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Is the hadith mentioned in "Jami' al-Tirmidhi," Volume 2, pp. 35-40, regarding the Houris and their large bosoms authentic?

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There is no physical description of the breasts of the Houris (maidens of Paradise) mentioned in the Quran or Sunnah. What is circulated about their description as being large or round is a fabrication by atheists and followers of false religions to distort Islam. The Noble Quran is a book of high values and principles, and it uses subtle allusions when describing marital relations, as in His (Allah's) saying: ﴿هُنَّ لِبَاسٌ لَكُمْ وَأَنْتُمْ لِبَاسٌ لَهُنَّ﴾ [They are a garment for you, and you are a garment for them], and His saying: ﴿أَوْ لَامَسْتُمُ النِّسَاءَ﴾ [or you have touched women]. The description of the Houris in the Quran, such as: ﴿كَأَنَّهُنَّ الْيَاقُوتُ وَالْمَرْجَانُ﴾ [as if they were rubies and coral] and ﴿كَأَمْثَالِ اللُّؤْلُؤِ الْمَكْنُونِ﴾ [like pearls well-protected], is a refined aesthetic description far removed from bodily details. As for His (Allah's) saying: ﴿وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا﴾ [and full-breasted companions of equal age], "kawa'ib" only means young in age. It is not mentioned in Sunan al-Tirmidhi or other books of Sunnah anything indicating the large size of the Houris' breasts. What is attributed to it in some English pages is a lie and a distortion.

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