The fate of a believing woman who dies without having married in this world in Paradise.
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The questioner : Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah.
The questioner : What is the fate in Paradise of a believing woman who dies without having married? Because if a believing woman dies and she has a husband, she is given the choice.
The Shaykh : She is with her husband.
The questioner : He is her husband, even if he is...
The Shaykh : If she has two husbands, she is given the choice between them.
The questioner : She is given the choice. Good, what about the one who did not marry?
The Shaykh : If she did not marry, Allah will make for her a husband[Al-Waqi'ah 56:35-37] Allah will make for her a husband from the people of Paradise.
But perhaps you will say to me: Do we not say in the supplication for the funeral prayer:? And this is problematic. This supplication is problematic because if she was married, how do you say: ? And if she was not married, where is her husband? The problem is clear.
The answer to this is that we say: If she was not married, the meaning is better than the husband destined for her had she remained. And if she was married, the meaning of it being better than her husband is that it is better than him in attributes in this world.
Because replacement can be by replacing the entities, such as if you sold a sheep for a camel, for example. And it can be by replacing the attributes, such as if you said, "May Allah replace this man's disbelief with faith." And as in the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Ibrahim 14:48].
And the earth is the earth, but it was extended. And the sky is the sky, but it was split. Yes, and what is the questioner's question?
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah.
The questioner : What is the fate in Paradise of a believing woman who dies without having married? Because if a believing woman dies and she has a husband, she is given the choice.
The Shaykh : She is with her husband.
The questioner : He is her husband, even if he is...
The Shaykh : If she has two husbands, she is given the choice between them.
The questioner : She is given the choice. Good, what about the one who did not marry?
The Shaykh : If she did not marry, Allah will make for her a husband
(35) Indeed, We have produced the women of Paradise in a [new] creation (36) And made them virgins, (37) Devoted [to their husbands] and of equal age,
إِنَّا أَنشَأْنَاهُنَّ إِنشَاءً * فَجَعَلْنَاهُنَّ أَبْكَاراً * عُرُباً أَتْرَاباًBut perhaps you will say to me: Do we not say in the supplication for the funeral prayer:
O Allah, replace her husband with one better than her husband.
اللهم أبدلها زوجًا خيرًا من زوجهاO Allah, replace her husband with one better than her husband.
اللهم أبدلها زوجًا خيرًا من زوجهاThe answer to this is that we say:
Replace her with a husband better than her husband.
أبدلها زوجا خيرا من زوجهاBecause replacement can be by replacing the entities, such as if you sold a sheep for a camel, for example. And it can be by replacing the attributes, such as if you said, "May Allah replace this man's disbelief with faith." And as in the saying of Allah the Exalted:
[It will be] on the Day the earth will be replaced by another earth, and the heavens [as well]
يَوْمَ تُبَدَّلُ الْأَرْضُ غَيْرَ الْأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاوَاتُAnd the earth is the earth, but it was extended. And the sky is the sky, but it was split. Yes, and what is the questioner's question?