243 - Ḥamza b. al-ʿAbbās narrated to me: ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿUthmān informed us: Ibn al-Mubārak informed us: Ismāʿīl b. ʿAyyāsh informed us, saying: Thaʿlaba b. Muslim narrated to me, from Ayyūb b. Bayr al-ʿIjlī, from Shufayy b. Mātiʿ, that the Messenger of God, peace and blessings of God be upon him, said: "Indeed, among the bliss of the people of Paradise is that they will visit one another on mounts and Bactrian camels, and that on Friday they will be brought horses, saddled and bridled, which neither defecate nor urinate. They will ride them wherever God, Mighty and Majestic, wills. Then something like a cloud will come to them, containing what no eye has seen and no ear has heard. They will say: 'Rain upon us!' So the rain will continue upon them until that exceeds their desires. Then God, Mighty and Majestic, will send a harmless wind that will scatter dunes of musk. That musk will cling to the forelocks of their horses, to their manes, and to their heads—and every man will have a full head of hair according to what his soul desires. That musk will cling to those bridles, to the horses, and to whatever else there is of garments. Then they will proceed until they reach wherever God, Mighty and Majestic, wills. Suddenly, a woman will call out to one of them: 'O servant of God, [do you have no need of us?' He will say: 'What are you and who are you?' She will say: 'I am] your wife and your beloved.' He will say: 'I did not know of your location.' The woman will say: 'Do you not know that God said: {And no soul knows what has been hidden for them of comfort for eyes as reward for what they used to do}?' He will say: 'Yes, indeed.' Perhaps he will be distracted from her after that encounter for the duration of forty autumns, not turning back or returning, distracted from her only by the bliss and honor he is in."
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