THIRD VALLEY - KHUMS AND ZAKAT
If someone had failed to pay even one dirham of Khums or Zakat (poor tax) then he will be stopped in the third valley. There are many narrations regarding those who do not pay Zakat. In one of them the Infallibles (a.s.) have said, "God will make 'aqraa' overpower the fellow who did not pay Zakat and it will cling to his neck." (When a python becomes too much full of poison its hair fall down and such a gigantic bald python is called 'aqraa' in Arabic).
In another narration, the Imam says, "If a farmer does not pay Zakat
on his land, the same land along with all of its seven layers turns into a heavy stone clung to his neck.
Similarly, it is mentioned that Imam Mandi (a.t.f.s.) will, in the time of his appearance, kill the one who stopped Zakat payment.
So beware! Not a single dirham of Zakat should remain unpaid because, if you had collected gold, silver and wealth and had not paid the Zakat for it, those dirhams and dinars will be made red hot in hellfire for branding the sides of that offender.
On the day when it shall be heated in the fire of hell, then their foreheads and their sides and their backs shall be branded with it; this is what you hoarded up for yourselves, therefore taste what you hoarded. (9:35)
By the way, let it also be understood that there is no difference between the Zakat of wealth and the Zakat of body. You should pay the Zakat of your body (Fitrah) during the night of Eid-ul-Fitr.
WHEN THE INTERCESSOR HIMSELF WILL BECOME
THE OPPONENT (CLAIMANT)
Now remains the problem of Khums. Narrations in this matter show. that this questioning will be harsher than that regarding Zakat. Only one of many such narrations is sufficient for emphasis. In Kafi and
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in Tahzeeb and also in Man Laa Yahzaruhul Faqih, it is written that Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) said, "On the Day of Judgement, that hour will be extremely hard for people when those entitled to Khums will raise their claims and they will ask their dues from those who did not pay the same." It is enough (for showing the importance of this matter and the seriousness of this offence) to mention that those who are intercessors will come up as opponents.
FOURTH VALLEY - FASTING
There will be questioning about the fasts of the Holy month of Ramadhan in the fourth valley.
Fast is a shield against fire.
The Holy Imam (a.s.) said that one who fasts gets two pleasures: The first is at the time of breaking the fast (sunset) when one gets a very pleasing feeling. Another is at the time of death or while crossing the Sirat when he or she will meet his or her Lord.
FIFTH VALLEY - HAJJ
If a person, during any period of his life, gets the ability to perform Hajj (according to relevant conditions) and yet he does no perform it, then he will be stopped in this valley. Rather, on the basis of a narration, there are two groups who will be told at the time of their death :
You are dying as a Jew or a Christian (non at as a Muslim).
Those two groups consist of people who did not pay the due Zakat and those who did not perform Hajj. It is enough for the condemnation of one who does not perform obligatory Hajj to say that the Lord of the Universe has, in the Holy Quran, used the word unbeliever for him :
And pilgrimage to the House is incumbent upon men for the sake of Allah, (upon) every one who is able to undertake the journey to it; and whoever disbelieves, then surely Allah is Self-sufficient, above any need of the worlds. (3:97)
No more discussion on these subjects is advisable as, by so doing,
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we will be going out of the discussion of Principles of Faith. Our only intention is to provide their list to most of the believers.
SIXTH VALLEY - RITUAL PURITY
Ibne Abbas is reported to have said that Taharat (ritual purity) means all the three types of cleansing, that it, Wuzu (ablution), Ghusl (bath) and Tayammum (dry ablution). Some tradition writers have said that what is meant is absolute cleanliness. If someone is not regular in cleaning (women must especially take care of their cleanliness at particular times, otherwise) such persons will be stopped in the sixth valley for questioning in this regard. Rather, it is also found in some narrations that, as mentioned by us earlier, that being careless about cleanliness results in the punishment of the squeeze of the grave.
SEVENTH VALLEY - OPPRESSION
This valley is also called the Valley of Justice and the Valley of People's Rights. In the Holy Quran, it is called Mirsad, which means ambush :
Most surely your Lord is watching (in ambush). (89:14)
If anyone was slapped unjustly the offender will be detained in this valley for five hundred years and his bones will be crushed as a punishment for this crime.
