Hadith of gardens and camels — Hadith 1

servants and a thousand maids would descend to her to give her the good news of that. So she would then come to him from her tent, and she would have upon her seventy garments interwoven with the gold, and silver, laced with gems and the sapphire, and the emeralds cover with musk and ambergris, of different colours. The marrow of her leg would be seen from underneath the seventy garments of seventy cubits of length, and the (distance) between her shoulders would be of ten cubits. So when she approaches the friend of Allah (azwj), the servants would welcome her by a tray of gold and the silver in which would be gems, and the sapphire, and the emeralds, so they would display these to her. Then he would embrace her and she would embrace him. So neither would he be weary nor would she be weary’. He the (narrator) said, ‘Then Abu Ja’far (asws) said: ‘But rather the Gardens Mentioned in the Book are the Garden of Eden, and the Garden of Al-Firdows, and Garden of Naeem, and Garden of Al-Ma’wa’. He (asws) said: ‘And Allah (azwj) has Surrounded these Gardens with other Gardens, and that the Believer would be able to have for him from the Gardens whichever one what he loves, and wants and enjoy wherever he so likes to. And if the Believer intends a thing, or covets it, he would call for it by saying, ‘Glory be to You (azwj), our Allah (azwj)! ’ So if he says it, the servants would keep coming to him with what he had coveted for even without him having asked them for it or commanded them for it, and that is the Statement of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic: “[10: 10] Their cry in it shall be: Glory to Thee, O Allah! and their greeting in it shall be: ‘سَلامٌ’ Peace”, meaning the servants’. He (asws) said: “[10: 10] and the last of their cry shall be: Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. ”, meaning by that after their having had their enjoyment from the copulation, and the food, and the drinks, they will be Praising Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic during their being free from that’. And as for His (azwj) Statement: “[37: 41] For them is a Sustenance determined”, he (asws) said: ‘The servants know of it, so they bring it to the friend of Allah (azwj) before he even asks them for it’. And as for the Statement of the Mighty and Majestic: “[37: 42] Fruits, and they shall be highly honoured”, he (asws) said: ‘They will not desire anything in the Paradise, except that they will be honoured with it’.