Islamic Paradise
Hatun and Daniel investigate what Islamic Paradise looks like, including some delightful ahadith:
Tirmidhi 3:20:1663: the Messenger of Allah said: “There are six things with Allah for the martyr. He is forgiven with the first flow of blood (he suffers), he is shown his place in Paradise, he is protected from punishment in the grave, secured from the greatest terror, the crown of dignity is placed upon his head – and its gems are better than the world and what is in it – he is married to seventy two wives along Al-Huril-‘Ayn of Paradise, and he may intercede (save) for seventy of his close relatives.” (from hell) (Hasan)
Ibn Majah 5:37:4337: the Messenger of Allah said: “There is no one whom Allah will admit to Paradise but Allah will marry him to seventy-two wives, two from houris (heavenly wives) and seventy from his inheritance from the people of Hell, all of whom will have desirable front passages and he will have a male member that never becomes flaccid (i.e., soft and limp).” (a promise of a private part that is hard while having sex with 70 women from hell)
Rev 22 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 3 No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him. 4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 5 And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.
Does anyone but me some inconsistency in getting wives out of Hell? This is a little like the Catholic version of Purgatory. You are not in hot Hell with your shoes burning and your brains boiling but instead you are the sex slave of some Jihadi. Some of these wives are going to be unbelievers, possibly Jews and Christians. I thought Muslims were not suppose to marry unbelievers? So what about the faithful wives who make it to Paradise? Do they form a third line behind the Houries and the inheritance from Hell? I wonder if it is possible to get a bad batch of women who are lesbians? How can Allah be considered to be just when the guilty escape punishment in Hell?