Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 20172 — from his mother that Sayyidah Umm

Hasan al-Basri (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from his mother that Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: I said: "O Messenger of Allah, tell me about the saying of Allah Almighty: 'Hur 'in' [Surah al-Waqi'ah: 22]." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Hur: fair-skinned; 'in: with large eyes, (their eyelashes) like the wings of eagles." I said: "O Messenger of Allah, tell me about the saying of Allah Almighty: 'As if they were hidden pearls' [Surah al-Tur: 24]." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Their purity is like the purity of a pearl in its shell which no hand has touched." I said: "O Messenger of Allah, tell me about the saying of Allah Almighty: 'In them are good-natured, beautiful women' [Surah al-Rahman: 70]." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Good in character, beautiful in face." I said: "O Messenger of Allah, tell me about the saying of Allah Almighty: 'As if they were sheltered eggs' [Surah al-Saffat: 49]." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Their delicacy is like the delicacy of the membrane you have seen inside the egg, next to the shell, and that is called al-'urfi." I said: "O Messenger of Allah, tell me about the saying of Allah Almighty: 'Loving, of equal age' [Surah al-Waqi'ah: 37]." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "They are the women who died in the world old, weak-eyed and grey-haired; Allah Almighty created them anew after old age and made them virgins, loving and beloved, of equal age, as if of a single birth." I said: "O Messenger of Allah, are the women of this world better, or the hur 'in?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Rather, the women of this world are better than the hur 'in, just as the outer garment is better than the lining." I said: "O Messenger of Allah, and why is that?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Because of their prayer, their fasting and their worship of Allah. Allah Almighty will clothe their faces with light and their bodies with silk; fair in colour, in green garments, with yellow ornaments; their censers will be of pearls and their combs of gold. They will say: 'Behold, we are the everlasting, we shall never die; behold, we are the ones in bliss, we shall never suffer hardship; behold, we are the residents, we shall never depart; behold, we are the content, we shall never be displeased. Glad tidings to the one for whom we are and who is ours.'" I said: "O Messenger of Allah, a woman among us marries two, three or four husbands, then she dies and enters Paradise and they enter with her; which of them will be her husband?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Umm Salamah, she will be given the choice, and she will choose the one of them best in character, and she will say: 'O my Lord, this one was the best of them in character towards me in the world, so marry me to him.' O Umm Salamah, good character has taken away the good of this world and the Hereafter."