Hadith of gardens and camels

69. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Muhammad Bin Is’haq Al-Madany, who has narrated the following: Abu Ja’far عليه الصلاة والسلام having said that: ‘The Rasool صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم of Allah عز وجل was asked about the Statement of Allah عز وجل: “[19:85] The day We shall gather the righteous to (Allah) Most Gracious, like a band presented before a king for honours”, so he صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: ‘O Ali عليه الصلاة والسلام! Surely the delegation will not come up except on rides. These will be the men who feared Allah عز وجل, so Allah عز وجل Loved them and Specialised them and being Pleased with their deeds and therefore they have been named as the pious ones’. Then he صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said to him عليه الصلاة والسلام: ‘O Ali عليه الصلاة والسلام! By the One عز وجل Who Split the seed and Brought life out of it, they will be coming out from their graves and the Angels will be welcoming them by a she-camel from the she-camels of honour on which will be saddles of gold crowned with pearls and sapphire, and it will be covered in brocade and silk, and its braid will be purple, and it will fly with them to the place of Resurrection. Along with every man from them will be a thousand Angels in front of them, and on his right, and on his left escorting them with an (honourable) escort until they will end up with them to the Great Door of the Paradise. And at the Door (Entrance) of the Paradise is a tree, a leaf from it can give shade to a thousand men from the people under it. And on the right of the tree is a fountain pure and clear’. He صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: ‘They will quench themselves with a drink from it, so Allah عز وجل will Purify their hearts by it from the ‘الْحَسَدِ’ (jealousy/envy), and their bodily hair will drop off, and that is the Statement of Allah عز وجل: “[76:21] and their Lord shall make them drink a pure drink”. It will be from that pure fountain’. He صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: ‘Then they will leave to go to another Fountain on the right of the Tree. So they will bathe in it, and it is the Fountain of (everlasting) Life, and so they will not be dying ever’. He صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: ‘Then they (the she-camels) will pause by them in front of the Throne, and they would have been made safe from the diseases and the illnesses and the heat and the cold for all eternity’. Rasool Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: ‘Then the ‘الْجَبَّارُ’ (Compeller عز وجل) Majestic, Who cannot be Described (by any means), will Say to the Angels who will be with them: “Usher My عز وجل friends to the Paradise and do not pause them with the creatures from I عز وجل am already Pleased with them and My عز وجل Mercy has been Obligated for them, and how can I عز وجل Want them to be paused, the companions of the good with that of the evil?’ He صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: ‘The Angels will lead them to the Paradise. So when they end up with them at the Great Entrance of the Paradise the Angels will knock hard on the door. Its pleasant sound will reach every Hourie whom Allah عز وجل has Prepared for His عز وجل friends in the Gardens. They (Houries) will give them the good news of it when they hear the pleasant sound of the ring (door bell), so some of them will say to the others, ‘The friends of Allah عز وجل have come to us, so open the Door for them’. They will enter the Paradise and their respective wives from the beautiful Houries and the humans will welcome them by saying, ‘Congratulations to you for we have been intensely eager in our desire to be with you’, and the friends of Allah عز وجل will say to them similarly’. Ali عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘O Rasool صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم Allah عز وجل! Inform us about the Statement of Allah عز وجل; “[39:20] But it is for those who fear their Lord. That lofty mansions, one above another, have been built”, O Rasool صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم Allah عز وجل’. So he صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: ‘O Ali عليه الصلاة والسلام! Those are mansions which Allah عز وجل has Built for His عز وجل friends from the pearls, and the sapphire, and the emeralds, and their ceilings are of gold interwoven with silver. For each of the mansions are a thousand doors of gold upon each of which is an Angel allocated to it. In them are raised couches, one on top of the other from the silk, and the brocades of different colours, and their filling is of musk, and the camphor and ambergris, and that is the Statement of Allah عز وجل: “[56:34] And raised couches”. When the Believer enters his house in the Paradise, a crown of kingship and prestige would be placed upon his head, and he will be dressed in the clothes of gold, and silver, and the rubies, and the crystals arranged in designs as a wreath under the crown’. Rasool Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: ‘And he will be dressed in seventy garments of silk of different colours, struck with different designs with gold, and the silver, and the pearls, and the