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| Ummah Under 1 Banner   Status: Offline Posts: 10,381 Reputation: 41985 Rep Power: 84   Join Date: May 2005 Location: ...travelling to the hereafter.. Gender:  Way of Life: Muslim |  Al-Jannah - The Paradise. -
05-28-2006
 Al-Jannah - The Paradise The Springs of Paradise In Paradise there are many springs that provide drinks of different tastes: Truly al-Muttaqūn [the pious and righteous] will be amidst Gardens and Water-springs [15:45] Concerning the two Gardens which Allāh (swt) has prepared for those who fear their Rabb, Allāh (swt) said, "In them [both] will be two springs flowing [free]." [55:50] And concerning the two Gardens beneath them, He said, "In them [both] Will be two springs gushing forth water." [55:66] In Paradise there are two springs from which al-Muqarrabūn will drink pure and undiluted, whilst the Abrār will drink their water mixed with something else. The first is the Spring of Kafūr, as Allāh (swt) says: "Verily the Abrār [the pious, those who fear Allāh and avoid evil, shall drink a cup [of wine] mixed with water from a spring in Paradise called Kafūr, A spring wherefrom the slaves of Allāh will drink, causing it to gush forth abundantly." [76:5-6] He tells us that the pious will drink from it mixed with something else, whilst those close to Allāh will drink it pure and undiluted. The second Spring is of Tasnīm, as Allāh (swt) says: "Verily al-Abrār will be in delight [Paradise], On thrones, looking at all things. You will recognise in their faces the brightness of delight. They will be given to drink pure sealed wine, the last thereof [that wine] Will be the smell of musk, and for this let [all] those who strive who want to strive [i.e. hasten earnestly to the obedience of Allāh]. It [that wine] will be mixed with Tasnīm, a spring whereof drink those nearest to Allāh." [83:22-27] Another of the springs of Paradise is called al-Salsabīl as Allāh (swt) says: "And they will be given to drink there a cup [of wine] mixed with zanjabīl [ginger], a spring there, called Salsabīl". [76:17-18] This is probably the same spring as that mentioned above, i.e. Kafūr. |
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05-28-2006
The Palaces and Tents of Paradise Allāh (swt) will build good and beautiful dwellings for the people of Paradise: "and beautiful mansions in Gardens of everlasting bliss" [9:72] In some places in the Qur'ān, Allāh (swt) described these dwellings as ghurafāt [chambers or dwellings]: "and they will reside in the high dwellings [Paradise] in peace and security." [34:37] The reward for the slaves of the all-Merciful will be: "Those will be rewarded with the highest place [in Paradise] because of their patience. Therein they shall be met with greetings and the word of peace and respect" [25:75] Allāh (swt) described these Ghurafāt: "But for those who fear Allāh and keep their duty to their Rabb [Allāh], for them are built lofty rooms, one above the other, under which rivers flow. [This is] the Promise of Allāh, and Allāh does not fail in [His] Promise." [39:20] Ibn Kathīr said: "Allāh has told us about His blessed slaves who will have rooms [or dwellings] in Paradise: these will be lofty palaces, lofty Rooms, one above another - story upon story, well-constructed, strong and decorated." The Prophet (saw) described these palaces to us. According to a hadith narrated by Ahmad, and Ibn Hibbān from Abū Mālik al-Ash'ari and by at-Tirmidhi from 'Ali (ra) the Prophet (saw) said: "In Paradise there are dwellings whose inside can be seen from the outside,and the outside can be seen from inside. Allāh [swt] has prepared them for those who feed the hungry, and speak softly and gently, fast continuously and pray at night whilst the people are asleep."[Sahīh al-Jāmi' as-Saghīr, 2/220, no. 2119] Allāh (swt) has told us that there are tents or pavilions in Paradise: "Houris [beautiful, fair females] restrained in pavilions" [55:72] These pavilions are wondrous tents, made of pearls, each one is made from a single, hollowed-out pearl. They are sixty miles high; according to some reports they are sixty miles wide. Al-Bukhāri reports from 'Abdullāh ibn Qays that the Messenger of Allāh (saw) said, "The tent is a hollowed out pearl, thirty miles high; in each corner of it the believer will have a wife whom no one else can see". Abū 'Abdus-Samad and al-Hārith reported from Abū 'Imrān that the wording was "sixty miles high" [Sahih al-Bukhāri, Kitāb Bid' al-Khalq, Bāb Sifāt al-Jannah, Fath al-Bāri, 6/318] Muslim reported from 'Abdullāh ibn Qays that the Prophet (saw) said: "The believer in Paradise will have a tent made out of a single, hollowed-out pearl, sixty miles long, in which he will have [a number of] wives, whom he will visit in turn, none of whom will see the others".