The female martyr and the male martyr’s reward of seventy-two hoor al-‘iyn

Praise be to Allaah. 

We
put this question to Shaykh ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Jibreen, may Allaah preserve
him, who answered as follows:

 This
number is only for men. A woman will have only one husband in Paradise,
and she will be satisfied with him and will not need any more than that.

 The
Muslim woman – who is not influenced by the claims of those who
propagate permissiveness and knows that she is not like men in her make-up
and nature, because Allaah has made her like that – does not object to
the rulings of Allaah or feel angry. Rather she accepts what Allaah has
decreed for her. Her sound nature tells her that she cannot live with more
than one man at a time. So long as she has entered Paradise, she will have
all that she desires, so she should not dispute now about the delights and
rewards that her Lord has chosen for her, for your Lord does not treat
anyone unjustly. If she is one of the people of Paradise, then she is
included, like men, in the words of Allaah (interpretation of the
meaning):

“Trays
of gold and cups will be passed round them; (there will be) therein all
that inner-selves could desire, and all that eyes could delight in
and you will abide therein forever”

[al-Zukhruf
43:71]

 We
ask Allaah for al-Firdaws, the highest part of Paradise. May Allaah bless
our Prophet Muhammad.