**A female suicide bomber detonated a vest filled with explosives at a university in Baghdad Sunday, killing more than 40 people. If male martyrs can expect to find 72 virgin maidens in paradise when they die, what rewards can female suicide bombers expect?
Their husbands. The Quran itself describes little about the specifics of the afterlife, but it does note that believers will find huris, or maidens “of modest gaze, whom neither man nor jinni will have touched before them.” (Every believer can end up in heaven; martyrs just get there faster.) Respected commentator Al-Tirmidhi said in a hadith](http://www.uga.edu/islam/hadith.html) that every man will have six dozen huris in heaven, but very few commentators enumerated the rewards for women. Ninth-century scholar Al-Tabarani did argue that women will be reunited with their husbands in the next world, and those who had multiple husbands can pick the best one to be their eternal spouse. (Other commentators added that a woman who never married can marry any man she wants in paradise.)
From the 9th through the 12th centuries, Muslim scholars described paradise as a place of sensual delights—for men. They debated whether men remained married to their wives in heaven, whether they could have sex with the virgins, and whether the heavenly virgins had anuses. (Some said there was no need for elimination in the afterlife.) There was even disagreement on the number of virgins assigned to each man. While Al-Tirmidhi said it was 72, Mulla Ali Qari, an 11th-century imam, counted 70 virgins and two human wives. Imam Al-Bayhaqi was more generous, granting men 500 wives, 4,000 virgins, and 8,000 previously married women. The meaning of the word hur is also open to interpretation, since it reads as “white raisins” when translated as a Syriac rather than Arabic word.
Women may not get these particular perks, but religious commentaries argue that paradise will make them beautiful, happy, and without jealousy. The fact that they fasted and worshipped Allah during their earthly lives will also make them superior to the virgins, who only exist in heaven. Some modern clerics argue that in heaven, husbands never grow bored of their wives, even with so many huris around. That may explain why some would-be female suicide bombers have spoken of becoming "chief of the 72 virgins, the fairest of the fair
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I don't care if they weren't against those things, but the rabid mullah supporters who have been frequenting television are mostly of the opinion that a woman's proper place is at home.
So they're not even Mullahs themselves, I don't know what tv channel you're talking about? Fox news?
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From the 9th through the 12th centuries, Muslim scholars described paradise as a place of sensual delights—for men. They debated whether men remained married to their wives in heaven, whether they could have sex with the virgins, and whether the heavenly virgins had anuses. (Some said there was no need for elimination in the afterlife.)
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I don't consider myself an Islamic scholar to answer one way or anohter.
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Do you know this article is full of lies, and you don't have to be an Islamic scholar to see those lies......I'm amazed that we muslims believe in Fox news more than Qur'an and Sunnah and we think their made up hadiths and out of context quotations are holier than anything else.
I can say one thing: I will never ever agree/condone suicide bombing
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Arhay chalo. It was all over GEO and ARY. Lots of Pakistanis living abroad were watching it second by second, and AAJ had transmission over the internet that many were watching in the political forum. It was everywhere.
I don't know about all the references in the above article, but I have seen it cited in numerous muslim works that Al-Tarmidhi mentions 72 huris. I never looked it up directly in Al-Tarmidhi's works, though. The Quran does not give this number - correct me if I'm wrong. I don't think the Quran gives any number.
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Its okay....you don't need to go through so much hassle just for an article which I believe is not fully true. Thank you anyway.
Let suppose this article was written by a Muslim journalist, a God fearing devout Muslim journalist who believes that One of the fundamental principals of his religion is to seek the truth be it good bad and ugly
Would you be as dismissive?
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Apparently seeking the truth, be it good bad or ugly, is not what some sheeple are looking for. They are too busy finding justifications for suicide bombings.
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Do you know this article is full of lies, and you don't have to be an Islamic scholar to see those lies......I'm amazed that we muslims believe in Fox news more than Qur'an and Sunnah and we think their made up hadiths and out of context quotations are holier than anything else.
Why?
Why? because either I can be a follower of the 'Religion of Peace' OR support mass killing of inocent people not to mention that the act of suicicide itself is Haraam.
I can't pick and choose as the situation arises. It is or It is not...not Yeah, I know sucide is Haraam in Islam, BUT.....
No ifs and Buts for me, period.
I am speaking for myself other are welcome to their opinions, of course
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Why? because either I can be a follower of the 'Religion of Peace' OR support mass killing of inocent people not to mention that the act of suicicide itself is Haraam.
I can't pick and choose as the situation arises. It is or It is not...not Yeah, I know sucide is Haraam in Islam, BUT.....
No ifs and Buts for me, period.
I am speaking for myself other are welcome to their opinions, of course
Peace
we also have to evaluate whether suicide bombing as a battle strategy falls within the parameters of islam? does islam permit a course of action in war that causes more damage to non-combatants than to soldiers? according to some scholars, the answer is no. islam has laid down very clear rules on laws of battles and a strategy under which civilians are targeted is not permitted.
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I'm not sure, but you know what is funny. Where have all the hadith's gone about women not being fit to be leaders and not being fit to fight in warfare? All these maulvis who normally harp on about how a woman's place is at home aren't bringing up those topics - if anything, they're supporting the violence that these women used on police officers (reference: wooden sticks). Ghazi's wife was the leader of the women's wing (Jamia Hafsa)...so where did the hadith go that says women shouldn't be leaders?
Jab apni matlab ki baath aati hai, then people forget their pathetic lectures of yesteryear.
Yeah, I think because women tend to be emotional etc... These girls prove it, but im not sure if it is true in general... Still what difference does it make if men are or arent emotional, considering they can cause as much destruction and despair even without being emotional.
Still, there was a lot about the Lal Masjid that defies explanation...
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Im sure the inteligence people already have her name and address… So she can keep whatever she wants secret, makes no difference. Stupid Ninjas:rolleyes:
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Arhay chalo. It was all over GEO and ARY. Lots of Pakistanis living abroad were watching it second by second, and AAJ had transmission over the internet that many were watching in the political forum. It was everywhere.
Oh wow.
I don't know about all the references in the above article, but I have seen it cited in numerous muslim works that Al-Tarmidhi mentions 72 huris. I never looked it up directly in Al-Tarmidhi's works, though. The Quran does not give this number - correct me if I'm wrong. I don't think the Quran gives any number.
There is only one hadith about 72 huris for martyrs(male and female) and not for suicide bombers, but there isn't any concept of "72 virgins" in Qur'an or Hadith.
You're right, Qur'an doesn't give any number about the Huris.
Also Huris is a creature of Jannah and it doesn't have a gender(like male or female).