Will the wife remain with her husband in Paradise while he has seventy of the Houris, and is this considered just?
A believer must submit to Allah’s decreed religious and preordained rulings, for Allah Almighty is the Wisest of Rulers and is never unjust to His servants.
The question contains two errors and one fallacy. The first error is the questioner’s statement that a man in Paradise will have seventy houris (women of Paradise). The correct information is that a martyr will have seventy-two, and the lowest in rank among the people of Paradise will have two wives, and more than that has been reported. The second error is her statement that houris are for service. This is incorrect. Rather, the immortalized youths (ghilman) are those who serve the people of Paradise, while houris are their wives. As for the fallacy, it stems from the questioner’s assumption that feelings of jealousy and sorrow will remain with her in Paradise. This is incorrect, for Allah Almighty will remove all rancor from the hearts of the people of Paradise. A man in Paradise will be given the strength of one hundred men in intercourse, and there will be no place for hatred or rancor in the hearts of the people of Paradise.
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