He said: "With the one whose attitude and conduct with her was best, O Umm Habeebah; a good attitude brings one the best of this world and the Hereafter."[Al-Tadhkirah fi Ahwaal al-Mawtaa wa’l-Aakhirah, 2/278]

Imam Qurtubi in his "at-Tadhkirah fi-Ahwalil Mawta wa'l-Akhirah (in Remembrance of the Affairs of the Dead and Doomsday)" and Ibn Kathir in his "al-Bidaya wa'n-Nihaya (Kitabu’l-Fitan wa’l-Malahim) the Termination of the Afflictions and Fierce Battles" tell the story of the songs of houri in heaven: "Houri will sing for their own husbands, songs are so marvelous that every hearer will be so pleased. Houri will say: "We are Houri who has not had a sin." The women of this world will reply them saying: "We are the fasters (who keep fast), and you are not, we are the prayers, but you are not and we are the givers of charity but you are not."

And there is another narration which is famous with the name "Hadith of Soor" narrated from Abu Hurayrah (R.A.) that the Prophet Muhammad (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) said that: "Every man in heaven will go to 72 of the creatures of Allah (houris) and 2 of the women of mankind, these two women are superior to the creatures of Allah (houris) with their worshipping (good deeds) they had performed in this world." [Bayhaqi, al-Bas wa’n-Nushur; Tabari, Tafsir; Abu Yala, Ibn Hajar, Fathu’l-Baari, Tabarani and others],

Now some people, mostly non-muslims still ask a question that: there will be multiple wives or houris (hoor al-Ayn/hur ul-Ayn/hoors/hurs) in Islamic Paradise for Muslim men then what is for Muslim women?


As stated in above mentioned Hadiths the situation of the believing woman in Paradise will be better than the situation of the houris (hoor al-Ayn); she will be higher in status and more beautiful. If a righteous woman from among the people of this world enters Paradise, then she will do so as a reward for her righteous deeds and as an honor from Allah to her for her religious commitment and righteousness. As for the houri who is one of the delights of Paradise, is an immortal woman, who does not age. She speaks softly and does not raise voice at her man; she is always reconciled with him. Having been brought up in luxury, she is a luxury herself, she has only been created in Paradise for the sake of someone else, and has been made the reward for the believing man for his righteous deeds. There is a great difference between one who enters Paradise as a reward for her righteous deeds and the one who was created as a reward for one who did righteous deeds. The former is a queen and a princess, and the latter, no matter how beautiful she is, is undoubtedly lower in status than a queen, and she (houri) is subject to the command of her believing master (man) for whom Allah created her as a reward.

The main reason why the Quran and Hadith are stressing the fact that men will get Houris (Hoor al-Ayn) is because it more appealing to men than promising virgin men to women. Men are more sexually active and therefore are facing a lot of difficulty (especially in the teenage years) to remain chaste. There are a lot of temptations in this world. That is why that Allah keeps promising these virgin girls to those that remain patient and steadfast. That way, this motivates the unmarried men to remain chaste and be patient because they know they have something better waiting for them in the next life. As if they do not get it legally in the next life then they would get it illegally in this life.

Now with all these proofs you can easily invalidate the argument made by some non-muslims that women will not get any benefits out of the Islamic Paradise. The men and women are equal in the sight of Allah (SWT) except for those whom are more pious. Just because they're equal doesn’t mean they're exactly the same. They have physical, mental and emotional differences. Men have superiority over women in certain aspects such as physical strength, while women have more superiority over men from a caring and nurturing perspective. In the same manner, like our differences, they may have rewards that are different from one another, but that in no way suggest inequality. For instance, if you want to reward your son for something, perhaps you'll let him play a video game for example, whereas if you want to reward your daughter, perhaps you'll let her invite her friend over, or buy her something nice.

Therefore, men and women have different needs and wants so obviously rewards would differ. But overall the rewards for both men and women will be equal (but not same) as Allah (SWT) says in the following verses of the Holy Quran:

"And whoever does righteous good deeds, male or female, and is a true believer in the Oneness of Allâh (Muslim), such will enter Paradise and not the least injustice, even to the size of a Naqîra (speck on the back of a datestone), will be done to them." [Surah An-Nisâ' (4):194]

"Whoever works righteousness, whether male or female, while he (or she) is a true believer (of Islâmic Monotheism) verily, to him We will give a good life (in this world with respect, contentment and lawful provision), and We shall pay them certainly a reward in proportion to the best of what they used to do (i.e. Paradise in the Hereafter)." [Surah An-Nahl (16):97:]

Now following are some Hadiths mentioning the number of the Hoors (houris) that Muslims will get in addition to the wives of this world in Paradise:


