Umm Salamah says, "I asked, 'O Messenger of Allah, inform me about the saying of Allah:

وحور عين

{And there will be Hûr with wide lovely eyes} 56:22
He said, 'Huge eyes; the edge of an eyelid of Al-Hûr is like the wing of an eagle.'

I said, 'Inform me about His Saying:

كأمثال اللؤلؤ المكنون

{Like unto preserved pearls} 56:23
He said: 'Pureness, from the pureness of the pearls which are in shells that have not been touched by hands.'

I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, inform me about His Saying:

فيهن خيرات حسان

{Therein (gardens) will be khayrâtun hisân (fair (wives) good and beautiful)} 55:70
He said, 'Wonderful manners and beautiful faces.'

I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, inform me about His Saying:

كأنهن بيض مكنون

{(Delicate and pure) as if they were (hidden) eggs (well) preserved} 37:49
He said, 'Their delicateness is like the delicateness of the skin on the inside of an egg (i.e. the fine layer that comes after the shell)...'

I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, inform me about His Saying:

عربا أترابا

{Loving (their husbands) only, (and) of equal age} 56:37
He said, 'They are the ones who become decrepit in the world, afflicted with Rams (shedding of tears caused by sickness) and Sham (whiteness of the hair). They will love passionately and they will be loved. And they will be Atrâban, born on the same day (i.e. of the same age)'.

I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, inform me: are the women of this world better or Al-Hûr Al-'Een?'
He replied, 'Rather the women of this world are better than the Al-Hûr Al-'Een, like the superiority a garment to its lining.'

I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, with what (are the women of this world superior)?'
He replied, 'With their prayer, their fasting, and their worship of Allah. Allah will clothe their faces with light, and their bodies with silk. White in color, with green garments, and yellow adorments...and their combs are gold. They will say: We will live forever and never die, we are comfortable and will never become wretched, we are settled and will never travel away. Lo! We are the pleased ones and we will never become dissatisfied or angry. Tooba (blessings) for he who is for us and has us for him.'

I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, a woman from us marries two, three or four husbands (in the world, after divorce or after the husband's death), and then she dies. Then she enters Paradise and they enter with her. Who will be her husband?'
He replied, 'O Umm Salamah, she is given a choice, and she chooses the one from them who had the best manners, so she will say: O my Lord, this one had better manners towards me in the abode of the world than the rest of them, so marry me to him.
O Umm Salamah, good manners have taken the goodness of this world and the hereafter.' " (Related by At-Tabarânî)