Pious wife in Dunia wife to her pious husband in Paradise

23-9-2003 | IslamWeb

Question:

If the woman is good in Dunia and dies and meets with her husband in Jannah (Paradise) will she be the prettiest than, all the Hooriy in her husband's eyes.

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Answer:

Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds; and may His blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon all his Family and Companions. In his 'al-Mu'jam al-Kabeer', At-Tabarni quoted Um Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) as having said: I asked the Messenger of Allah: Which is better, the women of this world or the houris (beautiful wide-eyed women of Paradise)? He said: ' Verily the preference of the women of this world to the houris is as that of the external of a garment to its interior '. I said: Why is it so? He said: Because of their prayers, fasting, and worshipping Allah Almighty…. . But this Hadith is weak, its sole narrator being Sulaiman Abu Karima , as Ibn Adiy (may Allah have mercy on him) said. Al-Albani ruled this Hadith as unknown. Abu Ya'la al-Musily quoted Abu Hurairah as having said that the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) had said, while describing the people of Paradise: A man of them enters to seventy-two houris which Allah creates and two women of Adam 's offspring (ordinary women) who have superiority over the houris that Allah creates by their worshiping Allah Almighty in this life…. But there is anonymity and weakness in the narration chain of this Hadith. Therefore, we cannot depend on these two Ahadith because of their weak grade. News about future events cannot be received from any source other than revelation. Allah knows best.