Q: Some people say in Jannah women stay indoors and only men go out, they use hadith like this
1. Anas ibn Malik (radhiyallahu anhu) reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, there is a market in paradise to which the men will come every Friday. The wind will scatter fragrance on their faces and clothes and will increase their excellence and beauty. They will return to their wives after having been increased in excellence and beauty and they will say: by Allah, we have seen you increased in excellence and beauty! They will say them: by Allah, we have seen you increased in excellence and beauty! Source: Saheeh Muslim 2833.
So the hadith makes it sound like women can't meet their daughters or adult sons.
2. And in ayah 55:70-72 Quraan it says that fair ones reserved in tents. How do we understand that because it makes it sound like women can't go out or meet families or female friends or adult sons.
3. Sahih Al-bukhari 3243 Narrated `Abdullah bin Qais al-Ash`ari (radhiyallahu anhu): The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "A tent (in paradise) is like a hollow pearl which is thirty miles in height and on every corner of the tent the men will have wives that cannot be seen by the others." (Narrated Abu `Imran in another narration, "The tent is sixty miles in height.")
The hadith says (wives don't see each other). Does this mean that the women of Jannah can't see and meet her family like her adult children and her mum and dad and her female friends because the hadith makes it sound like she will only see her husband. Because the reason I'm contacting is I love my mum and I want to meet her and be with her in Jannah if we both make it there.
A: The meaning of these Ahaadith is that Jannah is an abode of happiness, success, honour and purity, and it is a place where each person's privacy and self respect will be protected and not invaded, unlike the world where people's privacy can be invaded by intruders etc, and people's self respect can be lost.
These Ahaadith do not say that women will not be able to meet their family and friends.
The verses of the Qur'aan Majeed and the Mubaarak Ahaadith explain that once a person enters Jannah, he/she will be granted all that his/her heart desires.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
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