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The clothing and Jewelry of the people of Paradise

The People of Paradise will wear the most luxurious clothes amongst other things, garments of silk and bracelets of gold, silver and pearls. Allah (swt) says

“And their recompense will be Paradise and silken garments because they were patient.” [76:12]

“..wherein they will be adorned with bracelets of gold and pearls and their garments will be of silk.” [22:23]

“Adn [Eden] Paradise they will enter, therein will they be adorned with bracelets of gold and pearls and their garments there will be of silk.” [35:33] 

“..They will be adorned with bracelets of silver and their Rabb will give them a pure drink.” [76:21]

Their clothes will be colorful, including garments of green silk and brocade:

“..They will be adorned therein with bracelets of gold, and they will wear green garments of fine silk and heavy brocade. They will recline therein on raised thrones. How good the recompense! How beautiful a couch to recline on.” [18:31]

“Their garments will be of fine green silk and gold embroidery. They will be adorned with bracelets of silver..” [76:21]

Their clothing will be far superior to any man-made garment. Al-Barra ibn Idhib said

“A silken garment was brought to the Messenger (saws) and we began to admire its beauty and softness.” The Messenger of Allah (saws) said

“The handkerchiefs of Sa’d ibn Muadh are better than this.” [al-Bukhari]

The Prophet (saws) also told us that the people of Paradise will have combs of gold and silver and that they will perfume themselves with Ud at-Tib, even though the scent of musk will be emenating from their pure bodies.  Al-Bukhari narrates

The Prophet (saws) said of those who will enter Paradise:

“Their vessels will be of gold and silver their combs will be of gold and the coals of their incense burners will be of aloe-wood [Abul-Yaman said “of Ud at-Tib] and their sweat will be musk.” [Bukhari]

Their jewelry will include crowns. At-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah report from al-Miqdam ibn Ma’d Yakrib that among the honors bestowed upon the martyr will be:

“There will be placed upon his head a crown of dignity, one ruby of which is better than this world and all that is in it.” [Mishkat and Muslim]

 The clothing and jewelry of the people of Paradise will bever wear out or fade. Muslim reports from Abu Hurayrah (ra) that the Prophet (sws) said

“Whoever enters Paradise is blessed and will never be miserable, his clothes will never wear out and his youth will never fade away.” [Sahih Muslim]

The palaces of Paradise have been prepared and in their gardens are places to sit and recline, beautiful couches of delightful colors and high beds whose interiors are lined with silk brocade

There are cushions and splendid carpets laid out in the most delightful fashion.

“Therein will be thrones raised high, and cups set at hand and cushions set in rows and rich carpets [all spread out]” [88:13-16]

“They will recline [with ease] on thrones arranged in ranks. And We shall marry them to Houris [female fair ones] with wide lovely eyes.’ [52:20]

“A Multitude of those [foremost] will be from the first generations [who embraced Islam] and a few of those [foremost] will be from the later time [generations]. [They will be] on thrones woven with gold and precious stones, reclining thereon face to face.” [56:13-16]

This reclining on those thrones and couches will be one of the luxuries that the people of Paradise will enjoy when they gather together as Allah (swt) says

“And We shall remove from their breasts any lurking sense of injury; [they will be like] brothers [joyfully] facing each other on thrones [of dignity].” [15:47]

“Reclining on green cushions and rich beautiful mattresses.” [55:76]

“Reclining upon the couches lined with silk brocade.” [55:54]

The people of Paradise will be served by boys whom Allah (swt) will create to serve them and who will be most beautiful and perfect in form

“They will be served by immortal boys, with cups and a glass from the flowing wine.” [56:17-18]

“And round about them will [serve] boys of everlasting youth. If you see them you would think them scattered pearls.” [76:19]

Ibn Kathir said in regards to these boys:

“Boys of eternal youth will go around to serve people of Paradise, boys who remain in that youthful form forever, never changing or advancing in age.”

It was said that they will be wearing earrings to emphasize their youth because such a thing is appropriate for young people, but it does not befit those who are older. And Allah (swt) said:

“..If you saw them going around to attend to the needs of their masters with their beautiful faces and splendid colorful clothes and jewelry you would think that they were scattered pearls..” [76:19]

There is no more beautiful description than the picture of pearls scattered in a place of beauty.

Some scholars suggested that these boys are the children of Muslims and Mushrikin who die in childhood, but this was refuted by Ibn Taymiyya who explained that these boys of eternal youth are part of the creation of Paradise:

“They are not the children of this world. When the children of this world enter Paradise they will do so in a perfect form, like all the other people of Paradise in the form of their father Adam. [Majmu’ al-Fatawa]

In addition to all this Muslim reported from Anas ibn Malik that the Messenger of Allah (saws) said;

In Paradise there is a market to which the people will come every Friday then a wind will come from the north and blow on their faces and clothes and they will increase in beauty.

Then they will return to their wives who will also have increased in beauty. Their wives will say to them,

“By Allah, you increased in beauty after you left us.” And they will say, “And you too, by Allah, you have increased in beauty since you left us.” [Sahih Muslim]

Imam Nawawi further explained this hadith as follows:

What is meant by market is a gathering place where the people will come together just as they gather in marketplaces in this world.

Gathering together every Friday means that they will meet once a week, or what approximates to once a week; there will be no real weeks there as there will be no sun or moon or days.

The wind of Paradise was described specifically as being the north winds because for the Arabs this is the wind that brings rain, coming from the direction of Syria, so they always hoped for a wind coming from the north. In the hadith this wind is called al-Muthirah i.e. sometimes that carries this, because it will blow the sand or dust of Paradise into their faces, which is musk.”

Also The people of Paradise will visit one another in delightful gathering where they will remember their lives in this world and how Allah (swt) described the gatherings of the people of Paradise:

“..And We shall remove from their breasts any lurking sense of injury, [they will be like] brothers, [joyfully] facing each other on thrones [of dinity].” [15:47]

Allah (swt) has also described some of the kinds of conversation that will take place in their gatherings:

“..and some of them draw near to others, questioning, saying “Aforetime we were afraid with our families [of the punishment of Allah] but Allah has been Gracious to us and has saved us from the torment of the Fire. Verily, we used to invoke Him [Alone and none else] before. Verily He is al-Barr, The All-Merciful.” [52:25-28]

Some of the people of Paradise will wish for things that will be fulfilled in the strangest ways, unlike anything that happens in this world.

The Messenger (saws) told of some of these and how they will be fulfilled. Once the Prophet (saws) was speaking and a Bedouin man was present. The Prophet (saws) said:

“A man from the people of Paradise will ask his Rabb for permission to grow things. Allah will ask him, “Do you not have what you want?” He will say “Of course, but I love to grow things.” So he will sow the seeds and in the blinking of an eye the plant will grow and its fruit will ripen and become like mountains. Allah (swt) will say, “Here it is O son of Adam nothing satisfies you.’ The Bedouin said, “By Allah! You wont find him except he is from the Quraysh or the Ansar for these are the people that love to grow things. As for us, we don’t grow anything!” The Messenger of Allah (saws) laughed” [Mishkat]