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Qu'ran forbids the use of alcohol.
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I think this is cool because although being an Atheists, I hate drinking and am against it other than like Champaign at a family dinner.Bangbang said:
Also, I'm pretty sure lots of people here knew this!
Terrywoodenpic
Oldest Heretic
is it true wine will be found in paradise?
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Quran & Sunnah
Terrywoodenpic said:
Yes, it's true, but the wine of Paradise is different from the wine of the earth, they are similar only in name.
Look at the following question and answer from www.islamonline.net:
Question
Dear scholars, as-Salamu `alaykum. Why does Almighty Allah forbid the believers to drink wine in this world, while He allows them to drink it in the Hereafter? How will He Almighty allow them this in the Hereafter though it is extremely harmful? Jazakum Allah khayran.
Answer
Wa `alaykum As-Salamu wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.
Dear questioner, we would like to thank you for the great confidence you place in us, and we implore Allah Almighty to help us serve His cause and render our work for His Sake.
Allah Almighty has forbidden the believers to drink alcohol in this world because of the great harm it causes, especially its effect on peoples mental health and control of behavior. A drunk person does not realize what he says or does. He does not reflect on the acts of worship when he performs them, which negates the very reason for performing them. It is a fundamental aim of Shari` ah that the believers maintain their mental health. Alcohol harms ones mental and physical health and also negatively affect one's social relationships.
The wine in Paradise, however, will not be harmful. It will not affect one's mental or physical health, nor will it cause one to lose control. The wine of Paradise resembles that of this world only in name. So, it is out of Almighty Allah's boundless mercy and bounty that He will allow the believers to drink wine in Paradise.
Sheikh Abdel-Halim Mahmoud, the late Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar, states:
Allah Almighty refers in more than one verse of the Qur'an to the pleasures and comforts the believers will enjoy in Paradise. Among those pleasures is drinking wine. For example, Allah Almighty says: "(Here is) a Parable of the Garden which the righteous are promised: in it are rivers of water incorruptible; rivers of milk of which the taste never changes; rivers of wine, a joy to those who drink; and rivers of honey pure and clear. In it there are for them all kinds of fruits; and Grace from their Lord. (Can those in such Bliss) be compared to such as shall dwell forever in the Fire, and be given, to drink, boiling water, so that it cuts up their bowels (to pieces)?" (Muhammad: 15)
He Almighty also says, describing the wine of the Paradise: "There wait on them immortal youths with bowls and ewers and a cup from a pure spring wherefrom they get no aching of the head nor any madness, and fruit that they prefer." (Al-Waqi`ah: 17-20)
According to these verses, the wine of Paradise will not cause any kind of harm to the believers.
It is because of the negative effect of alcoholic drinks on the physical and mental health that they have been called the mother of impurities. Even before the advent of Islam, there were some wise respectable Arab men who forbade themselves to drink wine because of its bad effect on people's behavior that they observed. Of those people was `Abd Al-Muttalib, the grandfather of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him).
Moreover, Allah Almighty has cursed wine, the one who makes it, the one who carries it, and the one who drinks it. Allah Almighty says about the harm it causes: "O ye who believe! Intoxicants and gambling, (dedication of) stones, and (divination by) arrows, are an abomination of Satan's handwork: eschew such (abomination), that ye may prosper." (Al-Ma'idah: 90)
To sum up, the wine of the Paradise is not harmful in any way. It will be enjoyable and pleasing to the believers as a blessing bestowed on them from Almighty Allah.
You can also read:
Why the Forbidden Is No more Forbidden in Paradise?
Terrywoodenpic
Oldest Heretic
From your post ;Men who enter paradise are given many pleasures by Allah,
Including pure women who never age.
What is given to women who enter paradise are they given equivalent pleasures?
Including pure women who never age.
What is given to women who enter paradise are they given equivalent pleasures?
Peace
Quran & Sunnah
Terrywoodenpic said:
Read the following answer to the Reward of women in Paradise (from: www.islamonline.net)
As regards your question, it should be clear that Paradise is the abode of happiness; all its dwellers, males or females, will be showered with Allahs blessings and favors. There is no discrimination in this regard between men and women. It is righteousness and good deeds that elevates ones rank in Jannah and exalts his/her position. In more than one Qur'anic verse, Allah, Most High, calls upon His servants to do their utmost in order to be favored with Paradise. For example, He says, (And vie one with another for forgiveness from your Lord, and for a Paradise as wide as are the heavens and the earth, prepared for those who ward off (evil). ) (Aal `Imran 3: 133)
In this context, Dr. Muzammil H. Siddiqi, former President of the Islamic Society of North America, states:
Jannah or Paradise is not for men alone. It is prepared for both, righteous men and righteous women. All the joys and blessings of Jannah are for both of them. Allah has mentioned in the Quran that He put both Adam and his wife Hawwa (Eve) in Jannah after creating them, and He told them to eat and enjoy everything (except the fruit of one tree). [See al-Baqarah 2: 35; al-A`raf 7: 19] Thus, all the trees, gardens and rivers of Jannah are made for both men and women and they both will enjoy them.
All Believers, males and females, will enter the Jannah. Allah says, ( Gardens of perpetual bliss: they shall enter there, as well as the righteous among their fathers, their spouses, and their offspring) (ar-Ra`d 13: 23)
Further, Allah says, (Indeed, the people of Paradise will be happily occupied. They and their wives shall be in shades, reclining on raised couches. There are for them fruits and there is for them all that they ask for ) (Ya-Sin 36: 55-57)
In the Hereafter Allah will say to the Believers, (Enter the Garden, you and your wives, you will be made glad. There will be brought round for them trays of gold and goblets, and therein is all that the souls desire and eyes find sweet and you will stay there forever. This is the garden, which you are made to inherit because of what you used to do. Therein for you is fruit in plenty whence to eat. ) (Az-Zukhruf 43: 70-73)
There are many other places in the Quran where it is mentioned that men and women both will find their reward and none will be deprived. [See: Aal `Imran 3: 195; An-Nisa, 4: 124; An-Nahl 16: 97; Al-Ahzab 33: 35; Ghafir 40: 40]
The life of women in Jannah will be as pleasant and happy as the life of men. Allah is not partial to any gender. He created both of them and He will take care of both of them according to their needs and desires. Let us all work to achieve the Jannah and then, in sha Allah, we will find there what will satisfy all of us fully.
