Sexual Intercourse in Paradise

-1-  Anas ibn Maalik (may Allaah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allaah (may Allaah raise his rank and grant him peace) said:  “A believer in Paradise will be given the stamina to have sexual intercourse such-and-such (number of times).” Anas said, “O Messenger of Allaah! (How) will he have the ability to do so?” He replied: “He will be given the stamina of one hundred (men).”

Collected by at-Tirmithee (#2536) and others. At-Tirmithee authenticated it, as did Ibn al-Qayyim in Haadee al-Arwaah (p.232) and Al-Albaanee.  At-Tirmithee entitled the chapter: “What Has Been Reported About the Sexual Intercourse of the People in Paradise.” 

-2-  Zayd ibn Arqam (may Allaah be pleased with him) narrated that a Jew came to the Prophet (may Allaah raise his rank and grant him peace) and said, “O Abal-Qaasim! Don’t you presume that the people of Paradise shall eat and drink there?!” He replied: “Nay, (I swear) by the One in whose Hand is my soul! Surely, one of them will have the stamina of a hundred men with regards to eating, drinking, desires, and sexual intercourse.”

It was collected by Ahmad (4/367, 371) and others with an authentic chain. Ibn al-Qayyim authenticated it in Haadee al-Arwaah (p.187), as did Al-Albaanee in Saheeh at-Targheeb (#3739).

-3-  Aboo Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) asked the Prophet (may Allaah raise his rank and grant him peace), “O Messenger of Allaah! Are we going to approach our wives (for sex) in Paradise?” He replied: “Yes, (I swear) by the One in whose Hand is my soul!  Surely a man will approach one hundred virgins in a single afternoon!”

It was collected by at-Tabaraanee in al-Mu’jam al-Awsat (#718).  ad-Dhiyaa’ al-Maqdisee authenticated it according to the standards of Muslim, as quoted in It-haaf al-Jamaa’ah (3/268) of at-Tuwayjiree.

Some scholars mention that this narration is more correctly attributed to Ibn ‘Abbaas, not Aboo Hurayrah. Refer to al-‘Ilal al-Waaridah of ad-Daaraqutnee (10/30).

In another version of Aboo Hurayrah’s narration: “Yes, (I swear) by the One in whose Hand is my soul, orgasm after orgasm; and when he gets up, she returns to being a pure virgin.”

This version was authenticated by al-Albaanee in Silsilat al-Ahaadeeth as-Saheehah (#3351).

In another version collected by Is-haaq ibn Raahawayh (#345) and al-Bazzaar (16/243) in their Musnads:  “Yes, with a penis that does not tire, a vagina that does not dry up, and a desire that does not cease.”

Al-Bazzaar mentions that this version is not authentic, as does al-Haythamee in Majma’ az-Zawaa’id (10/417).  However, it can be supported by the generality of these narrations, as well as the upcoming narration of Aboo Umaamah specifically.

-4-  Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him) is also reported to have narrated the previous hadeeth about one hundred virgins in one afternoon, as mentioned.

It was collected by Aboo Ya’laa in his Musnad (#2436). This report appears to have a weak (unauthentic) chain of narration.

-5-  Aboo Umaamah (may Allaah be pleased with him) said that the Prophet (may Allaah raise his rank and grant him peace) was asked if the people of Paradise will indulge in sexual intercourse, and he replied: “Yes, with a penis that does not tire and desires that do not cease, orgasm after orgasm!” 

It was collected by at-Tabaraanee in his al-Mu’jam al-Kabeer (8/160, 172) and others. Although its chain is weak, Al-Albaanee authenticated it based on support from other narrations in Silsilat al-Ahaadeeth as-Saheehah (7/1062).

-6-  The scholars of Tafseer (Quranic Exegesis), beginning with the Companions, like ‘Abdullaah ibn ‘Abbaas and ‘Abdullaah ibn Mas’ood, and the Taabi’oon and later scholars, the likes of Sa’eed ibn al-Musayyab, ‘Ikrimah, al-Hasan al-Basree, Qataadah, and many others, have explained the following Verse:  “Verily, the people of Paradise that Day shall be occupied, rejoicing” [36:55]

They said: “Occupied with taking the virginity of virgins (through sexual intercourse).”

Source: Tafseer Ibn Katheer (36:55).

