Tuesday 7 August 2012

Removing the Doubts: Hoor: Their Correct Gender

بسم الله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله، وبعد

This treatise has been divided into five categories in order to expound on the subject:

A. The importance of following the texts (the Book of Allaah and the Ahaadeeth of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم) in the matters of the unseen.

B. Who was the first one to raise the issue that Hoor are males and females?

C. The actual gender of the Hoor mention in the Qur’aan and the Ahaadeeth and the sayings of the Salaf (the pious predecessors).

D. The question asked to Shaikh al-`Uthaymeen رحمه الله.

E. The question of Umm Salamah رضي الله عنها to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم.


A. The importance of following the texts in the matters of the unseen:

Verily, the affair of interpreting the Qur’aan and the Sunnah according to one’s opinion is a very serious thing and it should not be taken lightly. We have been warned by the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم to beware from such practices.