[see also Muslim, Kitāb al-Jannah, Bāb fi Sifāt Khiyām al-Jannah, 4/2182, no. 2838] The Prophet (saw) told us about the characteristics of the palaces of Some of his wives and companions. Al-Bukhāri and Muslim report that Abū Hurayrah (ra) said, "Jibrīl came to the Prophet (saw) and said, "O Messenger of Allāh, Khadījah is coming, carrying a container of food. When she comes to you, convey to her greetings of peace from her Rabb and from me, and give her the glad tidings of a house in Paradise made of brocade, in which there is no noise or exhaustion.""[Mishkāt al-Masābīh, 3/266] Al-Bukhāri and Muslim report from Jābir that the Messenger of Allāh )saw) said, "I entered Paradise, where I saw ar-Rumaysa', the wife of Abū Talhah. And I heard footsteps and asked, "Who is that?" He [Jibrīl] said, "That is Bilāl." And I saw a palace with women in its courtyard. I asked, "Whose is this?" They said, "It is for 'Umar ibn al-Khattab". I had wanted to go in and look at it, but I remembered your jealousy [when women are concerned] 'Umar said, "May my mother and father be sacrificed for you, O Messenger of Allāh (saw), would I feel jealous from you?"[Mishkāt al-Masābīh] The Prophet (saw) has told us of the way in which the believer may acquire more than one house in Paradise: Ahmad reports with a sahīh isnād from Ibn 'Abbās that the Prophet )saw) said, "Whoever builds a masjid for Allāh, even if it is as small as the nestling-place scratched out by the sane grouse for its eggs, Allāh (swt) will build a house for him in Paradise".[Sahīh al-Jāmi' as-Saghīr, 5/265, no. 6005] Ahmad, al-Bukhāri, Muslim, at-Tirmidhi and Ibn Mājah report from 'Uthmān that the Messenger of Allāh (saw) said: "Whoever builds a mosque for Allāh (swt), Allāh (swt) will build something similar for him in Paradise".[Sahīh al-Jāmi' as-Saghīr, 5/265, no. 6007] Muslim, Abū Dawud, Ahmad, an-Nasā'ī, and Ibn Mājah report from Umm Habībah that the Messenger of Allāh (saw) said, "Whoever prays Twelve extra ]supererogatory] rak'ahs every day, Allāh (swt) will build for him a House in Paradise."[Sahīh al-Jāmi', 5/316, no. 6234] |
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05-28-2006
The Light of Paradise Al-Qurtubī said, "The scholars said there is no night and day in Paradise rather they will be in eternal everlasting light. They will know when night comes because curtains or screens will be put up and doors will be closed, and they will know when day comes because the curtains or screens will be taken down and the doors will be opened. This was mentioned by Abul-Faraj ibn al-Jawzī" [al-Qurtubī, at-Tadhkirah, p. 504] ] Ibn Kathīr in his commentary on the āyah: "And they will have therein their sustenance, morning and evening. Such is the Paradise, which We shall give as an inheritance to those of Our slave who have been al-Muttaqūn [pious and righteous]" [19:62-63]He said, "This means something approximate to the times of day and night, it does not mean that there will be a day and night there. They will know the passing of time by the changes in the light" ]Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr, 4/471[ On the same subject, Ibn Taymiyyah said, "There is no sun and moon in Paradise, and no day or night, but they will know morning and evening From a light that shines from the direction of the Throne"" [Majmu' Fatāwa Shaikh al-Islām, 4/312] |
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05-28-2006
The Fragrance of Paradise Paradise is filled with a pure and beautiful fragrance, which the Believers will be able to discern from a great distance. Ahmad, an-Nasâ'î, Ibn Mâjah and al-Hâkim report with a sahîh isnâd that the Messenger (saw) said, "Whoever kills a man of Ahl ad-Dhimmah [non-Muslims living under Islâmic rule] will not smell the fragrance of Paradise, even though its fragrance can be discerned from a distance of forty years' travelling." [Sahîh al-Jâmi as-Saghîr, 5/235 no. 6324 and 5/337 no. 6333] |
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05-28-2006
Subhan'Allah .. thnx for sharing brother
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05-28-2006
The Trees and Fruits of Paradise i) Its trees and fruits are of many kinds and everlasting The trees of Paradise are abundant and good and of many kinds. Allāh has told us that there are grapevines, date palms and pomegranate trees in Paradise, as well as lotus trees and acacia trees: "Verily, for the muttaqūn, there will be a success [Paradise] gardens and grape yards" [78:31-32] The lotus tree [ad-Sidr] is a thorny plant, but in Paradise it will be thornless. At-Talh [acacia tree] is a tree of Hijāz, a kind of 'idah [a fair sized thorny shrub], but in Paradise its fruits will be ready to eat, with no effort required. What Allāh (swt) has told us about the trees of Paradise is only a small part of what Paradise contains. Hence Allāh told us "In them [both] will be every kind of fruit in