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If a woman is killed as a martyr for the sake of Allaah, how does the hadeeth “The shaheed will be married to seventy-two hoor al-‘iyn” apply to her?

Praise be to Allah.We

put this question to Shaykh ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Jibreen, may Allaah preserve

him, who answered as follows:

This

number is only for men. A woman will have only one husband in Paradise,

and she will be satisfied with him and will not need any more than that.

The

Muslim woman – who is not influenced by the claims of those who

propagate permissiveness and knows that she is not like men in her make-up

and nature, because Allaah has made her like that – does not object to

the rulings of Allaah or feel angry. Rather she accepts what Allaah has

decreed for her. Her sound nature tells her that she cannot live with more

than one man at a time. So long as she has entered Paradise, she will have

all that she desires, so she should not dispute now about the delights and

rewards that her Lord has chosen for her, for your Lord does not treat

anyone unjustly. If she is one of the people of Paradise, then she is

included, like men, in the words of Allaah (interpretation of the

meaning):

“Trays

of gold and cups will be passed round them; (there will be) therein all

that inner-selves could desire, and all that eyes could delight in

and you will abide therein forever”

[al-Zukhruf

43:71]

We

ask Allaah for al-Firdaws, the highest part of Paradise. May Allaah bless

our Prophet Muhammad.

Source: IslamQA (Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid)
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