Is it permissible for a person to imagine the blessings in Paradise?
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Question:
Peace be upon you. Your Eminence, father, the questioner asks: Is it permissible for a person to imagine the blessings in Paradise and expect them to be in a specific form, especially if this is done constantly, even though Paradise contains what no eye has seen and no ear has heard?
Answer:
What is in Paradise is of two types. The first type has a counterpart in this world, such as the lote tree, the date palm, fruits, pomegranates, palm trees, and grapes. This has a counterpart in this world, but what is in the Hereafter differs from it greatly. The second type has no counterpart in this world, and no one knows it except Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He), as He said:[As-Sajdah 32:17]. Yes.
Peace be upon you. Your Eminence, father, the questioner asks: Is it permissible for a person to imagine the blessings in Paradise and expect them to be in a specific form, especially if this is done constantly, even though Paradise contains what no eye has seen and no ear has heard?
Answer:
What is in Paradise is of two types. The first type has a counterpart in this world, such as the lote tree, the date palm, fruits, pomegranates, palm trees, and grapes. This has a counterpart in this world, but what is in the Hereafter differs from it greatly. The second type has no counterpart in this world, and no one knows it except Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He), as He said:
And no soul knows what has been hidden for them of comfort for eyes as reward for what they used to do.
تَعْلَمُ نَفْسٌ مَّا أُخْفِيَ لَهُم مِّن قُرَّةِ أَعْيُنٍ جَزَاءً بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [969- 4717] هل يجوز للإنسان أن يتخيل النعم التي في الجنة ؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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