Is the hadith mentioned in "Jami' al-Tirmidhi," Volume 2, pp. 35-40, regarding the Houris and their large bosoms authentic?
There is no physical description of the breasts of the Houris (maidens of Paradise) mentioned in the Quran or . 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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