Insh'Allah I hope you are all in the best state of health and Imaan
Can someone please tell me whether the 72 virgins promised men in Jihaad is a myth or not?
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Salam
It's not a myth and it's only promised to to the martyrs. They're called Hur Al-`Ayn
---------- First, we human beings have to remember that we have limited knowledge and perceptions. The things of the hereafter are beyond our understanding. That does not mean that Paradise and Hell are not physical. It is wrong to think that our next life will be only spiritual. We are told that we will be resurrected and re-created, but the life in Paradise will be unlike life here. We will eat and drink but there will be no filth or dirt. Our bodies will not excrete wastes nor will they grow old.
Not only our physical bodies but also our psychology (or nature) will be different. The Qur’an tells us that there will be no vanities or hard feelings in Paradise. Those who are blessed enough to enter will have all they desire and there will be no jealousy.
Second, it is not important to understand exactly what Paradise and Hell will be like. It is important to know how to develop our relationship with God so that He will reward us with Paradise. If we learn all the details of what life in Paradise will be like but fail to worship and serve God, then our knowledge is useless.
Now more to the point of your questions—Yes, there is a hadith that martyrs (not all men) will be wedded to 72 (not 80) houris. These are not humans but a special creation.
If a man in this world is allowed to have up to four wives (if he treats them equally), what is so wrong with him having more than that in the next life? Remember, our bodies and psychologies will be different and we cannot compare our life here with our life in the hereafter.
There is another hadith that believing women in Paradise will have a higher status than even the houris. The believing women will say, “We shall have eternal life and will never die; we are the gentle ones who will never despair; we have settled down and shall never depart; we are contented and shall never be dissatisfied; blessed are we and blessed are our spouses…” (At-Tabarani, summarized in A Thematic Commentary on the Qur’an by Shaykh Muhammad Al-Ghazali).
From that we can judge that the believing women will not be dissatisfied if their husbands also have houris. Why should we judge the life in Paradise by the standards of our lives here?
The Qur’an does tell us that we will be greeted with the word “Peace!” when we enter Paradise. We should not question God’s wisdom in making us in the nature we are now or in re-creating us in the nature we will have. We know that He is generous and merciful, and we have no right to question what He chooses to give us in Paradise. Our focus should be on worshiping and serving Him, developing our relationship with Him so that we may hope for His generous reward of Paradise.
Our bodies will be in the most perfect forms. The women of Paradise are so beautiful, just their eyes will put every women ever created upon this Earth to shame. Now concerning the Hadith, here it is in full:
Al-Muqdam Ibn Ma'd Yakrib (Radeallahu'Anhum) related that Prophet Muhammad (salla Allaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said:
"The Martyr recieves six blessings 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 and trails of the Grave.
He is kept safe from the Greatest Terror.
He has placed on his head a 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 like pearls, and he is made intercessor for 70 of his relatives." At-Tirmidhi, 7/161; Ibn Majah, 2799; Imam Ahmed, 4/131.
If one cannot marry a woman for any reason on this Earth, then he will be given a unique woman from Paradise, along with the other Houris.
The woman will also have the same treatment if they die as a Martyr, though if she died without a Husband, then she would be given a unique partner.
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