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Sahih MuslimThe Book of Paradise, its Description, its Bounties and its Inhabitants

Verily, the believer in Paradise will have a tent made of a single hollow pearl, the length of which is sixty miles. The believer will have wives therein whom he will visit in turn, and they will not see each other

Chapter: The Tents Of Paradise, And The Wives That The Believers Will Have In Them

Authentic hadith of Sahih Muslim Sahih Muslim 2838a

Narrator:Abu Mūsa al-Ash‘ari

حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ أَبِي قُدَامَةَ، - وَهُوَ الْحَارِثُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ - عَنْ أَبِي، عِمْرَانَ الْجَوْنِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏

إِنَّ لِلْمُؤْمِنِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ لَخَيْمَةً مِنْ لُؤْلُؤَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ مُجَوَّفَةٍ طُولُهَا سِتُّونَ مِيلاً لِلْمُؤْمِنِ فِيهَا أَهْلُونَ يَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمُؤْمِنُ فَلاَ يَرَى بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا ‏"

Abu Mūsa (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said:

"Verily, the believer in Paradise will have a tent made of a single hollow pearl, the length of which is sixty miles. The believer will have wives therein whom he will visit in turn, and they will not see each other."

Reported by Muslim (No. 2838a).

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Explanation

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) informed about part of the bliss of Paradise, stating that the believer will have a large and spacious tent in Paradise, made from a single hollow pearl. Its width and height will span sixty miles in the sky. In each side, part, and corner of its four corners there will be wives, and they will not see one another. The believer will visit them in turn.

Lessons

  • Highlighting the great bliss that the dwellers of Paradise enjoy.
  • Encouraging the performance of righteous deeds by pointing out the bliss that Allah has prepared for them.

Explanation in Arabic

أَخْبَرَ النبيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عن بعض نعيم الجنة، وأن للمؤمن في الجنة خيمة عظيمة واسعة الجَوْف، مِن دُرَّة واحدة مُجَوَّفة، عَرْضُها وطولها في السماء ستون ميلًا، في كل جانب وناحية وزاوية من زواياها الأربع زوجات، لا يرى بعضهم بعضًا، يطوف عليهم المؤمن.

  • بيان عظم نعيم أهل الجنة.
  • الترغيب في العمل الصالح ببيان ما أعدَّ الله لهم من النعيم.

Scholars’ grades

Grade taken from the status of the collection (Sahih Muslim).

Other versions

Not graded Riyad as-Salihin 1885

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "In Jannah the believer will have a tent made of a single hollowed pearl of which the length will be sixty miles in the sky. The believer will have his wives with him and he will visit them and they will not be able to see one another." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

وعن أبي موسى رضي الله عنه أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال‏:‏ ‏"‏إن للمؤمن في الجنة لخيمة من لؤلؤة واحدة مجوفة طولها في السماء ستون ميلاً، للمؤمن فيها أهلون، يطوف عليهم المؤمن فلا يرى بعضهم بعضاً، ‏(‏‏(‏متفق…

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