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Tafsir al-BaghawiAl-Baghawi

It is the plural of ‘arūb: women who are loving and affectionate toward their husbands. This was stated by al-Hasan, Mujahid, Qatadah, and Sa‘id ibn Jubayr, and it is also al-Walibi’s narration from Ibn ‘Abbas.

‘Ikrimah related from him: “Coquettish.” ‘Ikrimah said: “Charming and coquettish.” Usamah ibn Zayd related from his father that ‘uruban means: “Women of beautiful speech.”

“Equal in age”: alike in age, all of one age.

Abu Sa‘id al-Shurayhi informed us; Abu Ishaq al-Tha‘labi informed us; Ibn Fanjawayh informed me; Ibn Shaybah related to us; al-Firyabi related to us from Ali ibn Abi Shaybah; Yazid ibn Harun informed us from Hammad ibn Salamah, from Ali ibn Zayd, from Sa‘id ibn al-Musayyab, from Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: “The people of Paradise will enter Paradise hairless, beardless, fair-complexioned, with curly hair, wearing kohl, thirty-three years old, in the form of Adam—sixty cubits tall and seven cubits broad.” (1)

Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Abi Tawbah informed us; Abu Tahir Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn al-Harith informed us; Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub al-Kisa’i informed us; Abd Allah ibn Mahmud informed us; Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Abd Allah al-Khallal related to us; Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak related to us from Rushdayn ibn Sa‘d; Amr ibn al-Harith related to me from Darraj Abu al-Samh, from Abu al-Haytham, from Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “The lowest-ranking inhabitant of Paradise will have eighty thousand servants and seventy-two wives, and a dome will be erected for him [of pearl, chrysolite, and ruby] (2), extending as far as the distance between al-Jabiyah and Sana‘a.” (3)

Through this same chain of transmission, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “He will see his face in her cheek more clearly than in a mirror. Even the smallest pearl upon her will illuminate all that lies between east and west. She will be wearing seventy garments, through which his sight will penetrate, until he sees the marrow of her shin from behind them.” (4)

Through this same chain of transmission, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Whoever among the people of Paradise dies, young or old, will be restored in Paradise to the age of thirty, and they will never grow older than that; and the same applies to the people of Hell.” (5)

(1) Recorded by Imam Ahmad, 2:295, 343, 415; authenticated by al-Albani in Sahih al-Jami, no. 8072. Al-Tirmidhi also narrated a similar report from Muadh in his section on the Description of Paradise, 7:254, and said: “This is an unfamiliar hadith.” (2) The text within the brackets is omitted in manuscript A. (3) Recorded by al-Tirmidhi in the section on the Description of Paradise, chapter: “What has been related concerning the honor granted to the lowest-ranking people of Paradise,” 7:284. He said: “This is an unfamiliar hadith; we know it only through the narration of Rashdin ibn Sa'd.” Rashdin ibn Sa'd and Darraj are both weak. It was also recorded by Imam Ahmad, 3:86; Ibn Hibban in Mawarid al-Zam'an, no. 2638, p. 656; and the compiler of Sharh al-Sunnah, 15:219. Al-Albani graded it weak in his annotations to al-Mishkat, no. 5648. (4) See the previous commentary. (5) See the previous commentary.

وَهِيَ جَمْعُ "عَرُوبٍ" أَيْ: عَوَاشِقَ مُتَحَبِّبَاتٍ إِلَى أَزْوَاجِهِنَّ. قَالَهُ الْحَسَنُ وَمُجَاهِدٌ وَقَتَادَةُ وَسَعِيدُ بْنُ جُبَيْرٍ، وَهِيَ رِوَايَةُ الْوَالِبِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ. وَقَالَ عِكْرِمَةُ عَنْهُ: مَلِقَةٌ. وَقَالَ عِكْرِمَةُ: غَنِجَةٌ. وَقَالَ أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ: "عُرُبًا" حَسَنَاتِ الْكَلَامِ. ﴿أَتْرَابًا﴾ مُسْتَوِيَاتٍ فِي السِّنِّ عَلَى سِنٍّ وَاحِدٍ. أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الشُّرَيْحِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الثَّعْلَبِيُّ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ فَنْجَوَيْهِ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْفِرْيَابِيُّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ: "يَدْخُلُ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ الْجَنَّةَ جُرْدًا مُرْدًا بِيضًا جِعَادًا مُكَحَّلِينَ أَبْنَاءَ ثَلَاثٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ عَلَى خَلْقِ آدَمَ طُولُهُ سِتُّونَ ذِرَاعًا فِي سَبْعَةِ أَذْرُعٍ (١) . أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي تَوْبَةَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْكِسَائِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَحْمُودٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْخَلَّالُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ رِشْدِينَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ دَرَّاجٍ أَبِي السَّمْحِ عَنْ أَبِي الْهَيْثَمِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: "أَدْنَى أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ الَّذِي لَهُ ثَمَانُونَ أَلْفَ خَادِمٍ وَاثْنَتَانِ وَسَبْعُونَ زَوْجَةً وَتُنْصَبُ لَهُ قُبَّةٌ [مِنْ لُؤْلُؤٍ وَزَبَرْجَدٍ وَيَاقُوتٍ] (٢) . كَمَا بَيْنَ الْجَابِيَةِ إِلَى صَنْعَاءَ" (٣) . وَبِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ: "يَنْظُرُ إِلَى وَجْهِهِ فِي خَدِّهَا أَصْفَى مِنَ الْمِرْآةِ وَإِنَّ أَدْنَى لُؤْلُؤَةٍ عَلَيْهَا تُضِيءُ مَا بَيْنَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ، وَإِنَّهُ لَيَكُونُ عَلَيْهَا سَبْعُونَ ثَوْبًا يَنْفُذُهَا بَصَرُهُ حَتَّى يَرَى مُخَّ سَاقِهَا مِنْ وَرَاءِ ذَلِكَ" (٤) . وَبِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ: "مَنْ مَاتَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ مِنْ صَغِيرٍ أَوْ كَبِيرٍ يُرَدُّونَ أَبْنَاءَ ثَلَاثِينَ سَنَةً فِي الْجَنَّةِ لَا يَزِيدُونَ عَلَيْهَا أَبَدًا وَكَذَلِكَ أَهْلُ النَّارِ" (٥) .

(١) أخرجه الإمام أحمد: ٢ / ٢٩٥، ٣٤٣،٤١٥، وصححه الألباني في "صحيح الجامع" برقم: (٨٠٧٢) . ورواه الترمذي عن معاذ بنحوه في صفة الجنة: ٧ / ٢٥٤ وقال: "هذا حديث غريب". (٢) ما بين القوسين ساقط من "أ". (٣) أخرجه الترمذي في صفة الجنة، باب ما جاء ما لأدنى أهل الجنة من الكرامة: ٧ / ٢٨٤ وقال: "هذا حديث غريب لا نعرفه إلا من حديث رشدين بن سعد". ورشدين بن سعد ودراج كلاهما ضعيف. والإمام أحمد: ٣ / ٨٦، وابن حبان في موارد الظمان برقم: (٢٦٣٨) ، صفحة: (٦٥٦) ، والمصنف في شرح السنة: ١٥ / ٢١٩. وضعفه الألباني في تعليقه على المشكاة برقم: (٥٦٤٨) . (٤) انظر: التعليق السابق. (٥) انظرأ التعليق السابق.