O shopkeeper! What right have you to beat your servant? 0 teacher! On what legal ground are you punishing a child whereby it leaves bruised on the child's body? 0 Mr. Husband! Why are you beating your wives? From where did the husband get a right to whip his wife?
Of course, there are some exceptions. But such circumstances are rare and they are out of our subject and hence not discussed here. Otherwise we would have dealt with them also. The Quran says :
And (as to) those (women) on whose part you fear desertion, admonish them, and leave them alone in the sleeping-places and beat them (but only to the extent that there is no bleeding and no limb breaks); then if they obey you, do not seek a way against them; surely Allah is High, Great. (4:34)
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FORTY YEARS IMPRISONMENT AND FORTY YEARS OF
CHASTISEMENT AND SCOLDING
In short, who is there who can claim that he has never breached and trampled the rights of others? The Infallible (a.s.) has said, "If somebody has withheld someone's right, for example, not returned his trust then he will be detained in the valley for forty years and that nothing will be said to him. He will keep crying and weeping during all this time. Then an announcer will announce, 'This is the fellow who kept some property of others with him.' Then he will be reprimanded for another forty years. Then he will fall down in hell."
Of course, this punishment will be awarded in case his scroll of deeds had no good deed. Otherwise, his good will be, proportionately, given to the rightful claimant as mentioned earlier. It is mentioned in some narrations that the reward of seven hundred units of prayers will be given for non-payment of single dirham.
A STRANGE STORY ABOUT BURNING IN BARZAKH
It is written in Mustadrak of Noori that according to what is mentioned in Anwaar-ul-Maziyyah (by Syed Gayasuddin Najafi, a Shia jurisprudent and a famous scholar among Imamiyah): In our village situated near Hilla there lived a man named Muhammad bin Abi Azeenah. He was the trustee of a mosque. He used to attend that masjid daily as a routine. One day, when he did not come to mosque, we inquired about him. We came to know that he was ill. We wondered very much because on the very previous day, we had seen him hale and healthy. When we went to see him, we found him burnt from head to feet. He used to faint; them become conscious and again faint. In one such interval, I asked him what had happened to him? He replied: Last night in my dream I was shown Sirat and then I was ordered to walk over it. So I proceeded. In the beginning the ground under my feet was levelled. Then I found that it has become thin. Initially, it was soft but later on it turned very sharp. I was putting my steps very slowly, balancing myself to avoid falling. Dark flames of fire from beneath leapt upwards. I observed that many people were dropping down like leaves in autumn. Once I felt that there was nothing except a hair like rope under my feet. The
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suddenly the fire dragged me to it and I also fell down in that cave of fire. The more I tried to come up the more I was going down. (Hellfire has the quality of drawing people to it, and that, according to a narration; the depth is equal to the length of a seventy-year journey). As soon as I realized that I was about to be finished, I remembered that whenever I was falling or stumbling or falling, I used to exclaim 0 Ali! And saying 0 my master, 0 Amirul Momineen, save me. I felt inspired to look upward. So when I looked up I found that a saintly person was standing by the side of the Sirat. He extended his hand, caught me and fetched me out. I submitted, "0 Master! I am burnt down. Please help me." The Imam passed his Holy hand over my body from my knee to femur. Suddenly I woke up to find that particular part of my body had no sign of burning and that it had healed but the rest of my body was burning.
That person remained bedridden for three months, weeping and complaining. Various medicines were given by a number of doctors and he became healthy after three months when new flesh appeared on his body. It is also written in the book of Mustadrak that whenever that person was describing this even he was getting fever and was trembling.
Doubtlessly there is only one medicine and it is to cling to the Wilayat of the pious Ahle Bayt (a.s.). Imam Reza (a.s.) has promised that he will guide the visitors of his shrine on the bridge of Sirat. Moreover, Imam Husain (a.s.) is also reported to have given many good tidings to those who cling to the Wilayat of Ahle Bayt (a.s.) with regard to Sirat. So much so that, in one narration, Imam Sadiq (a.s.) is reported to have said that the Chief of Martyrs (Imam Husain) will obtain salvation of Muchtar (r.a.) also.
