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Is the vision of the marrow of the houri's leg from behind the bone and flesh considered beauty?

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It is mentioned in the Hadith that the marrow of the shin of one of the women of Paradise can be seen from behind the flesh and bone, which indicates the intensity of their purity and the translucence of their bodies.

Nothing in Paradise is like anything in this world except in name. The realities of the delights of Paradise are far greater than can be comprehended or known by humans, just as the wine of Paradise does not intoxicate, unlike the wine of this world.

The difficulty in conceiving the beauty of the Houris (maidens of Paradise) stems from imagining a woman from among the Houris in the image of a worldly woman, and this is an error. For in Paradise there is what no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no human heart has ever conceived. The blessings therein differ from the blessings of this world in their causes and their ultimate purposes.

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