In the Hadith Where It Says the Wives in Paradise Will Not See Each Other, Does This Mean Women in Janna Cannot Meet Their Family?
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
In the hadith (Sahih Bukhari 3243), where it says the wives in Paradise will not see each other, does this mean women in Janna cannot meet their family or female friends?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate
I pray you are in good faith and health. Thank you for your question.
The hadith explains that the believer will be in his paradise tent with his wives. He will go to each wife to make love, and they will not be able to see each other due to the tent’s vastness in length, width, and height.
[Ibn Adam al-Atyubi, al-Bahr al-Muhit al-Thajjaj Fi Sharh Sahih al-Muslim]
This hadith is mentioned in both Bukhari and Muslim. In Bukhari, it is reported by Abdullah Ibn Qays al-Ash‘ari. The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said, “A tent (in Paradise) is like a hollow pearl which is thirty miles in height, and on every corner of the tent the believer will have wives that cannot be seen by the others.” Abu ‘Imran narrates in another narration, “The tent is sixty miles in height.” [Bukhari]
May Allah give us the goodness of this world and the Next. Amin.
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حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عِمْرَانَ الْجَوْنِيَّ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ الأَشْعَرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ “ الْخَيْمَةُ دُرَّةٌ مُجَوَّفَةٌ، طُولُهَا فِي السَّمَاءِ ثَلاَثُونَ مِيلاً، فِي كُلِّ زَاوِيَةٍ مِنْهَا لِلْمُؤْمِنِ أَهْلٌ لاَ يَرَاهُمُ الآخَرُونَ ”. قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ وَالْحَارِثُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ سِتُّونَ مِيلاً.
رواه البخاري
(لِلْمُؤْمِنِ فِيهَا)؛ أي: في تلك الخيمة، (أَهْلُونَ)؛ أي: زوجات، (يَطُوفُ)؛ أي: يدور (عَلَيْهِمُ الْمُؤْمِنُ)؛ أي: يجامعهم،
فالطواف هنا كناية عن المجامعة (فَلَا يَرَى بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا«)؛ أي: من طول مسافة الخيمة، وبُعد أقطارها،
والله تعالى أعلم.
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Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally-trained scholar who has studied in the UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan, and Turkey. He started his early education in the UK. He went on to complete the hifz of the Quran in India, then enrolled in an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied the secular and ‘Aalimiyya sciences. He then traveled to Karachi, Pakistan. He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for several years. He has taught hifz of the Quran, Tajwid, Fiqh, and many other Islamic sciences to children and adults onsite and online extensively in the UK and Ireland. He taught at a local Islamic seminary for 12 years in the UK, where he was a librarian and a teacher of Islamic sciences. He currently resides in the UK with his wife. His interest is a love of books and gardening.