According to Ibn Kathir (died 1373 CE) in his Holy Quranic commentary (Tafsir) of the above Surah Al-Rahman (55), verse 72: "The Prophet Muhammad was heard saying: ‘The smallest reward for the people of paradise is an abode where there are 80,000 servants and 72 wives (houris), over which stands a dome decorated with pearls, aquamarine, and ruby, as wide as the distance from Al-Jabiyyah [a Damascus suburb] to Sana'a [Yemen]’." [Tafsir Ibn Kathir]


The Prophet Muhammad (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) said: "Every man who enters paradise shall be given 72 (seventy-two) houris; no matter at what age he had died, when he is admitted into paradise, he will become a thirty-year-old, and shall not age any further. A man in paradise shall be given virility equal to that of one hundred men." [Tirmizi, vol. 2 states on page 138]

Narrated Al-Miqdam ibn Ma'dikarib: Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) 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 72 wives of the maidens with large dark eyes (houris); and is made intercessor for seventy of his relatives." [Tirmidhi:Hadith number 1067; and Ibn Majah]

In a book by the great Imam Ghazzali (R.A.): The Prophet Muhammad (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) said once to Jaber: "Shall I not give you the news of the windows of Paradise ? We said: 0 Messenger of God give us that information. He said: Those are made of emeralds and jewels. Their inner parts will be seen from their outer parts. Therein there will be such enjoyments, amusements and joys as no eye has seen, no ear has heard and no heart has conceived. I said: 0 Messenger of God, who will be the owners of those windows? He said: Those who spread peace, give food, keep fasts, pray at night when the people remain asleep. We asked: 0 Messenger of God, who will be able to do that? He said: My people will be able to do that. I am saying it to you. He who meets his brother, salutes him and replies to his salute,' spreads peace; and he who gives food to his wife and members of his family to their satisfaction gives food. He, who keeps fast of Ramazan and three days every month, keeps fast as it were for the whole year. He who prays Isha and Fajr in congregation prays as it were the whole night when the people remain asleep. God says: The fine buildings in Eden Paradise.' The Prophet said regarding its meanings: These places are builts of emeralds and jewels and in each building there will be 70 rooms of red colour and in each room 70 sub-rooms of green colour and in each sub-room there will be one throne and over each throne 70 beds of varied colours and on each bed a hoor al-ayn (houri- a girl having wide lovely eyes with intense black irises). There will be 70 dining cloth in each room and 70 kinds of food in each dining cloth. There will be seven girls in each room.Each believer will be given such strength in the morning as he can cohabit with them". [Ihya Uloom Ed-Din.Volume 4, Page-4.428]

*From above mentioned Hadith a simple calculation will show that each believer will get 343,000 wives from houris (hur al-ayn) i.e: 70*70*70 = 343,000 houris/hoor al-ayn.

Narrated from Abu Hurayra (R.A.) that the Prophet Muhammad (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) was asked: "O RasulAllah (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم)! Will we touch our wives in heaven? He (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) replied: A man will touch 100 virgins a day." [Tabarani, al-Mucam as-Saghir & Awsat]

Narrated from Anas (R.A.) that the Prophet Muhammad (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) said: "A believer man will have 73 wives in heaven. We asked him (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم): Will he able to do (i.e. Be Intimate with all of them) this? And He (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) replied: He will be given power of 100(men)." [Abu Na’eem Sifat al-Jannah]

Abu Hurayrah (R.A.) narrated that the Prophet Muhammad (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) said that: "Every man in heaven will go to 72 of the creatures of Allah (houris) and 2 of the women of mankind, these two women are superior to the creatures of Allah (houris) with their worshipping (good deeds) they had performed in this world." [Bayhaqi, al-Bas wa’n-Nushur; Tabari, Tafsir; Abu Yala, Ibn Hajar, Fathu’l-Baari, Tabarani and others]

Doubtless, a believer will have many houris (hoor al-ayn/hoors/hurs) in heaven which are in addition to his wordly wives but exact number is not given.It implies that the people of Paradise will have these wives according to their degree i.e: those who are more pious will get more wives than others but as mentioned in the following Hadiths:

Abu ‘Umama (R.A.) reported that Allah’s Messenger (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) said: "Allah will not admit anyone in the Paradise but Allah, the Mighty and glorious will marry him with 72 wives, two will be from virgin (houris/hoor al-ayn) with big eyes and seventy will be his inheritance from the people of the Hell-Fire*." Every one of them will have a pleasant womanliness and he (the man) will have intimate organ that does not bend down during intimate intercourse (perpetual Attention)." [Ibn Majah, vol.v, page 547: Hadis number 4337]

*Hashim b. Khalid says, ‘The words "out of his inheritance (due) from the denizens of the Fire" in above stated Hadith, mean men who will enter the Fire and the inmates of the paradise will inherit their wives just as the Faroah’s wife (Aasiah R.A.) will be inherited (by the believers).