red sapphire. So that is the Statement of Allah عز وجل: “[22:23] they shall be adorned therein with bracelets of gold and pearls; and their garments there will be of silk”. So when the Believer sits upon his bed, it will vibrate with joy. When the friend of Allah عز وجل settles down in his house in the Paradise, the Angels allocated to his Garden will seek permission from him so as to congratulate him for the honour Bestowed upon him by Allah عز وجل, and they will come to him. So the servants of the Believer from the butlers and the maids will say to them, ‘Stay in your place, for the friend of Allah عز وجل is leaning upon his couch, and his Hourie wife is grooming herself for him, therefore wait for the friend of Allah عز وجل’. Rasool Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: ‘So his Hourie wife will come out to him from her tent, walking to welcome him, and around her will be her maids, and upon her would be seventy garments interwoven with the sapphire, and the pearls, and the emeralds, and scented with musk, and ambergris. And upon her head would be a crown of prestige, and she would be wearing shoes of gold laced with sapphire and pearls, and their laces will be of red sapphire. So when she approaches the friend of Allah عز وجل, he would understand it and he would get up for her in desire, so she will say to him, ‘O friend of Allah عز وجل, this is not a day of tiredness and suffering, so do not get up. I am for you and you are for me’. Rasool Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: ‘So they will hug each other for a duration of five hundred years from the years of the world. Neither will he get weary of her nor will she get weary of him. Rasool Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: ‘So when he calms down without being disheartened from her, he will look at her neck, so he will see on her a necklace embedded with red sapphire. In the midst of it would be a panel of pears on which would be written, “You, O friend of Allah عز وجل is my beloved, and I am the Hourie, beloved to you. My self is devoted to you and your self is devoted to me”. Then Allah عز وجل will Send to him a thousand Angels to congratulate him for being in the Paradise and having been married to the Hourie’. Rasool Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: ‘So they will end up to the first of the doors of his Gardens. They will say to the Angel allocated for that door of his garden, ‘Grant us permission to the friend of Allah عز وجل, for Allah عز وجل has Sent us to him to congratulate him’. The Angel will say to them, ‘Wait until I inform the guard to inform him of your places’. Rasool Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: ‘So the Angel would come up to the guard, and in between the guard and him would be three Gardens until he will end up at the first door. So he will say to the guard that, ‘A thousand Angels are awaiting at the door, having been Sent by the Lord عز وجل of the world, Blessed and High, to congratulate the friend of Allah عز وجل and have asked me to grant them permission to see him’. The guard will say to the Angel, ‘This is difficult for me that I should permit anyone to the friend of Allah عز وجل as he is with his Hourie wife’. Rasool Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: ‘And in between the guard and the friend of Allah عز وجل are two Gardens’. He صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: ‘So the guard will come up to the supervisor and say to him that, ‘At the door are a thousand Angels whom the Lord عز وجل of Honour has Sent to congratulate the friend of Allah عز وجل, so grant them permission’. The supervisor will proceed to the servants and say to them that, ‘A thousand Angels are at the door whom Allah عز وجل has Sent to congratulate the friend of Allah عز وجل, so make their places known to him’. Rasool Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: ‘So they will make it known to him, and he will tell him to grant permission to the Angels. So they will come up to the friend of Allah عز وجل, and he would be in a mansion of his, and there will be a thousand doors in it, and at each door of its doors would be an Angel allocated to it. So he will allow the Angels to enter to be with the friend of Allah عز وجل by opening one door for each of the Angels to enter by. The supervisor would then allow each of the Angels from the door of the doors of the Mansion’. He صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: ‘So they would then convey the Message of the Compeller عز وجل Majestic and Mighty to him and that is the Statement of Allah عز وجل: “[13:23] and the angels will enter in upon them from every gate”, from the doors of the Mansion, “[13:24] Peace be on you” - up to the end of the Verse’. Rasool Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: ‘And that is the Statement of the Majestic and Mighty: “[76:20] And when you see there, you shall see blessings and a great kingdom”, meaning by that the friend of Allah عز وجل and what he would be in from the Prestige and the Bounties, and the Magnificent and Great Kingdom. The Angels Sent by the Message from Allah عز وجل Mighty is His عز وجل Mention, would seek permission for their entrance to him. So they do not come up to him except by his permission. So that is