351 - Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan narrated to us: Abū Ghassān al-Nahdī narrated to us: ʿAbd al-Salām b. Ḥarb narrated to us from Isḥāq b. ʿAbd Allāh, who said: It reached me that he says—meaning the ruler (al-wālī)—in Paradise: "I desire the wide-eyed ones." So it is said to him: "They are wide-eyed houris." He then says: "I desire whiteness." So it is said: "{As if they were hidden eggs}." He then says: "I fear there might be freckles on her face." So it is said to him: "{As if they were rubies and coral}." He then says: "I fear she might be flighty." So it is said to him: "{Houris secluded in pavilions}." He then says: "I am a jealous man." So it is said: "{Whom neither human nor jinn has touched before them}." He said: And Ibn ʿAbbās said regarding: "{Tasneem}: And what is Tasneem? The brought-near ones drink it pure, and it is mixed for the companions of the right."
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