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In Islam, a houri (/ ˈ h ʊər r i, ˈ h aʊ ə r i /; [1] Arabic: حُـورِيَّـة ,حُورِيّ, romanized: ḥūriyy, ḥūrīya, lit. 'maiden'), [Note 1] or houris or hoor al ayn in plural form, is a maiden woman with beautiful eyes who lives alongside the Muslim faithful in paradise.
In Sura 33:28–29, God ordered Muhammad's wives to make a decision as to their preference, after Muhammad was annoyed by the wives' growing desire for material possessions. [7] Aisha is also important in mainstream Sunni Islam. Muhammad's wives were the first women to follow the practice of veiling with a Hijab. [7]
Wife; Believer of Ya-Sin [60] Family of Noah Mother Shamkhah bint Anush or Betenos [61] People of Aaron and Moses [46] [62] Egyptians Believer (Asif ibn Barkhiya) Imraʾat Firʿawn (Arabic: امْرَأَت فِرْعَوْن, Āsiyá bint Muzāḥim (Arabic: آسِيَا بِنْت مُزَاحِم) or Wife of Pharaoh, who adopted Moses)
During the first fitna, some wives also took sides. Umm Salama, for example, sided with Ali, and sent her son Umar for help. [113] The last of Muhammad's wives, Umm Salama lived to hear about the tragedy of Karbala in 680, dying the same year. [113] The grave of the wives of Muhammed is located at Al-Baqi Cemetery, Medina.
72 virgins could refer to multiple things. For the political trope Islamophobia § 72 virgins; For the heavenly beings in South/Central Asian folklore, see Houri § 72 virgins; For the 2004 novel by Boris Johnson, see Seventy-Two Virgins; For the telegram channel, see Palestinian suicide attacks § 72 virgins
According to Islamic belief, Asiya searched for a wet nurse for the baby Moses, but he rejected every woman that attempted to breastfeed him. Moses' sister, who had been ordered by their mother to watch him from afar, approached Asiya and suggested her mother, although concealing their relationship and guising her as any other wet nurse.
Jannah is also referred to as the abode of Adam and Eve before their expulsion. [5]: 165 Most Muslims hold that Jannah and Jahannam co-exist with the temporal world, rather than being created after Judgement Day. [11] Humans may not pass the boundaries to the afterlife, but it may interact with the temporal world of humans.
Zaynab's father was Jahsh ibn Riyab, an immigrant from the Asad ibn Khuzaymah tribe who had settled in Mecca under the protection of the Umayya clan. Her mother was Umayma bint Abd al-Muttalib, a member of the Hashim clan of the Quraysh tribe and a sister of Muhammad's father.