Part 128

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Al-Amash related from Ibn Mas’ood % that, “Ar-Raheeq is wine, and Makhtoom means that after (drinking) it they will find the fragrance of musk.”

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Sufyaan related that Ibn ‘Abbaas said, “It is the most honorable drink for the people of Paradise...”

Allah ‘Azza Wa-Jall (To Him belongs Might and Majesty) has described the wine of Paradise as having beautiful and wonderful characteristics, characteristics that are not found in the wine of the world. He 8 mentioned that the wine of Paradise flows:

Boe ad 450 be eS “Therein will be a running spring’ And Allah 3% said:

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wine delicious to those who drink, and rivers of clarified honey (clear and purey'4

So the wine of Paradise flows in rivers, rivers that take from huge seas that are over there, from springs that gush forth from

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Therefore it is wine that is good to look at and delicious to taste. It causes no pain to one’s stomach and it does not take away one’s faculty of reasoning.

The purpose for which people drink wine is to achieve lightness, an exhilarating feeling of euphoria and merriment - a state of delight that brings happiness to the heart, All of this is found in the wine of Paradise. But in terms of one’s mind going away, whereby the drinker is left to remain like an animal or an inanimate object, then. this is a characteristic of wine in this world. None of this, however,

results from drinking the wine of Paradise; only happiness and delight result from drinking that wine:

ALS wero. Ge Be ire Gh 4h BG SE is “Neither will they have Ghoul (any kind of hurt, abdominal pain, headache, a sin) from that, nor will they suffer intoxication therefrom?) And Allah 3 said in another verse:

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“Immortal boys will go around them (serving), with cups, and jugs, and a glass of flowing wine. Wherefrom they will get neither any aching of the head, nor any intoxication”)

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Intoxication here means losing the faculties of one’s mind. And Allah 3 said in another Verse:

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those nearest to Allah gC) In At-Tafseer, we mentioned from ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abbaas that, “A group from the people of Paradise will gather around their drink, just as the people of the earth gather. A cloud will pass by them, and they will not ask for anything except that that thing will rain down. on them. Even among them will be he who will say, ‘Rain upon us Kawaa’ib Atranban (full-breasted (mature) maidens of equal age), and (that cloud) will rain Kawaa’ib Atraaban.”

We mentioned that they will gather at the Tooba tree, and they will remember the amusement of the world, Then Allah will send a wind from Paradise, and it will move that tree with every kind of amusement that was in the world. In some narrations it is mentioned that a group from the dwellers of Paradise will go across (a number of trees) while they are riding on the good mounts of Paradise. The trees will part from their way, to the right and to the left, so that they do not divide those riders.” This is all from the favor and bounty of Allah a upon them, and from His Mercy to them, For Him is all praise, and all favors and blessings are from Him. Akwaab are mugs that have no nakedness to them (perhaps meaning that they are not see-through) and they have no hose (or narrow tip from where drink flows easily), which are qualities that are contrary to the Abaareeg (jugs). And Al-Kaas is a cup that contains drink inside of it. Allah 3% said:

“And a full cup (of wine)? And Allah $ said:

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“No Lagino (dirty, false, evil talk) shall they here therein, nor lying” And Allah ## said: Mery 4 get ie 2 peg “They shall not here therein (in Paradise} any Laghw (dirty, false, evil vain talk), but only Salam (salutation of peace)?! And Allah 3% said:

“Free from any Laghw (dirty, false, evil vain talk between them),

and free from sin (because it will be lawful for them to drink’?! And Allah @ said:

COREE) “There they shall neither hear harmful speech nor falsehood’) And Allah 3% said:

“No Laghw (dirty, false, evil vain talk) will they hear therein, nor any sinful speech (like backbiling). But only the saying of Salam! Salam! (greetings with peace, eat Hudhaifah . related that the Messenger of Allah #g said, “Do not drink from vessels of gold and silver, nor (eat from) their trays; verily, they are for them in the world, and for you in the Hereafter.”

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The Clothing Of The Dwellers Of Paradise; Their Adornments, Garments, And Beauty — We Ask Allah & From All Of That

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“Their garments will be of fine green silk, and gold embroidery. They will be adorned with bracelets of silver, and their Lord will give them a pure drink’

And Allah a¥ said: Shek RO ‘Adan (Eden) Paradise (everlasting Gardens) will they enter, therein will they be adorned with bracelets of gold and pearls, and their garments therein will be of silk’!

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“Verily as for those who believed and did righteous deeds, certainly We shall not make the reward of anyone who does his (righteous) deeds in the most perfect manner to be lost. These! For them will be ‘Adan (Eden) Paradise (everlasting Gardens); wherein rivers flows underneath thent; therein they will be adorned with bracelets of gold, and they will wear green garments of fine and thick silk. They

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white bottle.” (Related by At-Tabaraanee) Ad-Diyaa said, “With me, this fulfills the conditions of As-sahih)

Abu Hurairah # reported that the Messenger of Allah # said, “The amount of space in Paradise equal to the space of one of your whips is better than the world along with that which is equal to it. And were a woman from the women of Paradise to appear to the world, she would have filled what is between its two sides with fragrance, and what is between both sides of the earth would become pure. And her veil (Naseef) that is one her head is better than the world and all that is in it.’ Abu Ayyoob (freed slave of ‘Uthmaan ibn ‘Affaan .@) said, “I said, ‘O Abu Hurairah, and what is the Naseef in that?’ He said, “A veil.” However, the scholars have spoken about one of the narrators of this hadith — Al-Khaztaj ibn ‘Uthmaan AlBasree. But a hadith in Al-Bukhaaree attests to it; it is related by Anas , and in it, the Prophet # said, “And her Naseef — meaning her veil ~ is better than the world and all that is in it.” (Ahmad) Abu Sa’eecd Al-Khudree -% related the following from the Prophet #: “Verily, a man from Paradise will recline for 70 years before moving, Then his wife will come to him (the narrator here says, ‘and I think he said’), and strike him on his shoulders. He will look with his face at her cheek, which is purer than a mirror. The smallest pearl upon her illuminates what is between the east and the west. She will give him greetings of peace, and he will respond with greetings of peace. And he will ask her, ‘Who are you?’ Then she will say, ‘I am the Al-Mazeed (the increase)’ She will have on her 70 garments... His gaze will pierce through that until the bone marrow of her legs. And upon her are crowns, and the smallest pearl upon her illuminates that which is between the east and the west.” (Related by Hurmulah) Ahmad related it through a different chain. Abu Sa’eed reported that the Prophet 2% recited the saying of Allah 48, ve 1h 8 CGR OR oe oe Goad ow ST Be ls HE EE ge ER} “Adan (Eden) Paradise (everlasting gardens) will they enter, therein will they be adorned with bracelets of goid’"]