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star in the sky. Their hearts will be as one man’s heart: there will be no differences or mutual hatred among them. Each of them will have two wives, and through the flesh of each of them the marrow of her shin will be visible because of her beauty. They will glorify Allah morning and evening; they will neither fall ill, nor urinate, nor defecate, nor spit, nor blow their noses. Their vessels will be of gold and silver, their combs of gold, the fuel of their incense burners will be aloeswood, and their perspiration will be musk.” (1)

Abu Sa‘id al-Shurayhi informed us; Abu Ishaq al-Tha‘labi informed us; al-Husayn ibn Muhammad ibn al-Husayn informed us; Harun ibn Muhammad ibn Harun informed us; Hazim ibn Yahya al-Hulwani informed us; Suhayl ibn Uthman al-‘Askari informed us; ‘Ubaydah ibn Humayd informed us from ‘Ata’ ibn al-Sa’ib, from ‘Amr ibn Maymun, from ‘Abd Allah ibn Mas‘ud, from the Prophet, who said: “A woman among the people of Paradise will have the whiteness of her shin and its marrow visible through seventy silk garments. For Allah the Exalted says: ‘They will be like rubies and coral.’ As for the ruby, it is a stone such that, if you were to insert a wire into it and then make it perfectly clear, you would see it through the other side.” (2)

‘Amr ibn Maymun said: “One of the fair, wide-eyed maidens of Paradise will wear seventy garments, and the marrow of her shin will be visible through them, just as red wine is visible in a white glass bottle.” (3)

“So which of your Lord’s favors will you two deny? (59) Is the reward for excellence anything but excellence? (60)”

“So which of your Lord’s favors will you two deny? Is the reward for excellence anything but excellence?” That is, the recompense of one who does good in this world is none other than that he be treated well in the Hereafter. Ibn ‘Abbas said: “Is the recompense of one who says, ‘There is no god but Allah,’ and acts in accordance with what Muhammad brought, anything but Paradise?” (4)

(1) Recorded by al-Bukhari in Bad' al-Khalq (The Beginning of Creation), in the chapter on what has been related concerning the description of Paradise and that it has been created, 6:318; by Muslim in al-Jannah wa Sifat Na'imiha wa Ahliha (Paradise, the Description of Its Bliss, and Its Inhabitants), in the chapter on the first group to enter Paradise in the likeness of the full moon, no. 2834, 4:2179; and by the compiler of Sharh al-Sunnah, 15:211. (2) Recorded by Hannad in al-Zuhd, 1:96; al-Tirmidhi in Sifat al-Jannah (The Description of Paradise), in the chapter on what has been related concerning the description of the women of Paradise, 7:238-239; al-Tabari, 27:152; and Ibn Hibban, no. 2632, p. 654. Al-Haythami said in Majma' al-Zawa'id, 10:418: “Al-Tabarani narrated it, but two men have been omitted from its chain of transmission.” Al-Suyuti also attributed it in al-Durr al-Manthur, 7:712, to Ibn Abi al-Dunya in Wasf al-Jannah (The Description of Paradise), Ibn Abi Hatim, Abu al-Shaykh in al-Azamah, and Ibn Mardawayh. Its chain includes Ata ibn al-Sa'ib, whose memory deteriorated. (3) Recorded by al-Tabari, 27:152, as a report stopped at Amr ibn Maymun; Hannad likewise recorded it in al-Zuhd, 1:97; and Abd al-Razzaq recorded it in al-Musannaf, 11:414. See also the editor's annotation to Hannad's al-Zuhd, 1:97-98. (4) Al-Suyuti attributed it in al-Durr al-Manthur, 7:714, to Abd ibn Humayd, Ibn al-Mundhir, Ibn Abi Hatim, and Ibn Mardawayh. See also al-Qurtubi, 17:182.

