The Believing Woman: If She Dies Unmarried, Will She Be Married in Paradise?
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The questioner : Peace be upon you, and Allah’s mercy and blessings.
O Shaykh, I love you for the sake of Allah:
If a woman dies and was not married, what will be her fate? Will she be married to men who were not married? Is this a question asked by a woman?
The Shaykh : Fine, it does not contradict the fact that she is in the Fire or in Paradise?
The questioner : May Allah will that she is a righteous woman.
The Shaykh : Let us leave aside this woman who says, "I am asking about a woman who died and was not married, so I ask what will be her condition?"
The questioner : In Paradise.
The Shaykh : If she is in Paradise, may Allah bless you, then in Paradise are what souls desire and what eyes delight in. If you have brought her to Paradise, she will be in all goodness. Either she will marry someone from the people of this world, and Paradise will have a surplus for those who enter it from the people of this world, so Allah will create for her groups of people whom He will bring into Paradise, and she may marry from these groups. Do you understand? Absolutely, reassure her and say: "May Allah the Exalted will that if you enter Paradise, you will find what pleases you from every direction."
The questioner : Is there evidence, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, this is the verse I told you about,[Fussilat 41:31] meaning: what you desire.
O Shaykh, I love you for the sake of Allah:
If a woman dies and was not married, what will be her fate? Will she be married to men who were not married? Is this a question asked by a woman?
The Shaykh : Fine, it does not contradict the fact that she is in the Fire or in Paradise?
The questioner : May Allah will that she is a righteous woman.
The Shaykh : Let us leave aside this woman who says, "I am asking about a woman who died and was not married, so I ask what will be her condition?"
The questioner : In Paradise.
The Shaykh : If she is in Paradise, may Allah bless you, then in Paradise are what souls desire and what eyes delight in. If you have brought her to Paradise, she will be in all goodness. Either she will marry someone from the people of this world, and Paradise will have a surplus for those who enter it from the people of this world, so Allah will create for her groups of people whom He will bring into Paradise, and she may marry from these groups. Do you understand? Absolutely, reassure her and say: "May Allah the Exalted will that if you enter Paradise, you will find what pleases you from every direction."
The questioner : Is there evidence, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, this is the verse I told you about,