The Prophet Muhammad (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) was heard saying: ‘The smallest reward for the people of paradise is an abode where there are 80,000 servants and 72 wives, over which stands a dome decorated with pearls, aquamarine, and ruby, as wide as the distance from Al-Jabiyyah [a Damascus suburb] to Sana'a [Yemen]’." [Tafsir Ibn Kathir]


So that is the minimmum what every Muslim man in Paradise will get.

Article written by: Yasir Sabir, student of International Islamic University, Islamabad, PAKISTAN.

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[Quote]@Sweetnecta

Read what a fellow Muslim wrote and tell me if he shares your belief that there are male houris. Go through his entire article and tell me one surah or hadith that support your view of houris as men or husbands. Since mere mortals can't get the message across to you, I have decided to invite a Muslim scholar to try.[/Quote]Islamic scholars are mere mortals. Muhammad, Jesus, etc, etc, etc [as] were mere mortals.
Muslim scholars can make mistakes. No one is perfect, because some details of the Quran is not known to any "mere mortal". Do you know the meaning of Alif in Surah Baqarah's first verse?

Father of Ibrahim was mentioned as Azhar. Some scholars denied that very statement, so when you bring up this "Islamic Scholar", I have the right to reject his statement or opinion. The only one among men I can disagree with or doubt his statement, was Muhammad [as].

Houris, for man. There must be for woman, something Allah has kept for them specially that no eye have seen. Is that not the man, since the eyes have not seen woman houris before?

Islamic scholars are mere mortals. Muhammad, Jesus, etc, etc, etc [as] were mere mortals.
Muslim scholars can make mistakes. No one is perfect, because some details of the Quran is not known to any "mere mortal". Do you know the meaning of Alif in Surah Baqarah's first verse?

Father of Ibrahim was mentioned as Azhar. Some scholars denied that very statement, so when you bring up this "Islamic Scholar", I have the right to reject his statement or opinion. The only one among men I can disagree with or doubt his statement, [/b]was Muhammad [as].

I respect your right to disagree with other Muslim scholars, and the issue of male and female houris is suspended on the ground that not all Muslims agree on it.

I believe you meant [b]agree with in the quotation above.

I do have more to say on what you just said, but not on this thread. You know where to find me.

thank you JP, since you are not really "SAHIH", for saying agree, but cant/can not disagree is what I wanted to pen. It is the more accurate, since i am not always disagreeing with "muslims', scholar or not. I will not even disagree with you, necessarily because you are not a muslim, but your lack of truth is why i am disagreeing with you.

you can quote all the 'hadith' you want, the truth remains; your God, is One and His Personal Name is Allah. And Muhammad [as], is the Messenger of your time, the one you must seek your ultimate salvation from what he was given, while Jesus [as] was a Messenger of his time, yesterday. Men and women will be rewarded, in Mercy with what they will be rewarded with of sex.ual benefit with their mates in a fully saturated manner, when they are in Jannah.

Men and women will punished with what they will be punished with in Hell, without the men getting more punishment because of being of male gender, while women get less punished. Think about this situation in Hell because there is no Mercy by Justice which brings in the Punishment.

Tell your friend the scholar, that a mere muslim says, if his exegesis was in sincere scholarship, he will at least get a full reward for effort, regardless of being wrong and if he is correct, he will get twice the reward, one for effort, and the other for correct understanding.

Hell is the opposite of Paradise.

If women and men are punished fully without saying men should be punished in this aspect or that because he is equipped differently from man, though the crime [say se.xuality] was the same, then one will expect and should know by this that reward in Paradise of sex.ual abstinent shall be the same. Will male or female of paradise have the jealousy or envy in them? Of course not. The human quality in Paradise is different and completely superior.

Sadly the spambot has not released my response any way this addresses the whole issue:

The answer is based on the general meaning of the verses in which Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“Therein you shall have (all) that your inner‑selves desire, and therein you shall have (all) for which you ask”

[Fussilat 41:31]

“(there will be) therein all that inner‑selves could desire, and all that eyes could delight in and you will abide therein forever”

[al-Zukhruf 43:71]

So if a woman is one of the people of Paradise and she did not get married, or if her husband is not one of the people of Paradise, when she enters Paradise there will be men who did not get married, and those men will have wives from among the hur al-‘iyn and wives from among the people of this world if they wish.

Similarly with regard to the woman who did not have a husband, or who had a husband in this world but he did not enter Paradise with her, if she wants to get married then she will inevitably have what she desires, because of the general meaning of these verses.

hence these verses provides for women in all ramifications. and Jerusalem pilgrim you would like to read the part of the Qur'an that says those admitted to heaven would have all evil thoughts purified from them, hence I bet My wive would not feel Jealousy sharing her husband in addition, the issue of 72 wives is misleading the hadiths appeared to be addressing matrys not every muslims, and according to certain scholars the hadith is not sound. in any case i find it less than the 100 wives Jesus promised you for leaving one, at least the hadith did not require Muslims to leave your wives for 100