Query related to rewards for Muslim men/women in heaven?

Question

My grandmother told me that pious muslims will be awarded some 72 virgins and loads of wine in heaven. When Allah prevents you from fornication and drinking liquor on earth, why would He reward this in Jannah? It doesnt make makes sense to me. I think that morality should not change between now and eternity.

Please clear my confusion using references from Quran & Sunnah.

Answer 1

The answer to your questioncan be found here;

http://islamqa.com/en/ref/4994/



an excerpt;

"...

With regard to the question about why Islam encourages and gives glad tidings of things in Paradise which are forbidden in this world, such as men having intimate relationships with women outside of the framework of marriage – before we answer this question, we must make a serious point, which is that Allaah forbids whatever He wills in this world to its people, for He is the Creator and Sovereign of these things, so it is not permissible for anyone to object to the ruling of Allaah on the basis of his foolish thinking and imperfect understanding. The ruling and the decision of the matter, before and after, is only with Allaah, and there is none who can overturn His ruling, may He be glorified and exalted.



With regard to the question of why Allaah forbids some things in this world, then in the Hereafter will permit them as a reward to those who abstained from them (such as wine, zinaa, wearing silk for men, etc.), this is what Allaah wills to give as a reward to those who obey Him and patiently strive in this world. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):



“Is there any reward for good other than good?” [al-Rahmaan 55:60]



With regard to the reason why these things are forbidden, there follow a few important points:



Firstly:



We do not necessarily know all the reasons why things are forbidden. There are some reasons which we do not know. The basic principle is to accept and submit to the texts even if we do not know the reason, because submission is the point of Islam which is based on complete obedience to Allaah, may He be exalted.



Secondly:



Some of the reasons for the prohibitions may be clear to us, such as the corruptions that result from zinaa, e.g., the mixing of lineages, the spread of fatal diseases and so on. When Islam forbids unlawful relationships, the intention is to protect people’s lineage and honour, which may not mean anything to the kaafirs and immoral people, who jump on one another like donkeys, with a boyfriend having intercourse with his girlfriend and people having intercourse with their own relatives and so on, as if they are in the jungle. Indeed, they are worse than animals, for some animals refuse to do such a thing, but these people do not refuse and do not care. As a result of this promiscuity, the ties that bind society disintegrate and it becomes filled with fatal sexual diseases which are an indication of the wrath of Allaah towards those who violate His sacred limits and make permissible that which is forbidden.



This is unlike the relationship of a man with the Hooris in Paradise – which is what has been asked about here – for we may note that in the case of a promiscuous woman in this world, her honour is readily available to all and she has no religious commitment or shame. She is not bound by a lawful relationship to one person..."

Answer 2

when u say in english 100 times it means countless.. in hebrew its 70, urdu and arabic 72.



1. the issue of virgins, can u tell me whats the biggest temptation for man in this world? its woman! God says control your lust in this world for you to be rewarded something which is pure and virgin.



[2:25] And convey good news to those who believe and do good deeds, that they shall have gardens in which rivers flow; whenever they shall be given a portion of the fruit thereof, they shall say: This is what was given to us before; and they shall be given the like of it, and they shall have pure mates in them, and in them, they shall abide.



إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يَسْتَحْيِي أَن يَضْرِبَ مَثَلاً مَّا بَعُوضَةً فَمَا فَوْقَهَا فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ فَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّهِمْ وَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فَيَقُولُونَ مَاذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ بِهَـذَا مَثَلاً يُضِلُّ بِهِ كَثِيراً وَيَهْدِي بِهِ كَثِيراً وَمَا يُضِلُّ بِهِ إِلاَّ الْفَاسِقِينَ

[2:26] Surely Allah is not ashamed to set forth any parable-- (that of) a gnat or any thing above that; then as for those who believe, they know that it is the truth from their Lord, and as for those who disbelieve, they say: What is it that Allah means by this parable: He causes many to err by it and many He leads aright by it! but He does not cause to err by it (any) except the transgressors



2. wine mentioned is the only english word that can be used. And when used in english people automatically think alcohol.. that aint true.. that wine is something which has milk.. now dont start thinking baileys..

Answer 3

Wine will be from intoxicant, free from evil, the 72 virgins are for martyrs

Answer 4

37:43. In gardens of pleasure,

44. On thrones, facing each other.

45.A bowl shall be made to go round them from water running out of springs,

46.White, delicious to those who drink.

47. There shall be no trouble in it, nor shall they be exhausted therewith.

Answer 5

My friend you are right on this point, it doesn't make sense, fornication is sin because if breaks the sacred covenant of marriage, it is deception from satan that says that sin will be allowed in heaven, God is too pure for such things, God is not a liar, all sin will be punished in this life and the next, to dishonour God with such things that contradict His character and make double standards of His Holy nature is wrong and I'm glad you see this.



Also drunkeness is BONDAGE and sin, you come under the influence of a neurotoxin called alcohol and is damages your brain, your organs and makes you do things that you would not normally do because you cognative control over you body breaks down and you become open to demonic attack and violence and sexual sin and all manner of unclean-ness, this is NOT God's will, and God does not endorse alcoholism in Jannah.



Morality does not change between now and eternity, you are right!



Consider Adam, the first man, who was before Mohammed, before Abraham, Before Isa, Before Moses, He... Adam alked and talked with God in Eden the Paradise of God, this was before Sin, isn't THAT meant to be the real Muslim way? Isn't that how God FIRST designed humanity? It says in the Quran Surah 10:94, If thou wert in doubt as to what We have revealed unto thee, then ask those who have been reading the Book from before thee: the Truth hath indeed come to thee from thy Lord: so be in no wise of those in doubt.



The book before the Quran was the Bible, if you have questions the the Quran and Sunnah do not clarify in totality for you, then you are instructed to search the Torah and Tanach (Old Testament Bible), and Brit-Chadachar (New Testament Bible), I suggest you do this my friend.



The Quran says that when you are born you are innocent and pure until you sin, yet we know that any corruption in this world even sickness is a result of sin, when a Baby is born with birth defects and deformations, or stillborn, yet the Quran would say they who are newborn are pure as they have not sinned yet, why then are they born with a curse and corrupt? It is inconsistent with reality, If all children are pure in the sight of God, then they should not be born with a curse upon them, God who gives all life does not bring fourth corruption! What then, Do we still say that they are pure and clearly their physical state is not so? No, we look to the Bible and get the complete understanding. The Bible says that Sin entered the world through Adam and then like corrupt blueprint all products tha are made from it will too be corrupt, and Adam being corrupt after sin planted corrupt seed into a corrupt eve who gave birth to corrupt humanity, and the curse of sin is within all humanity by default, that's why people sin, because it's built in, not because we attain sin, what is already there it just coming out. We cannot change our own nature by ourselves or by any physical acts we do for religion, the inside nature of the man is the same, the only way to attain to Holiness and get back what was lost in the paradise of God before Sin is the change the inside nature of the man, the Ruhe the Spirit of the man, only God can do this, not us.



Again I say you need to read from the book before the Quran, Isa is the only man to not sin, the one who Christians call Jesus, learn about Isa in both the Quran AND the Bible, get a complete perspective my friend.

Answer 6

Sexually perverted and stifled young men are enticed into committing suicide with the promise of 72 virgins in heaven, something that they could never have on earth. Little do they know, or seem to care, that the virgins are recycled.

Answer 7

Why bother? One holy book is as good as another, and all from the Middle East traded stories back and forth, when they weren't trying to kill each other. Stories are like dogs....same dog, different collar.



The Koran isn't any more true, that the Bible or any other holy book.

Answer 8

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