18754 - From Ibn 'Abbas regarding His saying: "Gushing," he said: Overflowing. (1)

18755 - From Ibn 'Abbas regarding His saying: "Gushing," he said: They gush with water from the intensity of the abundance. (2)

18756 - From 'Ikrimah regarding His saying: "Gushing," he said: They gush with water. (3)

18757 - From Anas regarding His saying: "Two gushing springs," he said: They blow forth musk and ambergris over the dwellings of Paradise just as rain pours over the dwellings of the people of the world. (4)

18758 - My father narrated to us, al-Fadl ibn Dukayn narrated to us, Sufyan narrated to us, from Hammad, from Sa'id ibn Jubayr, from Ibn 'Abbas who said: The palm trees of Paradise have fronds that are clothing for the people of Paradise; from them are their garments and from them are their toothpicks. Their spathes are red gold, their trunks are green emerald, and their fruit is sweeter than honey and softer than butter, and it has no pits. (5)

His saying, the Almighty: "Hoor (fair, beautiful women), restrained in pavilions."

18759 - From Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) regarding His saying: "Hoor (fair, beautiful women), restrained," meaning hoor, white; "restrained," meaning kept in the pavilions. He said: In houses of pearl. (6)

18760 - From Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) who said: The hoor are those with black irises. (7)

18761 - From Abu al-Ahwas who said: 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Do you know what "Hoor, restrained in pavilions" means? It is hollowed pearl. (8)

18762 - From Ibn Mas'ud, from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) who said: The pavilions are hollowed pearl. (9)

18763 - From Ibn Mas'ud who said: For every Muslim there is a khayra (a beautiful woman), and for every khayra there is a pavilion, and for every pavilion there are four doors. There enters upon her every day from Allah a gift, honor, and present that was not there before. They are not women who are slothful, nor those who are ambitious for others, nor those who have bad breath, nor those who are foul-smelling. They are fair women with large, beautiful eyes, as if they were hidden pearls. (Attributed to the Prophet). (10)

His saying, the Almighty: "...on green cushions and beautiful carpets."

18764 - From Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) regarding His saying: "Green cushions," he said: The coverings. And "beautiful carpets," he said: The rugs. (11)