“…It may be that a soul detests some affair,
Yet within it lies a release like the untying of a hobble.”

He rejoiced greatly at having found this proof, set off with it to al-Ḥajjāj, and while still on the road was told, “Al-Ḥajjāj has died.” He said, “By Allah, I do not know whether I am happier about the verse I discovered among the Bedouins or about the death of that man.”

In short, one should bring glad tidings and cheer to one’s brothers so that they rejoice, feel invigorated, entertain hope, and await relief. We ask Allah to make us and all Muslims among those who receive glad tidings in this life and the next.

708 – From Abū Ibrāhīm—some say Abū Muḥammad, others Abū Muʿāwiyah—ʿAbdullāh ibn Abī Awfā (may Allah be pleased with him): The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave Khadījah (may Allah be pleased with her) the glad tidings of a house in Paradise made of qaṣab (hollow pearls), wherein there is neither clamour nor fatigue. Agreed upon.

Here, qaṣab means hollow pearls; aṣ-ṣakhab refers to shouting and din, and an-naṣab to weariness.