pairs" [55:52] Because of its abundance, people will be able to leave what they want and take what they want: ... "and therein they will call for fruits in abundance and drinks". [38:51] In short, Paradise contains all kinds of fruits and other joys that one's heart could desire: "Trays of gold and cups will be passed round them, [there will be] therein all that one's soul could desire, all that the eyes could delight in, and you will abide therein forever" [43:71] Ibn Kathīr spoke very cleverly about the greatness of the fruits of Paradise, and concluded that by means of understatement, Allāh (swt) conveyed the abundance and greatness of those fruits. He said, "The lotus tree [as-Sidr] does not bear any fruit other than some insignificant, inferior fruits, and it is thorny. The acacia tree [at-Talh] is only used for shade in this world [not for fruit] but in Paradise there will be many of them, growing beautifully, and bearing such abundant fruit that a single fruit will have seventy kinds of taste and colour that resemble one another. So how do you think the trees that are grown for their fruit on earth will Be in Paradise, like apple trees, date palms, grape vines and so on? How do you think the flowers will be? In short, there will be what no eye has seen, no ear has heard and no human heart can comprehend and we ask Allāh (swt) to grant us some of this, by His Grace" [an-Nihāyah, 2/262] The trees of Paradise bear fruit constantly, unlike the trees of this world, which bear fruit only at certain times or seasons. The trees of Paradise always bear fruit and offer shade: "The description of the Paradise which the Muttaqūn have been promised! - Underneath it rivers flow, its provision is eternal and so is its shade" [13:55] The supply is continuous and the people of Paradise are never denied. One of the delights that the people of Paradise will enjoy is finding that its fruits are similar in appearance, but different in taste: " Everytime they will be provided with a fruit therefrom, they will say, "This is what we were provided with before", and they will be given things in resemblance [i.e. in the same form but different in taste]" [2:25] The trees of Paradise are of rich and lush foliage - "With spreading branches" [55:48], and they are intensely green -"dark and green [in colour]" [55:64]. The intensity of the colour is because of the density of the trees in Paradise. The fruits of the trees will be low-hanging, in easy reach of the people of Paradise: "Reclining upon the couches lined with silk brocade, and the fruits of the two Gardens will be near at hand" [55:54] The shade of these trees will be as Allāh (swt) says: ... "and We shall admit them to shades wide and ever deepening". [4:57] |
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05-28-2006
ii) Some of the trees of Paradise The Messenger of Allāh (saw) told us wondrous things about some of the trees of paradise which indicates that they are so amazingly huge that trying to imagine them makes one's head spin. We shall quote some examples here: a) A tree whose shadow it takes one hundred years to cross. This is a huge tree, whose true size is known only to its Creator. The Prophet (saw( conveyed an impression of its size when he said that "In Paradise there is a tree which the rider of a swift horse would need one hundred years to pass beneath" [al-Bukhāri, Kitāb ar-Riqāq, Bāb Sifāt al-Jannah, Fath al-Bāri, 11/416; Muslim, Kitāb al-Jannah, Bāb inna fil-Jannah Shajarah, 2/2176, no. 2828, from Abū Sa'īd al-Khudri; see also al-Bukhāri, Kitāb Bid' al-Khalq, Bāb ma jā'a fi Sifāt al-Jannah, Fath al-Bāri, 6/319] And in the narration of Muslim from Abū Hurayrah and Sahl ibn Sa'd it Is said that: "In Paradise there is a tree under whose shade a traveller could travel for one hundred years and not reach the edge of it" [Muslim, Kitāb al-Jannah, Bāb in fil-Jannah Shajarah Yasīr al-Rākib fi dhiliha mi'ah 'ām, hadith no 2826, 2827] b) Sidrat al-Muntaha There is a tree in paradise which Allāh has mentioned in a clear and unambiguous revelation. Allāh (swt) told us that our Prophet Muhammad (saw( saw Jibrīl in the form in which Allāh created him at that tree. He also told us that it was veiled with something known only to Allāh )swt) when the Prophet (saw) saw it: "And indeed he [Muhammad] saw him [Jibrīl] at a second descent [i.e. a second time] near Sidrat al-Muntaha [the Lote-tree of the utmost boundary beyond which none may pass] near it is the Paradise of Abode. When that covered the lote-tree which covered it! The sight of ]Muhammad] turned not aside [right or left], nor did it transgress beyond [the] limit ordained for it]" [53:13-18] The Prophet (saw) told us about what he saw of this tree: "Then I was taken up until I reached Sidrat al-Muntaha and I saw its Nabq [fruits] which looked like the clay jugs of Hajar, its leaves were like the