In the Muslim Religion where did the belief that 72 virgins?

Human said that, and it was Muhammad.

It was mentioned by Daraj Ibn Abi Hatim, that Abu al-Haytham 'Adullah Ibn Wahb narrated from Abu Sa'id al-Khudhri, who heard Muhammad saying, 'The smallest reward for the people of Heaven is an abode where there are eighty thousand servants and seventy-two houri, over which stands a dome decorated with pearls, aquamarine and ruby, as wide as the distance from al-Jabiyyah to San'a.

Taken from the hadith

The number itself isn't specified, but the "houri" (really white raisins, mistranslated as virgins) are mentioned in 44:54 52:20 55:56 and 55:72.

The followers of Procal Harum have faith 'there is no reason and the certainty is easy to work out.' yet I wandered by using my enjoying cards and would not enable her be one among sixteen vestal virgins who have been leaving for the coast or maybe in spite of the shown fact that my eyes have been open they might have basically besides've been closed

I did a quick check on this and this came up. I am sure there are others.

http://theuglytruth.wordpress.com/2007/03/04/debun...

Take it for what its worth, believe or not.

I am Christian, so this is all new to me. Can't say either way, what I believe. Why do terrorists do this, if there is no reward after death?

It is not in the Qur'an but taken from the Ahadith: Hadith number 2,562 in the collection known as the Sunan al-Tirmidhi says, "The least [reward] for the people of Heaven is 80,000 servants and 72 wives, over which stands a dome of pearls, aquamarine and ruby.

'The smallest reward for the people of Heaven is an abode where there are eighty thousand servants and seventy-two houri, over which stands a dome decorated with pearls, aquamarine and ruby, as wide as the distance from al-Jabiyyah to San'a.[

Humans. THe koran never talks about 72 virgins.

The Quran mentions virgins, but not the number "72."

Oh & @Maurog: Wrong, because the verse says "We shall marry them to Houri" ....so is God saying He'll marry believers to raisins? No. 'Houris' are beautiful, fair ones.

Quran does not say anything about 72 vigins. For other sources one must turn to the six (recognized) books of Hadith, among which Malik’s Muwatta and Bukhari are more reliable. But neither Malik nor Bukhari considered their compilations perfect. Out of the other four Hadith books, Tirmidhi is the main source for the belief that martyrs may get up to 72 Houris. It was only in the sixth century A.H. that Tirmidhi’s ”Jami’” was accepted as one of the canonical books on Hadith. Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Sunan Abu Dawud and Sunan Nasai all received acceptance before Tirmidhi’s Jami’. The other source is Ibn Khatir’s ”tafseer” (commentary) on the Quran. In a recent translation of his work, one can find a note from the publisher saying, “We are aware that Ibn Kathir’s original work does contain some weak narrations as well as a number of Traditions related from the People of the Book (i.e. Jews and Christians}.” Therefore, one can say that if a theological issue only has to rest on Tirmidhi and Ibn Khatir’s commentary, it probably wouldn’t be considered as very reliable. [By the way, the number 72 was a significant number in Jewish mysticism and among Christian Gnostics, and that's probably how it got into Hadith literature. But that's another topic].

Quran does mention Houris and describes them as beautiful women of Paradise, who will be “married” to those men who make it to Heaven. But the exact number is not given. In Bukhari, there is a Hadith that two Houris will be given to each man, but it’s narrated through Abu Huraira, a man about whose credibility many Muslims, especially the Shiah, have expressed some grave doubts about throughout Islamic history.

Quran makes it certain that people will enter Heaven with their wives and children: “And (as for) those who believe and their offspring follow them in faith, We will unite with them their offspring…”(52:21). Verse 40.8 also says the same thing, ” Our Lord! and make them enter the gardens of perpetuity which Thou hast promised to them and those who do good of their fathers and their wives and their offspring, surely Thou are the Mighty, the Wise.”

As far as the descriptions of Paradise are concerned in the Quran, the idea is that each person who believes in God and has good deeds would be rewarded in the hereafter with whatever his or her heart desires. [It is expected that a person would be wise and noble before he or she enters Heaven]. There is a well known Hadith, reported both in Bukhari and Muslim, that says, “God has said that for my good and obedient servants, I have prepared that which no eyes have seen, no ears have heard, and no heart has considered.” Ibn Abbas, one of the companions of the Prophet (s.a.w), also stated that except for names, there is no comparison between what exists on earth and what will be in the hereafter.

Islam comes from the root word ‘salaam’, which means peace. It also means submitting one’s will to Allah (swt). Thus Islam is a religion of peace, which is acquired by submitting one’s will to the will of the Supreme Creator, Allah (swt)

• The literal f Islam is peace; surrender of one’s will i.e. losing oneself for the sake of God and surrendering one’s own pleasure for the pleasure of God.

• The message of Islam was revealed to the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings on him) 1, 400 years ago.

• It was revealed through angel Gabriel (on whom be peace) and was thus preserved in the Holy Quran.

• The Holy Quran carries a Divine guarantee of safeguard from interpolation and it claims that it combines the best features of the earlier scriptures.

I bear witness that there is no God but Allah, and I bear witness that Mohammad is Allah's servant and His Messenger

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