-7-  The four well-known imaams – Aboo Haneefah, Maalik, ash-Shaafi’ee, and Ahmad (may Allaah have Mercy on all of them) – all held the position that the people of Paradise will enjoy sexual intercourse from the many joys of Paradise.

Source: Manaazil al-A’immat al-Arba’ah (p.126) of al-Waa’ith Aboo Zakariyyaa as-Salamaasee (d.550). (Note: This book was one of the first books ever written to identify the points of belief agreed upon by the four imaams.)

-8-  The entire body of the scholars of the Salaf unanimously agreed that the people of Paradise will indulge in sexual intercourse. In fact, some of the scholars declared a person who would reject any one of the textually established pleasures of Paradise to be a disbeliever.

Al-Waa’ith as-Salamaasee (d.550) said: “Anyone who opposes any of these things [from them: sexual intercourse in Paradise] has left Islam, due to his contradiction to the Qur’aan, the Sunnah, and scholarly consensus.”

Source: His book, Manaazil al-A’immat al-Arba’ah (p.126).

Compiled by: Moosaa Richardson

A Believer Seeks for Islamic Knowledge till Death

Aboo Sa‘eed al-Khudree reported that the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “A believer is never tired of the good he hears till he ends up in Paradise.”[1] At-Tirmidhee said this hadeeth is hasan ghareeb. This version is well known and people have reported it and Ahmad cited most of it in his Musnad; as such, the hadeeth has supporting evidences. The Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) made craving for knowledge and never-ending appetite for it as one of the requirements of eemaan and the attributes of the believers. He also informed that this would not cease to be the attitude of a believer until his admission into Paradise.

For this reason, if it is said to anyone among the Imams of Islam: “How long will you seek for knowledge?” He will say, ‘Till death.” Nu‘aym bin Hamaad said: “I heard Abdullaah bin al-Mubaarak saying, despite being criticized by some people for seeking for hadeeth so much, when they asked him: “How long will you continue to listen to hadeeth?” He said, “Till death.”[2] Al-Husayn bin Mansoor al-Khasaas narrated: “I said to Ahmad bin Hanbal, ‘How long should a man write hadeeth?” He said, ‘Till death.”[3] Abdullaah bin Muhammad al-Baghaweee said: “I heard Ahmad bin Hanbal saying, ‘I will seek for knowledge till I enter the grave.”[4]

Muhammad bin Ismaa‘eel as-Saa’igh said: “I was working as a goldsmith with my father in Baghdad one day when Ahmad bin Hanbal passed by us running while carrying his shoe in his hand. Then my father held the edge of his garment and said: “O Aboo Abdullaah, are you not shy? How long will you be running with these people?” He said, “Till death.”[5] Abdullaah bin Bishr at-Taaliqaanee said: “I wish that the command of my Lord (i.e. death) will come while the inkstand is in front of me without detaching me from knowledge and the inkstand.”[6] 

Humayd bin Muhammad bin Yazeed al-Basree said, “Ibn Bastaam al-Haafidh came asking me about hadeeth. So I said to him, ‘How extreme is your eagerness for hadeeth!” So he said: “Do you not love that I should be in the train of the family of Allah’s Messenger?” One of the scholars was asked: “When is it good for a man to learn?” He said: “When life is good for him.”[7] Al-Hasan was asked about a man of eighty years old: “Is it good for him to seek for knowledge?” He said, “If it is good for him to live.”[8]

Source: Miftaah Daar as-Sa‘aadah wa Manshoor Wilaayah Ahl al-‘Ilm wal-Iraadah, pp. 202-205 by Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (may Allah have merce on him)

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[1] Recorded by at-Tirmidhee (2686)

[2] Recorded by Ibn ‘Adiy in al-Kaamil (3/114); see Jaami’ Bayaan al-Ilm wa Fadlih (1/406)

[3] Recorded by al-Khateeb in Sharaf Ashaab al-Hadeeth (144)

[4] Recorded by al-Khateeb in Sharaf Ashaab al-Hadeeth (145)

[5] Recorded by al-Khateeb in Taareekh Baghdaad (3/29)

[6] Recorded by Ibn Asaakir in Taareekh Dimashq (27/168)

[7] See Jaami’ Bayaan al-Ilm (1/406)

[8] Recorded by al-Khateeb in Sharaf Ashaab al-Hadeeth (146)