How can the narrations that state that the lowest in rank among the people of Paradise will have 72 wives be reconciled with the hadith concerning the martyr, which mentions the same number, given that the hadith concerning the martyr is more authentic? And how can it be said that the two wives are human women, when there are authentic narrations that explicitly state they are Houris?
The minimum for a believer in Paradise is two wives from the women of this world, and seventy of the Houris (maidens of Paradise). This number is subject to increase, for in Paradise there is what no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no human heart has conceived.
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