Compilation and Translation: Aboo Ubaydah Ridwan Sanyaolu
It has been reported by al-Imaam al-Bukhaari, al-Imaam Muslim (Raheemahumaallaah) and others that the Messenger of Allaah - sallallaahu alahyi wa sallam - :
The first group of people that will enter al-Jannah on the day of resurrection, will have their faces as bright as the full moon (the moon of the 13th, 14th and 15th day of the Islamic month), and those (who will enter al-Jannah) after them will have their faces as bright as the Stars shinning in the Heaven, then those after them will be in categories (the brightness of their faces will differ in accordance to their levels in al-Jannah). Each individual will have (at-least) two wives, the (whiteness of the) flesh in their legs will be seen from behind the bones and skins and there would not be Bachelors in al-Jannah.
It has also been reported by al-Imaam Ahmah (raheemahullaah) in the hadeeth of Aboo-Hurayrah (radiyahllaah ‘anhu) describing the attributes of the lowest person (in level) in al-Jannah the Messenger of Allaah - sallallaahu alahyi wa sallam -:
He would have from the women of Jannah 72 wives excluding the wives he used to have in this World. (Musnad al-Imaam Ahmad)
It has also been reported by Aboo Ya’alaa (raheemahullaah) in the hadeeth of Aboo-Hurayrah (radiyahllaah ‘anhu) that: “A man would enter upon 72 wives, from those Allah has created to occupy al-Jannah, and 2 wives from the Children of Adam (‘alayhi-salaam). (Sunan Abii Ya’alaa)
It has also been reported by al-Imaam at-Tirmidhii that: The lowest person (in level) from the people of al-Jannah will have 80,000 servants and 72 wives. (Sunan at-Tirmidhii)
Al-Haafeedh ibn-al-Hajjar said: What is apparent (from these ahaadeth) is that each individual in al-Jannah will have at-least two wives. (Fath-ul-Baari)
Al-Imaam al-Ethiopee said when enumerating the benefits derived from the hadeeth that: It is clear from the other riwaayat of this hadeeth that the least number of wives a man will have (in al-Jannah) from the women of this world are two wives and the least from the women of Jannah are 70 wives and there’s no restriction in having more than that. (al-Bahru al-Muheet)
Culled from: al-Bahru al-Muheet ath-thajaaji fi Sharh Saheeh al-Imaam Muslim (Raheemahullaah), Volume 43, pp. 599-606. Authored by al-Imaam Muhammad bin 'Aliyy bn Aadam bn Musa al-Ethiopee. (May Allaah preserve him upon goodness).