This verse clearly denotes that those women who do righteous deeds are rewarded with Paradise and given a high rank that is equal to the good deeds they have offered.
Shedding more light on this issue, we'd like to cite the following fatwa issued by the outstanding Muslim scholar, Sheikh ibn Jibreen: All Believers, males and females, will enter the Jannah. Allah says, ( Gardens of perpetual bliss: they shall enter there, as well as the righteous among their fathers, their spouses, and their offspring) (ar-Ra`d 13: 23)
Further, Allah says, (Indeed, the people of Paradise will be happily occupied. They and their wives shall be in shades, reclining on raised couches. There are for them fruits and there is for them all that they ask for ) (Ya-Sin 36: 55-57)
In the Hereafter Allah will say to the Believers, (Enter the Garden, you and your wives, you will be made glad. There will be brought round for them trays of gold and goblets, and therein is all that the souls desire and eyes find sweet and you will stay there forever. This is the garden, which you are made to inherit because of what you used to do. Therein for you is fruit in plenty whence to eat. ) (Az-Zukhruf 43: 70-73)
There are many other places in the Quran where it is mentioned that men and women both will find their reward and none will be deprived. [See: Aal `Imran 3: 195; An-Nisa, 4: 124; An-Nahl 16: 97; Al-Ahzab 33: 35; Ghafir 40: 40]
The life of women in Jannah will be as pleasant and happy as the life of men. Allah is not partial to any gender. He created both of them and He will take care of both of them according to their needs and desires. Let us all work to achieve the Jannah and then, in sha Allah, we will find there what will satisfy all of us fully.
This verse clearly denotes that those women who do righteous deeds are rewarded with Paradise and given a high rank that is equal to the good deeds they have offered.
There is no doubt that reward in the Hereafter encompasses both men and women. This is based on the following Qur'anic verses:
( Lo! I suffer not the work of any worker, male or female, to be lost) (Al `Imran 3: 195)
(Whosoever works righteousness, whether male or female, while he (or she) is a true believer, We will give a good life. ) (An-Nahl 16: 97)
(And whoever does righteous good deeds, being a male or a female, and is a true believer, such will enter Paradise. ) (An-Nisa 4: 124)
(Verily, the Muslims, men and women, the believers, men and women... Allah has prepared for them forgiveness and a great reward. ) (Al-Ahzab 33: 35)
Allah mentions them entering into Paradise together, saying:
(They and their wives will be in pleasant shade. ) (Ya Sin 36: 56)
(Enter Paradise, you and your wives, in happiness. ) (Az-Zukhruf 43: 70)
Allah also mentions that He will recreate women in Paradise in the following verse:
( Lo! We have created them a (new) creation. And made them virgins ) (Al-Waqi`ah 56: 35-36) That is, Allah will recreate the elderly women and make them virgins; the same will be done for old men, Allah will make them youth.
It is also mentioned in the Hadith that the women of this worldly life have a superiority over Al-hur Al-`In due to the acts of worship and obedience that they performed in this world. Therefore, the believing women will enter Paradise just like the believing men. If a woman had a number of husbands, she, upon entering Paradise with them, would choose among them the one with the best character and behavior.
Excerpted, with slight modifications, from: http://www.uh.edu/campus/msa/articles/fatawawom/aqida.html#paradise ( Lo! I suffer not the work of any worker, male or female, to be lost) (Al `Imran 3: 195)
(Whosoever works righteousness, whether male or female, while he (or she) is a true believer, We will give a good life. ) (An-Nahl 16: 97)
(And whoever does righteous good deeds, being a male or a female, and is a true believer, such will enter Paradise. ) (An-Nisa 4: 124)
(Verily, the Muslims, men and women, the believers, men and women... Allah has prepared for them forgiveness and a great reward. ) (Al-Ahzab 33: 35)
Allah mentions them entering into Paradise together, saying:
(They and their wives will be in pleasant shade. ) (Ya Sin 36: 56)
(Enter Paradise, you and your wives, in happiness. ) (Az-Zukhruf 43: 70)
Allah also mentions that He will recreate women in Paradise in the following verse:
( Lo! We have created them a (new) creation. And made them virgins ) (Al-Waqi`ah 56: 35-36) That is, Allah will recreate the elderly women and make them virgins; the same will be done for old men, Allah will make them youth.
It is also mentioned in the Hadith that the women of this worldly life have a superiority over Al-hur Al-`In due to the acts of worship and obedience that they performed in this world. Therefore, the believing women will enter Paradise just like the believing men. If a woman had a number of husbands, she, upon entering Paradise with them, would choose among them the one with the best character and behavior.
Thus, rest assured dear sister that Allah never wrongs anyone, male or female, nor does He, Almighty, deprive any person of his/her works fruit.
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Is Paradise Physical?
Multiple Wives in Paradise: What Is for Women?
Bangbang said:
Well, there are some who would argue that's not a bad thing; However, when that law is applied to foreigners who happen to be working in that country (whichever), then I believe it is an abuse.
Perhaps they might consider how they would feel if we (in the West) forced them to have a drink ? ( I suppose it could be argued that most 'normal' people drink, or have drunk).