كَوْكَبٍ إِضَاءَةً، قُلُوبُهُمْ عَلَى قَلْبِ رَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ، لَا اخْتِلَافَ بَيْنِهِمْ وَلَا تباغض، لكل امرىء مِنْهُمْ زَوْجَتَانِ كُلُّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْهُمَا يُرَى مُخُّ سَاقِهَا مِنْ وَرَاءِ لَحْمِهَا مِنَ الْحُسْنِ، يُسَبِّحُونَ اللَّهَ بِكُرَةً وَعَشِيًّا لَا يَسْقَمُونَ وَلَا يَبُولُونَ وَلَا يَتَغَوَّطُونَ، وَلَا يَتْفُلُونَ، وَلَا يَتَمَخَّطُونَ، آنِيَتُهُمُ الذَّهَبُ وَالْفِضَّةُ وَأَمْشَاطُهُمُ الذَّهَبُ، وَوَقُودُ مَجَامِرِهِمُ الْأَلُوَّةُ، وَرَشْحُهُمُ الْمِسْكُ" (١) . أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الشُّرَيْحِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الثَّعْلَبِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ، أَخْبَرَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ هَارُونَ، أَخْبَرَنَا حَازِمُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْحُلْوَانِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُهَيْلُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الْعَسْكَرِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدَةُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ابن مَسْعُودٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ: "إِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ لَيُرَى بَيَاضُ سَاقِهَا مِنْ وَرَاءِ سَبْعِينَ حُلَّةً مِنْ حَرِيرٍ، وَمُخُّهَا، إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى يَقُولُ: كَأَنَّهُنَّ الْيَاقُوتُ وَالْمَرْجَانُ، فَأَمَّا الْيَاقُوتُ فَإِنَّهُ حَجَرٌ لَوْ أَدْخَلْتَ فِيهِ سِلْكًا ثُمَّ اسْتَصْفَيْتُهُ لَرَأَيْتَهُ مِنْ وَرَائِهِ" (٢) . وَقَالَ عَمْرُو بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ: "إِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ مِنَ الْحُورِ الْعِينِ لَتَلْبَسُ سَبْعِينَ حُلَّةً فَيُرَى مُخُّ سَاقِهَا مِنْ وَرَائِهَا كَمَا يُرَى الشَّرَابُ الْأَحْمَرُ فِي الزُّجَّاجَةِ الْبَيْضَاءِ" (٣) . ﴿فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (٥٩) هَلْ جَزَاءُ الْإِحْسَانِ إِلَّا الْإِحْسَانُ (٦٠) ﴾ ﴿فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ هَلْ جَزَاءُ الْإِحْسَانِ إِلَّا الْإِحْسَانُ﴾ ،أَيْ مَا جَزَاءُ مَنْ أَحْسَنَ فِي الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا أَنْ يُحْسَنَ إِلَيْهِ فِي الْآخِرَةِ. وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: هَلْ جَزَاءُ مَنْ قَالَ: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَعَمِلَ بِمَا جَاءَ بِهِ مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ إِلَّا الْجَنَّةُ؟ (٤) .

(١) أخرجه البخاري في بدء الخلق، باب ما جاء في صفة الجنة وأنها مخلوقة ٦ / ٣١٨، ومسلم في الجنة وصفة نعيمها وأهلها، باب أول زمرة تدخل الجنة على صورة القمر ليلة البدر..برقم: (٢٨٣٤) : ٤ / ٢١٧٩، والمصنف في شرح السنة: ١٥ / ٢١١. (٢) أخرجه هناد في الزهد: ١ / ٩٦، والترمذي في صفة الجنة، باب ما جاء في صفة نساء أهل الجنة: ٧ / ٢٣٨-٢٣٩، والطبري: ٢٧ / ١٥٢، وابن حبان: برقم: (٢٦٣٢) ص ٦٥٤. قال الهيثمي في مجمع الزوائد: ١٠ / ٤١٨: "رواه الطبراني وسقط من إسناده رجلان". وعزاه السيوطي في الدر المنثور: ٧ / ٧١٢ أيضًا لابن أبي الدنيا في "وصف الجنة" وابن أبي حاتم وأبي الشيخ في "العظمة"، وابن مردويه. وفيه عطاء بن السائب وقد اختلط. (٣) أخرجه الطبري: ٢٧ / ١٥٢ موقوفًا على عمرو بن ميمون، وهناد في "الزهد" مثله: ١ / ٩٧، وأخرجه عبد الرزاق في المصنف: ١١ / ٤١٤. وانظر تعليق المحقق على كتاب الزهد لهناد: ١ / ٩٧-٩٨. (٤) عزاه السيوطي في الدر المنثور: ٧ / ٧١٤ لعبد بن حميد، وابن المنذر، وابن أبي حاتم، وابن مردويه. وانظر: القرطبي: ١٧ / ١٨٢.