The Ruling on Asking About the Manner of Ablution in Paradise

The questioner : Ibn Hajar (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned that this is a correction, but he said it is because the inhabitants of Paradise are pure.

The Shaykh : Is it obligatory to perform ablution from impurity? Are we not commanded to renew our ablution even without a state of ritual impurity? O Abd al-Muhajim, I told you, people, these are matters of the Companions. Did they not receive these questions? They knew that there is no religious obligation in Paradise, and they knew that there is no impurity or filth there. They were more eager for knowledge than we are, yet they did not raise such a question to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). We should say: We heard and we obeyed, we believed and we affirmed. As for the one who asks, "How do you perform ablution when Paradise is not a place of obligation, and how do you perform ablution when they are pure?" This is, in reality, the worst of manners.
A person does not find peace except by following the path of the Salaf. As long as those other than you are more eager for good and more desirous of knowledge, and they did not ask the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) nor raise this issue, why do you raise it? Also, regarding the statement of al-Khatib and others like al-Khatib on this matter, I am pleased with the words of Imam Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) when he said that asking about it is an innovation, specifically regarding the manner, because it was not asked about. The Companions were more eager for good and more eager for knowledge than we are, and yet they did not ask. So the function of a person in these matters is to say, "I believe and I affirm," and in practical matters that are required, he says, "I believe and I act." Yes, "I believe and I obey." Yes. No, no. The validity of the establishment is different; the validity of the establishment—if the hadith, for example, is weak or something similar—that is what is asked about. Yes.

Another questioner : Well, if a person asks, what is his intention?

The Shaykh : No, no, it is now.

Another questioner : Aywah.

The Shaykh : He is now asking how ablution is performed in Paradise?

Another questioner : It is not denial, it is not denial.

The Shaykh : Do you have?

Another questioner : According to assumption.

The Shaykh : Yes. No, I say that all this settles the dispute, because whenever you bring something based on argument, you see that the argument continues. But if you say, "By Allah, thus the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) narrated to us, and thus the Companions heard it and did not raise this issue," the matter is finished. Now, for example, regarding the descent to the lowest heaven, we have narrated to you about it: "When two-thirds of the night remain, what do they want now?" It means they are listening to the Lord (Mighty and Majestic) all day. O man, as long as one-third of the night remains, Allah descends. When the dawn breaks, there is no descent, and do not go beyond this.

Another questioner : Yes, and what does it say? That He does not mention any of the servants with a mention of any type of worship He wills.

The Shaykh : It may be by way of worship, it may be by way of purification, and it may be to make known thereby the virtue of ablution. We do not know; the Messenger did not narrate this to us.

Another questioner : The houris are also not obligatory, because one may be a wife. The man is not from the wives.

The Shaykh : So if a woman, a woman, I do not know what, yes.