The discourse regarding the Interpretation of His statement: {And for them therein are purified spouses}

Abū Jaʿfar said: The letters 'hâ' and 'mīm' in "them" refer to those who believe and do righteous deeds, and the letters 'hâ' and 'alif' in "therein" refer to the gardens of Paradise. The Interpretation of that is: And give good tidings to those who believe and do righteous deeds that for them are gardens wherein are purified spouses.

And spouses (azwāj) is the plural of spouse (zawj), which refers to a man's wife. It is said: "So-and-so (female) is the spouse (zawj) of so-and-so," as well as his wife (zawjatah).

As for His statement: "purified", its Interpretation is that they are purified from every harm, filth, and doubt that occurs in the women of the people of this world, such as Menstruation, Postnatal bleeding, feces, urine, mucus, saliva, prostatic fluid, semen, and similar harms, impurities, doubts, and objectionable things.

538- As Mūsā ibn Hārūn narrated to us, he said: ʿAmr ibn Ḥammād narrated to us, he said: Asbāṭ narrated to us, from al-Suddī in a report he mentioned, from Abū Mālik, and from Abū Ṣāliḥ, from Ibn ʿAbbās—and from Murra, from Ibn Masʿūd, and from people among the Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings of God be upon him: As for "purified spouses," they do not undergo Menstruation, nor do they incur Ritual impurity, nor do they clear their throats of mucus.

539- Al-Muthannā ibn Ibrāhīm narrated to me, he said: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ṣāliḥ narrated to us, he said: Muʿāwiya ibn Ṣāliḥ narrated to us, from ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭalḥa, from Ibn ʿAbbās, regarding His statement: "purified spouses." He says: Purified from filth and harm.

540- Muḥammad ibn Bashshār narrated to us, he said: Yaḥyā al-Qaṭṭān narrated to us (1), from Sufyān, from Ibn Abī Najīḥ, from Mujāhid: "And for them therein are purified spouses," he said: They do not urinate, nor defecate, nor discharge prostatic fluid.

541- Aḥmad ibn Isḥāq al-Ahwāzī narrated to us, he said: Abū Aḥmad al-Zubayrī narrated to us, he said: Sufyān narrated to us, from Ibn Abī Najīḥ, from Mujāhid, the like of it—except that he added to it: and they do not emit semen, nor do they undergo Menstruation.