ears of elephants, and one of these leaves could cover the whole of this ummah. It was veiled in colours indescribable. Then I entered Paradise, And its lights were pearls and its soil was musk". [Sahīh al-Jāmi' as-Saghīr, 4/82 no. 4075, al-Bukhāri and Muslim; see also al-Bukhāri, Ahmad, at-Tirmidhi and Muslim, Sahīh al-Jāmi', 3/18, no. 2861] c) Tūba. This is a huge tree which produces the fabric for the clothing of the people of Paradise. Ahmad Ibn Jarīr and Ibn Hibbān report from Abū Sa'īd al-Khudri that the Messenger of Allāh (saw) said, Tūba is a tree in Paradise, as big as a hundred year's journey; the clothes of the people of Paradise comes from its calyces [the outer parts of its flowers] Silsilat al-Hadith as-Sahīhah, 4/639, no. 1985, the isnād is hasan. Narrated by Ahmad from 'Abdullāh ibn 'Amr, who said, "A man came to the Prophet (saw) and asked, "O Messenger of Allāh, tell us about the clothes of the people of Paradise; are they created or are they woven?" Some of the people laughed. The Messenger of Allāh (saw) said, "Why are you laughing? Because someone who does not know has asked someone who does know?" Then he turned and asked, "Where is the one who asked the question?" The man said, "Here I am, O Messenger of Allāh". He said, "No, they are produced by the fruits of Paradise"three times" [Silsilat al-Hadith as-Sahīhah, 640/4] |
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iii) The best aromatic plants in Paradise Allāh told us that in Paradise there are aromatic plants: [there is for him] rest and provision [Rayhān - literally - sweet smelling plants, here used as symbolical of complete satisfaction and delight" [56:89] In Mu'jam at-Tabarānī al-Kabīr, a report from 'Abdullāh ibn 'Amr whose isnād is sahīh according to the conditions of al-Bukhāri and Muslim states that the Prophet (saw) said,
iv) The trunks of the trees of Paradise are of Gold One of the wondrous things that the Messenger of Allāh (saw) told us Is that the trunks of the trees are gold: "There is no tree in Paradise that does not have a trunk made of gold" Ibn Hibbān, at-Tirmidhi, al-Bayhaqī, from Abū Hurayrah, Sahīh al-Jāmi' as-Saghīr 5/150 sahīh v) How can the Believer increase his share of the trees of Paradise? A l-Khalīl ar-Rahmān and the Father of the Prophets, Ibrāhīm (as) asked our Prophet Muhammad (saw) on the night of the Isrā' to convey his greetings to this ummah and to tell them the way in which they could increase their share of the trees of Paradise. At-Tirmidhi reported with a hasan isnād from Ibn Mas'ūd that the Messenger of Allāh (saw) said:
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05-28-2006
The Animals and Birds of Paradise The kinds of birds and animals that exist in Paradise are known only to Allāh. He ta'ala told us that among the delights enjoyed by the people of Paradise will be: ..."and the flesh of fowls any that they may desire" [56:21] At-Tirmidhi reports from Anas that the Messenger of Allāh (saw) was asked, "What is al-Kawthar?" He said, "That is a river that Allāh has given me... and in it are birds with necks like the necks of camels". 'Umar said, These birds will be in bliss". The Messenger of Allāh (saw) said, "Those who eat them will be more blissful"". [Mishkāt al-Masābīh, 2/91] Al-Hākim and Abū Na'īm reported from Ibn Mas'ūd that "a man brought a haltered she-camel and said, "O Messenger of Allāh, this she-camel is for the sake of Allāh". He said, "You will have seven hundred haltered she-camels in Paradise. |
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05-29-2006
Subhanallah! jazakallah khayr وإذا لم يكن منَ الموتِ بُدُّ فمِنَ العَجزِ أنْ تَكُونَ جَبَانا If death is something inescapable, then it is from weakness to be a coward-! Lahoo main bhegay dareeda Anchal Qasam hai tum ko bhula na daina...  |
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| Striving for Allah  Status: Offline Posts: 568 Reputation: 1495 Rep Power: 17 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: penitentiary Gender: Way of Life: Muslim | Re: Al-Jannah - The Paradise. -
06-14-2006
sunhanallah , now this is something we should focus on some more!!! it is after all the second thing we are striving for the fisrt be seeking Allahu subhanu wa t'alaa's good pleasure and forgiveness as well as mercy!!!! |
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| Member  Status: Offline Posts: 69 Reputation: 202 Rep Power: 12 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: South-East-UK Gender: Way of Life: Muslim | Re: Al-Jannah - The Paradise. -
12-15-2006
 Jazakallah Khayr for sharing,alhumdulilah great reminder to us,that this life is a rain droplet compared to the hereafter,which is an ocean,subhanallah. A footsize in heaven is better then everything in this world. May Allah grant us jannah.Ameen.  |
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