Hereafter.” He also said: “Do not drink from vessels of gold and silver or eat from their dishes, for they are theirs in this world and yours in the Hereafter.”

These are well-known authentic hadiths whose authenticity is unanimously accepted. He thus informed us that whoever uses these things in this world—whether food, clothing, or otherwise—will not use them in the Hereafter.

Were one to say to him, “This beautiful listening promised in Paradise is for those who kept their ears from listening to musical amusements in this world,” this would be more consonant with the truth and the Sunnah. Indeed, a report to this effect states that Allah will say on the Day of Resurrection: “Where are those who kept themselves and their hearing free from amusement and the flutes of devils? Admit them, and let them hear Me being praised, glorified, and extolled. Tell them that they will have no fear, nor will they grieve.”