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• Imam Jafar e Sadiq (a.s.) narrates that when the inmates of the Heaven and the Hell
go to their respective destinations, a herald would announce, “ O people! Will you
recognize Death if it comes before you?” They will all reply in unison that they
would not be able to recognize Death! The Death would appear in the space between
the Heaven and the Hell in the shape of a sheep with black and white skin. The
Herald would say, “ Look! This is the Death!” Then with Allah’s orders the sheep
would be slaughtered. Then the herald would announce, “O people of the Heaven and
the Hell! Remain in the places allotted to you! Now there will be no death for you!”
• The Prophet said, “ O Abu Dharr! Heaven is the place from where if a woman looks
at the earth, the entire earth would glitter with the reflection of the radiant face like it
reflects when there is the full moon!”
• Imam Jafar e Sadiq (a.s.) said, “ Heaven is the place the fragrance of which is spread
over a distance equal to the distance traveled in a thousand years. Every momin in the
Heaven is provided so well that if he invites all the men and the jinns, they would be
completely sated and an equal quantity of the victuals would remain with him! The
inmates of the Heaven would get all the bounties of the Heaven and every individual
would get eight hundred virgins, four thousand non-virgins and two Hoors al Ain!
ABOUT HOOR AL AIN
Imam Jafar e Sadiq (a.s.) has said, “ O Abu Baseer! There is a canal in the Heaven on
either bank of which are stationed maids. The momin who passes that way would select
the maids who would willingly accompany him. Allah will create and station more maids
in their place.
The Hoor al Ain are created with luminous (Noorani) soil. Their limbs would appear
shining from within a thousand garments. The heart of the momin would be the mirror for
the Hoor al Ain. Their hearts would be the momin’s mirror. Their hearts would be clear
and delicate and would be reflective. The talk of the Hoor al Ain would be so sweet that
one would not have heard such sweet talk ever before. They will say, “ We are durable
and immortal! We have happiness and bounties in perpetuity.. Sorrow and care would
never afflict us. We shall ever live in the Heaven and shall never be separated from it.
Fortunate is the person who is born for us. If a single hair of ours is fixed in the sky, it
would make the eyes of those who look at it blink.
THE DOORS OF THE HEAVEN
Hazrat Ali (a.s.) narrates that the Heaven has eight doors. One door is for the Prophets
(a.s.) and the truthful ones (the Siddiqeen). The second is for the martyrs and the
Saleheen. The other five doors are for our friends and Shias who believe in our