(Explanation of the stature of the people of Paradise) and their height is the height of their father, sixty [cubits], but their width is seven without any reduction. The height is authentic without doubt in the two [authentic collections], the two
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The Shaykh : This is also regarding the height and width; they will be as the author said: the height is sixty cubits in the sky and the width is seven cubits, even if one dies with a small body, he will reach this, and even if one dies with a large body relative to what we observe, he will also reach this, because Allah will create them with a new creation that suits the circumstances.
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned that the sixty in height is established in the two [authentic collections], but as for the width, Imam Ahmad narrated it, but he mentioned that it is proportionate to the height, because if the height is sixty cubits according to the width we know now, it would not be proportionate, but seven cubits is proportionate. What is the ratio? The ratio of seven to sixty? More than one-tenth, is it not? One-tenth and one-sixth of a tenth, this is proportionate to the height.
If someone were to say: - Yes? Why? -
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : ... but how much does one person from the people of Paradise have? The lowest of them, the lowest of them means the number must be small relative to the area.
Yes, Jamal.
The student : May Allah reward you, regarding ... .
The Shaykh : Be attentive to it, if Allah wills, and clarify it.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : How? What is one-tenth of sixty?
The student : Six.
The Shaykh : Good, so we have seven now, so it is one-tenth and six-tenths, yes?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student : Eight and four-tenths ...
The Shaykh : No, it is the ratio of seven to sixty.
The student: Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Okay, we took three.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Very well.
The student : ... the molar of the disbeliever, we say: this is it because he is being punished, this means a comparison between him and a Muslim ... .
The Shaykh : No, no, it is not a problem, he says: if this is the magnitude of the people of the Fire and the people of Paradise, relative to them they are nothing, so we say: the people of the Fire, may Allah protect us from it, are packed tightly, the people of Paradise have vast areas.
The student : We do not say, our Shaykh, that it is for punishment?
The Shaykh : That they become larger and smaller, yes, it is said that their bodies became larger only so that the punishment would be spread out upon them. Yes.
The reader : A section on their beards and colors.
The Shaykh : Their sweetness.
The reader: Did you hear?
The Shaykh : There is no beard in Paradise.
The student : We have their beards.
The Shaykh : No, it is their sweetness.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Hm?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good, what I have is: their sweetness, let us read and see.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Read, read, it does not contradict, the important thing is what I have: their sweetness.
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned that the sixty in height is established in the two [authentic collections], but as for the width, Imam Ahmad narrated it, but he mentioned that it is proportionate to the height, because if the height is sixty cubits according to the width we know now, it would not be proportionate, but seven cubits is proportionate. What is the ratio? The ratio of seven to sixty? More than one-tenth, is it not? One-tenth and one-sixth of a tenth, this is proportionate to the height.
If someone were to say: - Yes? Why? -
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : ... but how much does one person from the people of Paradise have? The lowest of them, the lowest of them means the number must be small relative to the area.
Yes, Jamal.
The student : May Allah reward you, regarding ... .
The Shaykh : Be attentive to it, if Allah wills, and clarify it.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : How? What is one-tenth of sixty?
The student : Six.
The Shaykh : Good, so we have seven now, so it is one-tenth and six-tenths, yes?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student : Eight and four-tenths ...
The Shaykh : No, it is the ratio of seven to sixty.
The student: Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Okay, we took three.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Very well.
The student : ... the molar of the disbeliever, we say: this is it because he is being punished, this means a comparison between him and a Muslim ... .
The Shaykh : No, no, it is not a problem, he says: if this is the magnitude of the people of the Fire and the people of Paradise, relative to them they are nothing, so we say: the people of the Fire, may Allah protect us from it, are packed tightly, the people of Paradise have vast areas.
The student : We do not say, our Shaykh, that it is for punishment?
The Shaykh : That they become larger and smaller, yes, it is said that their bodies became larger only so that the punishment would be spread out upon them. Yes.
The reader : A section on their beards and colors.
The Shaykh : Their sweetness.
The reader: Did you hear?
The Shaykh : There is no beard in Paradise.
The student : We have their beards.
The Shaykh : No, it is their sweetness.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Hm?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good, what I have is: their sweetness, let us read and see.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Read, read, it does not contradict, the important thing is what I have: their sweetness.