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Assalaamu alaikum,

Would you please clear my doubt on an email message I received from my friend :

"Women wear tight-wears/clothes will not smell heaven and they will be kept away 4000 years from the heaven". Would you please explain the exact punishment details narrated in hadith if any?

Kind regards

 

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Answer:

 

Women will not smell Paradise

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no person,  no grave, no prophet,  no imam,  no dai,  nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

 

Your Question: "Women wear tight-wears/clothes will not smell heaven and they will be kept away 4000 years from the heaven". Would you please explain the exact punishment details narrated in hadith if any?

The correct words of the hadith as narrated by Abu Hurayrah (r.a.) and related by Muslim are as follows:

 

Sahih Muslim Hadith 5310     Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Allah's Messenger (saws) said: ‘Two are the types of the denizens of Hell whom I did not see: people having flogs like the tails of the ox with them and they would be beating people, and the women who would be dressed but appear to be naked, who would be inclined (to evil) and make others incline towards it. Their heads would be like the humps of the bukht camel inclined to one side. They will not enter Paradise and they would not smell its odour whereas it odour would be smelt from such and such distance (from great distance).’

 

Sahih Muslim Hadith 6840     Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Allah's Messenger (saws) said: ‘There are two types, amongst the denizens of Hell, I have yet not seen them. One possessing whips like the tail of an ox and they flog people with them. (The second one) the women who would be naked in spite of their being dressed, who are seduced (to wrong paths) and seduce others with their hair high like humps. These women would not get into Paradise and they would not perceive the odour of Paradise, although its fragrance can be perceived from such and such distance (from great distance).’

 

If the woman who wears tight, revealing, or transparent clothes which accentuate her body and curves in public and in front of non-mehrams, and thus seduces or inclines others towards evil; she would come under the category of women whom the Messenger of Allah (saws) foretold would be ‘dressed but appear to be naked’.  If such woman were to die in this state without seeking forgiveness for her transgression, the Messenger of Allah (saws) warned that these women would not only be prohibited from entering Paradise, even the sweet fragrance of Paradise which can be perceived from an enormous distance would not be smelt by her! 

 

Dear and Beloved brother, just as the abuse of ‘drugs’ is prohibited in today’s society because the law-makers think (and rightly so!) that even though it may be consumed individually, it effects and harms the society in general and thus they have enacted severe laws against its abuse….Islam has recognized and declared the spread of ‘fahisha’ and indecency as harmful to a righteous society and warned those who blatantly spread this indecency with severe punishments on the Day of Judgment.

 

If one trusts,  obeys,  and follows the guidance and commands of Allah and His Messenger (saws),   one can be assured of never ever being misled;   but if one believes,  obeys and follows any other guidance,  other than that of Allah and His Messenger (saws),  one can be assured of being led astray.  

 

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone.  Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

 

 

Your brother and well wisher in Islam,

 

Burhan