Maidens of Jannat (Paradise) - Kalamullah.Com

10 THE MAIDENS OF JANNATbased on the verses of the Qurfm, tafsir (explanationthe Quran), Ahadith, and stories of the pious.The purpose of this book is to motivate us to worktowards the hereafter and to control our desires in thisworld through marriage. We should not read this bookas a fairy tale or a fantasy; rather we should understandthat the contents of this book are a reality for which weshould all work towards. It is our fundamental belief thatJannat and Jahannam (hellfire) are already in existenceand a person will fulfill all his desires in Jannat bothphysically and spiritually.of11 THE MAIDENS OF JANNATThe permissibility of using a weak hadith fordescribing virtues of actionsThe majority of the ahadith in this book are authenticahadith. However, I have also included weak ahadithbecause thi~~is a topic related to virtues. The famousShafi' scholar, Imam Nawawi says in his introductionto the 'arbain' (40 ahadith) that the scholars have agreedon the permissibility of using weak Ahadith fordescribing the virtues of actions.Hafiz ibn Hajar has further fixed three conditions forusing weak ahadith. One is that the hadith must not bevery weak, i.e. at least one chain of narrators of thishadith must be free from a narrator who is a liar, isaccused of lying, or is known for making great mistakes.The second condition is that it should fit under a generalprinciple, which is established and acted upon. Finally,the third condition is that the person acting upon thishadith should not believe it to be established, but heshould exercise caution in this regard2•Only those weak ahadith have been included in thisbook, which meet these conditions. The classification ofthe ahadith by the eminent scholars of hadith has beenincluded with the hadith in Arabic.========================.","'~'"',""-----2 (Tadrlb Ar-Rawi Pgl96 Qadim Kutub Khanah, Karachi )