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Bismillah irrahman irraheemAs Salaamu alaykum, Will a husband and wife be together in Jannah if Allah (swt) grants them the reward of paradise? How about other friends and family members from the dunya? Will one be together with them in Jannah if inshAllah they are granted Jannah by Allah (swt)? Jazzak Allahu Khair.

Praise be to Allah.When a believer enters Paradise, if his wife was righteous then she

will be his wife in Paradise too. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): “‘And

(Eden) Paradise (everlasting Gardens), which they shall enter and (also) those who acted

righteously from among their fathers, and their wives, and their offspring. And angels

shall enter unto them from every gate…” [al-Ra’d 13:23]. Imaam Ibn

Jareer al-Tabari said in Jaami’ al-Bayaan ‘an Ta’weel

Aayi’l-Qur’aan (16/423): “[In the phrase] those who acted

righteously from among their fathers, and their wives, and their offspring, Allaah,

may He be glorified, is saying that there will be admitted to Paradise those who He

describes as those who (interpretations of the meanings) fulfil the Covenant of Allaah,

those who join that which Allaah has commanded to be joined [i.e., upholding the

ties of kinship] and fear their Lord, and who remain patient, seeking their

Lord’s Countenance, [and] perform al-Salaah – those who do the deeds

mentioned in the three preceding aayaat. Those who acted righteously from among their

fathers, and their wives, and their offspring refers to their wives, their families

and their offspring, and their ‘righteousness’ is their faith in Allaah and

their obedience to His commands and the commands of His Messenger

(peace and

blessings of Allaah be upon him).”

They will be with their spouses, reclining in the shade of Paradise,

filled with the deepest joy. Allaah says (interpretation of the meanings):

“They and their wives will be in pleasant shade, reclining on

thrones.” [Yaa-Seen 36:56]

“Enter Paradise, you and your wives, in happiness.”

[al-Zukhruf 43:70]

Among the bountiful and abundant blessings that Allaah bestows upon His

creation is that if the believers’ offspring follow them in faith, they will be

joined with their fathers in the same level of Paradise even if they themselves did not

reach that level, so that their fathers may have the joy of seeing their offspring. Allaah

says (interpretation of the meaning): “And those who believe and whose offspring

follow them in Faith, - to them shall We join their offspring, and We shall not decrease

the reward of their deeds in anything…” [al-Toor 52:21]

And Allaah knows best.

Source: IslamQA (Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid)
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