INTERCESSION
Another thing, which has been accepted as an essential is the belief in intercession on the Day of Judgement. Those pious persons who have attained nearness to God and who are also respectable in the Divine view will hold the hand of the fallen weak and unable ones to free them from the chains and shackles of hell. It can also happen that they will raise someone's rank in paradise. For instance, a man
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enters paradise due to his good deeds but as he got a lower rank he is unable to be benefited by nearness to Muhammad and Aale Muhammad (a.s.). So the Pure Imams (a.s.) will intercede on their behalf and get a higher rank for them. In brief, everyone is in need of such intercession.
THE ENTIRE CREATION INCLUDING MESSENGERS WILL NEED
THE INTERCESSION OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD
According to Biharul Anwar, Abu Aiman is reported to have said that he once requested Imam Baqir (a.s.), "0 Son of the Messenger of Allah! You saints have made people proud (careless) by promising intercession to them." This infuriated the Imam. He said, "Woe unto you. On the Day of Resurrection, all the formers and the latters, including even messengers, will be in need of the intercession of my great grandfather, Muhammad (s.a.w.s.). Have you become proud imaging that you need no intercession?"
GREATER INTERCESSION IS THE PREROGATIVE OF ONLY
MUHAMMAD AND AALE MUHAMMAD (A.S.)
The main intercession is the intercession by Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) and the Aale Muhammad (a.s.). Rest of intercessors are branches of the main one. This is to convey that they got this privilege because of the former. For example, among the rest of the intercessors are scholars and righteous people who will help many in entering paradise. Can they ever be other than the followers of Muhammad and Aale Muhammad (a.s.)? Likewise, among the intercessors will be the faithful. The Infallible (a.s.) says that every believer will intercede in favour of a hundred persons. From where did the believers get this honour? Only from Muhammad and Aale Muhammad (a.s.). Also for instance, the intercessors will also include the Syeds. Have they not been given this respectable position only due to their belonging to the Holy Progeny? Similarly the Holy Quran and the Holy mosques will also intercede on the Day of Resurrection. They too are among the symbols of the aforesaid Holy persons.
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INTERCESSION AT EVERY STAGE
The main place of intercession is the field of Mahshar (Qiyamat). But there are evidences to show that intercession is effective not only in Barzakh but also in this world. For example, some kind of calamity is about to fall at a certain place but that trouble is removed as a result of the intercession of Hazrat Valiul Asr (a.t.f.s.). Or, for instance, a body is under chastisement in the grave (barzakh) but someone from his relatives in the world approaches the Holy Ahle Bayt (a.s.) and after much weeping makes them a medium. The Merciful God pardons the aforesaid dead relative or friend due to the holiness of the said saints. If all our said masters will intercede God will surely forgive us. Many such events have taken place. In this connection, Martyr Dastghaib Shirazi has, in his commentary of Surah Najm quoted two events. Those who wish may refer to the chapter 'Shafat by Hazrat Abul Fazl Abbas'. The story of Syed Humairi is also to be found in many books.
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STUDENT WHO BECAME A DOCTOR
An event of healing by Muhammad and Aale Muhammad (a.s.) is also recorded in our world and that is the story of Haji Mirza Khalil. It is a recent event. Some aged people even today may remember it. At first Haji Mirza Khalil was a student in Madressa Dams Shifa in Qum. Once when he was sitting in his room, an old lady came running anxiously and said, "My mistress has a serious heart trouble. Do you know of any medicine?" The Haji who had no concern with medical science, at once replied, "Give such and such medicine to her." Next day he saw people coming to him with plates full of tasty foods as compensation for his prescription. Thereafter neighbours knew that a very knowledgeable doctor has arrived in the Madressa who cures serious illnesses only through prescriptions. As a result, people began to rush to the Haji's room. He also thought that the arrangement wouldn't do. So he purchased Hakim Momin's book 'Tohfaa' and after studying it, engaged in the work of a medical
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1 Refer Gunahane Kabirah by the same author. Published in English under the title of 'Greater Sins'.
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practitioner regularly. He became an expert physician soon and people took him to Tehran and he remained in that profession for long. Once he thought of going to Kerbala but he was not in a hurry for it. One night, he saw someone in his dream who was telling him, "If your intention is to visit Kerbala, then make haste for there is a likelihood of a ban on visits to the Holy Place after about two months (and the same happened)."
