Reports on the description of Paradise and what is prepared in it for its people

Mujahid said: The land of Paradise is of silver, its soil is of musk, the roots of its trees are of gold and silver, and its branches are of pearl, chrysolite and ruby. Its leaves and fruit are below that. Whoever eats standing will suffer no harm, whoever eats sitting will suffer no harm, and whoever eats lying down will suffer no harm. Then he recited: "And its clusters of fruit will be brought low within easy reach." [Al-Insan: 14]

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about Paradise: what is it like? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever enters Paradise will live forever and will not die; he will enjoy bliss and will not suffer hardship; his clothes will not wear out and his youth will not fade." He (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked: "How is it built?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Its bricks are of gold and silver, its mortar is of musk, its pebbles are of pearl and ruby, and its soil is of saffron."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that Ibn Sayyad asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about the soil of Paradise. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is white flour and pure musk."

Hakim bin Jabir said: Allah Almighty has touched only three things with His Hand: He planted the trees of Paradise with His Hand, and made its soil of wars and saffron and its mountains of musk; He created Adam with His Hand; and He wrote the Torah for Musa (peace be upon him) by Hand.

Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The rivers of Paradise flow from a mountain of musk.

Masruq said: The rivers of Paradise flow without a trench (pit), and its fruits are like large jars. Whenever a fruit is plucked, another comes in its place, and its grape cluster is twelve cubits long.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The grape clusters extend farther than Sana'a.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The palm fronds of Paradise: from them will be their clothes and short garments.

He said: And Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Its fruit has no stones.

Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said regarding Sidrat al-Muntaha that it is the middle of Paradise, and upon it are garments of fine and thick silk.

It is narrated from Tubay', the son of Ka'b's wife, that Paradise will be brought near, then it will be adorned, and all of Allah's creation, whether Muslim, Jew or Christian, will look at it, except for two wretched men: one who deliberately kills a Muslim, and the other who deliberately kills a mu'ahid (one with whom there is a covenant).

Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The roots and trunks of the fruit trees and date palms will be of pearl or gold, and above them will be the fruit.

Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The trees and date palms, their roots and trunks, will be of pearl.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When I reached Sidrat al-Muntaha, its leaves were like the ears of elephants and its fruit were like large jars. Then when there covered it by the command of Allah what covered it, it was transformed." And he mentioned rubies.

Mughith bin Sumayy said regarding the words of Allah "Tuba": It is a tree in Paradise. There is no house in Paradise except that its branches shade it. It bears fruits of many kinds, and upon it are birds like camels. When a person of Paradise desires to eat one of the birds, he will call it, and that bird will come by itself onto his dining spread. Then he will eat: on one side of it is cooked meat and on the other side roasted meat. Then it will return again, and that bird will begin to fly just as before.

It is narrated from Ibn Sabit that a messenger will come to one of the trees of Paradise and say: "My Lord commands you to bring forth for this person whatever he wishes." Then the messenger will come to a man of the people of Paradise and spread the robe over him, and he will say: "I have seen robes, but I have never seen one like this."

Abu Salih said: Tuba is a tree in Paradise. If a rider mounted on a camel wanted to go around it, he would grow old before completing the circuit; the circuit would not be completed.

It is narrated from Amr bin Qays that a man of the people of Paradise will desire a fruit, and it will come by itself until it enters his mouth, while it remains in its place on the tree.

Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The climate of Paradise is temperate, neither cold nor hot.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "In Paradise there is a market in which there will be no buying or selling; in it there will be images of men and women. When a person of Paradise finds an image pleasing, he will become like it. And in Paradise there will be a gathering for the houris. They will raise their voices, the like of which creation has never heard. They will say: 'We are everlasting and will not perish; we will always be pleased and will not be displeased; we will always be in delight and will not be in hardship. So glad tidings to those for whom we are and who are for us.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "In Paradise there are rooms whose inside can be seen from the outside and whose outside can be seen from the inside." A Bedouin, on hearing this, stood up and said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! For whom are those rooms?" He said: "Those rooms are for one who speaks good words (speaks the truth), feeds the hungry, spreads the greeting of peace, and prays at night while people are resting."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned Paradise and said: "In it is what no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and what has never occurred to the heart of a human being."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, says: I have prepared for My righteous servants blessings that no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and the thought of which has never occurred to any heart. If you wish, recite this verse of the Qur'an: 'No soul knows what delight of the eyes has been hidden for them as a reward for what they used to do.' [Al-Sajdah: 17] And in Paradise there is a tree in whose shade a (swift) rider could travel for a hundred years and still not reach its end. If you wish, recite this verse: 'And extended shade.' [Al-Waqi'ah: 30] And a space the size of a whip in Paradise is better than this world and all that is in it. If you wish, recite this verse: 'So whoever is drawn away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise has truly succeeded, and the life of this world is nothing but the enjoyment of delusion.' [Al Imran: 185]"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the people of Paradise will say: "Take us to the market." Then they will come to mountains of musk, or dunes of musk, and Allah Almighty will send a wind upon them. Then they will enter their homes, and their families will say to them: "Your beauty has increased since you left us," and those people of Paradise will say the same to their families.

It is narrated from Yahya bin al-Jazzar that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The birds of Paradise are like Bactrian camels."

It is narrated from al-Hasan that one day the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned the blessings of Paradise and said: "In Paradise there are birds like Bactrian camels."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Paradise is folded and suspended from the horns of the sun, and it is spread out once a year. The souls of the believers are inside green birds like starlings; they recognize one another and receive provision from the fruits of Paradise.

Mujahid was asked: "Will there be sama' (singing and the like) in Paradise?" He said: "In Paradise there is a tree that sings in its own particular voice; listeners will never have heard anything like it."

Ali bin Abdullah bin Abbas said in explanation of the verse of the Noble Qur'an "And your Lord will give you, and you will be satisfied" [Al-Duha: 5]: It means a thousand palaces of white pearl whose soil is musk, and in them is all that befits them.

Sa'id bin Jubayr (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The lowest in rank among the people of Paradise will have a thousand palaces, in which there will be seventy thousand servants. Each servant will have a dish in her hand, other than the one her companion holds. His door will not be opened for anything he wishes for. Even if he were to host all the people of the world, there would be ample room for them.

Ibn Jubayr said: The height of the men of Paradise will be ninety miles and that of the women of Paradise eighty miles. Their seat will be the size of four qafiz, and their desire will course through their bodies for seventy years, the pleasure of which they will feel.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: In Paradise there is a tree in whose shade a rider could travel for a hundred years and not exhaust its length. If you wish, recite the verse of the Noble Qur'an: "And extended shade." [Al-Waqi'ah: 30] This reached Ka'b, and Ka'b said: "By the One who revealed the Torah to Musa and the Qur'an upon the tongue of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) has spoken the truth. If a rider mounted a camel and then wanted to reach the roots of that tree, he could not reach them before falling down from old age. Allah Almighty planted that tree with His Hands and breathed into it of His Spirit. Its branches extend beyond the wall of Paradise, and all the rivers of Paradise flow from the roots of that tree."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "In Paradise there is a tent of pearl, sixty miles long. In each of its corners the believer has his family, whom no one other than he will see."

Ka'b said: If the wrist of one of the women of the people of Paradise were to appear in this world, the light of the sun would be gone (would grow dim).

It is narrated from al-Dahhak that if a woman of the people of Paradise were to reveal her palm, the space between the heavens and the earth would be illuminated.

Mujahid said that the fragrance of a houri of Paradise will be perceived even from a distance of a fifty-year journey. (It will reach that far.)

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The houris of Paradise will sing, saying: 'We are the virtuous and the beautiful, reserved for noble husbands.'"

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said that a woman from the women of Paradise will wear seventy garments of silk, and through them the whiteness of her shin and the beauty of her shin will be visible, and the marrow of her shin will also be fully visible through them. This is because Allah has said: "As though they were rubies and coral." [Al-Rahman: 58] A ruby is only a stone; if you take a thread, put it into that stone, and then polish it clear, you will see that thread from behind the stone.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "In Paradise there are excellent horses and the finest camels, which the people of Paradise will ride."

He said: "Henna is the chief of the fragrant plants of Paradise."