the Magnificent and Great Kingdom’. Rasool Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: ‘And the rivers would flow from underneath his dwelling and that is the Statement of Allah عز وجل: “[18:31] These it is for whom are gardens of perpetuity beneath which rivers flow”. And the fruits would come near to them and it is the Statement of Mighty and Majestic: “[76:14] And close down upon them (shall be) its shadows, and its fruits shall be made near (to them) (as in humility), being easy to reach”. The Believer would eat from the varieties of fruits by its category whilst leaning (relaxed upon the couch), and the varieties of the fruits will say to the friend of Allah عز وجل, ‘Eat me before you eat this one’. Rasool Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: ‘And there is none from the Believer in the Paradise except that for him would be numerous Gardens, with a gazebo or without a gazebo, and rivers of pure drinks, and rivers of water, and rivers of milk, and rivers of honey. So if the friend of Allah عز وجل calls to partake a meal, he would be given whatsoever he desires for from the foods without even having named his desire’. Rasool Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: ‘Then he would seclude himself with his wife, and some of them would visit each other, and they would enjoy in their Gardens in extended shade, similar to what is between the break of dawn to the rise of the sun, and better than that. Each of the Believer would have seventy wives from the Houries, and four women from the humans, and the Believer would spend an hour with the Hourie, and an hour with the human (wife), and an hour alone with himself, being relaxed leaning on his couch, some looking at some others’. The Believer would be covered by a shining beam of light and he would be upon his couch, and he would say to his servants, ‘What is this beam of light? Perhaps it is the Brilliance of the Compeller عز وجل Who has Observed me’. His servants would say to him, ‘Holy is He عز وجل! Holy is He عز وجل! Majestic is His عز وجل Majesty! But, this is a Hourie from your women (wives) whom you have never entered into. She just looked out of her tent towards you in her desire for you, and wants to present herself to you, and would love to meet with you. So when she saw you relaxed upon your couch, she smiled in her desire for you. So that was the brilliant beam that you saw and the light which you were covered in, it was from the whiteness of her mouth (teeth), and her cleanliness, and her purity, and her tenderness’. He صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: ‘So the friend of Allah عز وجل would say, ‘Grant her permission’. So a thousand servants and a thousand maids would descend to her to give her the good news of that. So she would then come to him from her tent, and she would have upon her seventy garments interwoven with the gold, and silver, laced with gems and the sapphire, and the emeralds cover with musk and ambergris, of different colours. The marrow of her leg would be seen from underneath the seventy garments of seventy cubits of length, and the (distance) between her shoulders would be of ten cubits. So when she approaches the friend of Allah عز وجل, the servants would welcome her by a tray of gold and the silver in which would be gems, and the sapphire, and the emeralds, so they would display these to her. Then he would embrace her and she would embrace him. So neither would he be weary nor would she be weary’. He the (narrator) said, ‘Then Abu Ja’far عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘But rather the Gardens Mentioned in the Book are the Garden of Eden, and the Garden of Al-Firdows, and Garden of Naeem, and Garden of Al-Ma’wa’. He عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘And Allah عز وجل has Surrounded these Gardens with other Gardens, and that the Believer would be able to have for him from the Gardens whichever one what he loves, and wants and enjoy wherever he so likes to. And if the Believer intends a thing, or covets it, he would call for it by saying, ‘Glory be to You عز وجل, our Allah عز وجل!’ So if he says it, the servants would keep coming to him with what he had coveted for even without him having asked them for it or commanded them for it, and that is the Statement of Allah عز وجل Mighty and Majestic: “[10:10] Their cry in it shall be: Glory to Thee, O Allah! and their greeting in it shall be: ‘سَلامٌ’ Peace”, meaning the servants’. He عليه الصلاة والسلام said: “[10:10] and the last of their cry shall be: Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.”, meaning by that after their having had their enjoyment from the copulation, and the food, and the drinks, they will be Praising Allah عز وجل Mighty and Majestic during their being free from that’. And as for His عز وجل Statement: “[37:41] For them is a Sustenance determined”, he عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘The servants know of it, so they bring it to the friend of Allah عز وجل before he even asks them for it’. And as for the Statement of the Mighty and Majestic: “[37:42] Fruits, and they shall be highly honoured”, he عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘They will not desire anything in the Paradise, except that they will be honoured with it’.