AN INDIAN SYED LADY AND LEPROSY
The late Haji Khalil proceeded towards Kerbala within two months and witnessed what he had seen in his dream and understood that it was a true dream. He stayed in Kerbala for quite a long time and continued his medical practice there also. One day, two ladies came to him. One of them showed him her hand, which had a strange kind of wound on it. The Haji said, "This illness is called Khorah, which has reached the bone and hence become incurable." That lady returned very disappointed. But her companion came back and said, "0 Haji! Did you not recognize that lady?" "No," said the Haji. She said, "That woman is a Syed lady and she is one of the Indian princesses. Her longing for Ziyarat of Husain (a.s.) has dragged her upto Iraq along with all her wealth. Now she has also become poor due to this ailment since long. You too have made her hopeless!" The Haji said, "Please bring her back at once." When that lady returned, the Haji said, "0 respected madam! Though this ailment is very complicated and hard, I will give you some medicines. Insha Allah you will soon recover."
So the treatment began and the lady's hand was cured. After this, that lady was so impressed by the Haji that she stayed in his premises and behaved like a kind mother with him.
YOU WILL DIE AFTER TEN DAYS
After a few days, Haji Khalil saw the same person in his dream that he had seen earlier (and who had advised him to hasten to Kerbala). Now he told the Haji, "You will fall ill and die after ten days." Haji made his will. He became ill after a few days and his condition turned for the worse until on the tenth day; he was almost dead.
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When the Haji was breathing his last, that Syed lady came up to him. Seeing the Haji's serious condition she became very fearful. She told the people not to touch the Haji until she returned. She proceeded directly to the Holy tomb of Imam Husain, caught hold of the enclosure and said, "0 Grandfather! I will obtain the Haji from you. Please take back his life from Almighty God." Then she wept so much that she fainted. In her consciousness she saw that the Imam (a.s.) was telling her, "0 My Daughter! What has happened to you? The lifespan of the Haji has ended and the time of his death has arrived." That lady persisted, "I know nothing of it. I want the Haji from you."
DOUBLE LIFE DUE TO BLESSINGS OF HUSAIN (A.S.)
The Imam (a.s.) said, "All right. Since you insist so much, I am praying to Almighty Allah. If He wills, He will return the Haji to this world." After a short time, the Imam smiled and said, "God has answered my prayer and He has returned the Haji to the world and has also doubled his lifespan." At that time the Haji was thirty years old. Thereafter he died at the age of ninety years. During that period he had four sons, one of them being the great Jurist Al-hajj Mirza Husain and another was a famous doctor.
Briefly concluding, when the Syed lady heard this good tiding and returned to Haji's residence, she found him sitting in a good condition. He exclaimed, "0 respected Syed Madam! May God give you a great good reward."
One of the admonitions mentioned in Haji Khalil's will was his instruction to his son that he must take care of Syeds, especially their respected and honourable ladies, as they are very esteemed in the highest court of Almighty Allah.
There are many similar examples in books. In Darus Salaam of Iraqi, the last chapter of which is about wonders resulting from the medium of Ahle Bayt (a.s.) there is a story of a child who had died after falling from the ceiling of his house.
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OUR HOPE IS CLOSELY CONNECTED WITH THE
INTERCESSION OF THE HOLY PROPHET
(0 Mercy for the Mankind!) What fear is there to the wall of the community when a personality like you is its support?
What fear can there be of ocean waves for one whose ship is being navigated by Noah (a.s.)!
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It is mentioned in the third volume of Biharul Anwar that the Holy Prophet said, "A prayer of every messenger is necessarily answered. Earlier messengers made that prayer concerning this world and God accordingly answered it here and fulfilled their aim. I have left that prayer for the Hereafter so that the sinners of my community may be forgiven." Let us hope that this great mercy will include us also.
There are several narrations regarding intercession by Fatima Zahra (s.a.) based on the sayings of the Holy Prophet and the Holy Imams (a.s.). According to one of such narrations, the Infallible (a.s.) has said, after making a mention of Fatima's arrival in the field of Mahshar and her welcome there, "Every woman who never missed an obligatory prayer, compulsory fast, Hajj and payment of Zakat dues and whose husband was also not displeased with her, will certainly be entitled to the intercession of Fatima Zahra (s.a.)."
