253 - Al-Ḥakam b. Mūsā narrated to us: Hiql b. Ziyād narrated to us from al-Awzāʿī, who said: I was informed that Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab met Abū Hurayra and said: "I ask God to bring me and you together in the market of Paradise."
He said: So Saʿīd said: "O Abū Hurayra, is there a market in it?" He said: "Yes, the Messenger of God, peace and blessings of God be upon him, informed me that when the people of Paradise enter it and settle according to their deeds, they will be granted permission for the duration of Friday from the days of the world. Then His Throne will be made manifest to them, and He will appear to them in one of the gardens of Paradise. He will place pulpits of light, pulpits of ruby, pulpits of pearl, pulpits of gold, and pulpits of silver. The lowest of them will sit on dunes of musk, and they will not consider those on the chairs to have a better seat than them." Abū Hurayra said: I said: "O Messenger of God, will we see our Lord, Blessed and Exalted is He?" He said: "Yes. Do you dispute concerning the sight of the sun and the moon?" We said: "No." He said: "Likewise, you will not dispute concerning the sight of your Lord. And there will not remain anyone in that gathering except that He will converse with him, saying: 'O so-and-so, son of so-and-so, did you do such-and-such on such-and-such a day?' He will say: 'O Lord, did You not forgive me?' He will say: 'By My forgiveness to you, you have reached this station of yours.' While they are like that, a cloud will cover them from above and rain musk upon them, the fragrance of which they have never found anything sweeter. He said: Then God, Mighty and Majestic, will say: 'Arise to the honor I have prepared for you.' He said: So they will come to a market surrounded by angels, containing what eyes have not seen, hearts have not conceived, and ears have not heard. So we will carry, and there will be carried to us, whatever we desire. There is no one in it who sells or buys. And in that, the people of Paradise will meet one another. A man will meet another man, and he will be amazed by the clothing he sees on him, but before he finishes his conversation, something even better will appear on him, and that is because it is not fitting for anyone to grieve therein. He said: Then we will return to our homes, and our loved ones will meet us and say: 'You have come, and you have more beauty and fragrance than when you left us.' So we will say: 'We sat with the Compeller, Blessed and Exalted is He, today, and it is our right to return with what we have returned with.'"
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