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In reply to the discussion: Maajid Nawaz: "Please stop saying the Nice attacks have nothing to do with Islam." [View all]TexasMommaWithAHat
(3,212 posts)Yet not too many are anxious to die. In fact, I'd say the most people avoid death for as long as possible.
"Whilst there are numerous sources, including the Qur'an, which tell us believing males will be rewarded with virgins, many who are concerned about the authenticity of the 72 virgins concept are under the misconception that there is only one weak (da`if) reference to the exact number of houri given to them. These narrations are in fact found in many hadith collections with varying levels of authenticity, ranging from hasan (good) to sahih (authentic).
For example, in the Sunan Ibn Majah, one of the six major Hadith collections,[31] it states in a hasan (good)[9] narration that every male admitted into Paradise will be given eternal erections and wed to 72 wives, all with libidinous sex organs.[10] Similarly in another hadith with multiple narrators that has been graded hasan (good), it states that the martyr (shahid) will be married to seventy-two of al-hoor al-iyn.[32][33]
In the Sunan al-Tirmidhi, another of the six major Hadith collections,[31] it states that the smallest reward for the people of Heaven is an abode with seventy-two houri.[34] Note that this is not a "weak Hadith that has no Sanad (chain of narrators)", as some have claimed.[35] It has been graded hasan sahih gharib,[9] meaning this hadith is hasan since it has several chains of transmitters, it is sahih as the chains are all authentic and it is gharib in the words that Imam Tirmidhi narrated.[36]"
http://wikiislam.net/wiki/72_Virgins
[Numerous original sources follow if you are so inclined.
Or you can go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houri which argues against the "72 virgins" but makes clear that one's eternal reward involves beautiful virgins and is extremely sensual.
Now, you can argue that this isn't "real" Islam, but that's like arguing who are the real Christians - Roman Catholics or Southern Baptists? Somewhere, millions of muslims believe this stuff.