INTERCESSION IS THE ANCHOR OF HOPE, NOT OF PRIDE
Of course it must always be remembered that intercession must not make one proud or careless, imagining that as the said intercession is certainly from the Ahle Bayt (a.s.) we may do whatever we please. No, it is never so. There are some sins, which result in man's departure from this world as an unbeliever. In that case there is no question of intercession. Again there are some sins the punishment for which must be suffered in hell till the sinner is purified and only thereafter he may become qualified for intercession. So one must remain fearful of God at every moment and along with it, he must also remain hopeful of the Most Merciful's Mercy.
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THE RAISED PLACES (ARAAF)
And on the most elevated places there shall be men who know all by their marks, (7:46)
That is some people will be on Araaf who will recognise everyone by looking at their foreheads.
According to the news given by Ahle Bayt (a.s.) Araaf is a high place on Sirat Bridge. God Almighty will allow room for the Holy Prophet and Ahle Bayt there. One with a shining forehead will be recognized as a friend of Aale Muhammad and Ali (a.s.) will allow him to proceed to paradise. Accordingly the meaning of the above verse will be: Muhammad and Ali (a.s.) will recognize everyone passing over the bridge by their faces.
WALL BETWEEN PEOPLE OF PARADISE AND PEOPLE
OF HELL
Another explanation of Araaf is that it is a wall, which will be erected between people of paradise and people of hell on Sirat as mentioned in Surah Al Hadid. The Lord of the Universe says: (0 My Dear Messenger!) On that Day, you will see the Faithful in such a condition that their radiance will enlighten their front and their side. (A voice will be heard): Good tidings to you for you will get the eternal paradise beneath which rivers flow. It is indeed a great success of yours.
On that Day, the hypocrites will tell the Faithful: Just look at us also! We too may benefit from your radiance. They will be told: Return to the world and find out some other light. Then a wall will be raised between the said two groups. There will be a door in that wall. On one side of it will be only Mercy (for the Faithful) and on the other only punishment (for the unbelievers and hypocrites).
Then separation would be brought about between them, with a wall having a door in it; (as for) the inside of it, there shall be mercy in it, and (as for) the outside of it, before it there shall be punishment. (57:13)
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ONE'S RADIANCE (NOOR) WILL BE OF NO USE TO OTHERS
It is mentioned in commentaries that the Radiance is front of believing men and believing women will be the light of their beliefs and love and friendship of Aale Muhammad (a.s.). The Noor at their right will be the radiance of the prayers and worship acts. The Noor of some will be so bright that it will make things visible for eyes and that of some will be sometimes bright and sometimes dim. Such people will go on falling down and getting up and crying :
Our Lord! Make perfect for us our light, (66:8)
Here one's noor will be of no avail to another. Though the hypocrites and the offenders will go on asking for the light of the fortunate ones it will be of no use. A wall will be erected between them and the believers. According to Quranic commentary, it is Araaf.
BE ANXIOUS ABOUT THAT DAY'S NOOR ONLY TODAY
They will cry out to them: Were we not with you? They shall say: Yea! But you caused yourselves to fall into temptation, and you waited and doubted, and vain desires deceived you till the threatened punishment of Allah came, while the arch deceiver deceived you about Allah.
So today ransom shall not be accepted from you nor from those who disbelieved; your abode is the fire; it is your friend and evil is the resort. (57:14-15)
By the way, let there be some admonition also so that we may worry today about the light of that Day before the arrival of the moment when there will be no remedy or escape.
ARAAF, A PLACE BETWEEN PARADISE AND HELL
Third explanation of Araaf is that it is a place (between paradise and hell where those people will dwell who were helpless such as minors, lunatics, and children. Though they will not be as happy as those in paradise, they will be saved from the punishment of hell.
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For the fairies of heaven, Araaf is hell. But if you ask the people of hell, they will reply that Araaf is paradise.
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PARADISE, THE GREATEST AND EVERLASTING BOUNTY
The Lord of the universe has reserved a place in the Hereafter for those people who leave this world with fear of God in their heart. There, God has kept innumerable and unimaginably tasteful things for the righteous befitting that highest host. To get an idea of those comforts, tastes and pleasures of that place in the Hereafter is as difficult for the residents of this world now as are the things in this world for an unborn child.
That is why, it is mentioned in the Holy Quran :
So no soul knows what is hidden for them of that which will refresh the eyes; a reward for what they did. (32:17)
It is also said as a general hint about the heavenly bounties :
They have therein what they wish and with Us is more yet. (50:35)
It means, in paradise, there are all those things, which they (the people of paradise) will desire and what is with Us is even more than what they can wish.
At yet another place it is said :
They will not hear its faintest sound, and they shall abide in that which their souls long for. (21:102)
TRUE ABODE OF PEACE (DARUS SALAAM) IS PARADISE
In brief, paradise is the place wherein there will be no sign of failure, grief, sorrow, difficulty, hardship, trouble, weakness, old aged, illness, tiredness and idleness. There will be safety and security in every sense. That is why it is named the abode of peace (Darus Salaam). It is the real kingdom, in a sense that man has so much power that whatever he wishes will be available at once. It is available only to the people of paradise.
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And when you see there, you shall see blessings and a great kingdom. (76:20)
Here we hint at some of the heavenly bounties mentioned in the Holy Quran :
And the flesh of fowl such as they desire. (56:21) And fruits such as they choose, (56:20)
And abundant fruit,
Neither intercepted nor forbidden, (56:32-33)
In both are fruits and palms and pomegranates. (55:68)
In paradise, there will be springs of pure and clean water which will never get depleted and there will be rivers of milk the taste of which has neither changed nor will change and there will be canals of grapes wines which will be pleasing to drinkers (will not be foul smelling as is the case with worldly wines and which are also intoxicating and harmful) rather the heavenly wine will be good, fragrant, tasty, harmless, awakening and purifying.
And their Lord shall make them drink a pure drink. (76:21)
Also,
And rivers of honey clarified and for them therein are all fruits and protection from their Lord. (47:15)
HEAVENLY RIVERS MENTIONED IN THE HOLY QURAN
There will also be many springs in paradise. The speciality and tastefulness of each and every one of them will be different. They have been named as per their specialities, for example: The Camphor Spring, The Zanjabil Spring, The Salsabeel and The Tasneem. The most important of them all is The Kauthar which is flowing from beneath the Divine Throne and which is whiter than milk and sweeter than honey, softer than butter. It will contain precious stone pebbles (at the bottom) and they will be of Chrysolite, Ruby and coral. Its grass will be saffron and its mud will be more fragrant than musk. Narrations mention that Kauthar will flow from beneath the Divine Throne; that it is flowing like a river in paradise and that it
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takes the shape of a big cistern in the field of Mahshar, as said earlier.
HEAVENLY DRESSES
Almighty Allah says in Surah Kahf :
Ornaments shall be given to them therein of bracelets of gold, and they shall wear green robes of fine silk and thick silk brocade interwoven with gold, (18:31)
At another place in the Holy Quran it is mentioned :
They shall be adorned therein with bracelets of gold and (with) pearls, and their garments therein shall be of silk. (22:23)
The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) is reported to have said that when a believer will enter his heavenly palace a crown of glory will be put on his head and he will be made to wear seventy robes of various colours embedded with heavenly precious jewels. It is also mentioned that if any of those dresses is brought to the people of this world they will not be able to gaze at its brightness.
Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) is reported to have said that the Lord of the Universe will provide a miracle to the faithful every Friday in Paradise. On that day, He will send to the believer dresses through an angel. Then that believer will put one of it on his waist and another on his shoulders. Then from wherever that man will pass the entire environment will brighten up with his radiance (Noor).
PALACES AND PRECINCTS IN PARADISE
God has promised in many places in the Holy Quran :
Allah has promised to the believing men and the believing women gardens, beneath which rivers flow, to abide in them, and goodly dwellings in gardens of perpetual abode; and best of all is Allah's goodly pleasure- that is the grand achievement. (9:72)
God Almighty says :
But (as for) those who are careful of (their duty to) their Lord, they shall have high places, above them higher places, built (for them),
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beneath which flow rivers; (this is) the promise of Allah: Allah will not fail in (His) promise. (39:20)
The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) has said that those chambers will be made of pearls, Rubies and Emeralds and their roofs will be golden. There will be two golden gates in every chamber and there will be a guard and a sentry at every gate.
