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This phenomena can be witnessed in Palestine, where the actions of a mother who sends her son to die as a martyr is sometimes seen as "marrying him off",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=565 |title=The model Palestinian mother sends her son to die as Martyr, thereby marrying him off |publisher=Al-Hayat Al-Jadida |author= |date=January 8, 2012 |quote= |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=565&date=2012-02-21 |archivedate=2012-02-21 |deadurl=no}}</ref> and where the concept is used in Friday sermons and [[music]] videos, both airing on official television.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=565 |title=72 wives await the Martyrs for Allah: Six rewards quoted in Hamas TV sermon |publisher=Al-Aqsa TV (Hamas) |author= |date=January 1, 2010 |quote= |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=565&date=2012-02-21 |archivedate=2012-02-21 |deadurl=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=565 |title=Beautiful virgins await Muslim Martyrs in Paradise |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=565&date=2012-02-21 |archivedate=2012-02-21 |deadurl=no}} - Palestinian TV (Fatah), February 7, 2010 (1 min)</ref> It has even been used in the United Kingdom, where, in one event, Muslim teens were told to train with Kalashnikov rifles with the promise that the would receive 72 virgins in heaven if they died as religious martyrs.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2687797.stm British martyrs 'promised 72 virgins'] - BBC News, January 23, 2003</ref> | This phenomena can be witnessed in Palestine, where the actions of a mother who sends her son to die as a martyr is sometimes seen as "marrying him off",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=565 |title=The model Palestinian mother sends her son to die as Martyr, thereby marrying him off |publisher=Al-Hayat Al-Jadida |author= |date=January 8, 2012 |quote= |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=565&date=2012-02-21 |archivedate=2012-02-21 |deadurl=no}}</ref> and where the concept is used in Friday sermons and [[music]] videos, both airing on official television.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=565 |title=72 wives await the Martyrs for Allah: Six rewards quoted in Hamas TV sermon |publisher=Al-Aqsa TV (Hamas) |author= |date=January 1, 2010 |quote= |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=565&date=2012-02-21 |archivedate=2012-02-21 |deadurl=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=565 |title=Beautiful virgins await Muslim Martyrs in Paradise |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=565&date=2012-02-21 |archivedate=2012-02-21 |deadurl=no}} - Palestinian TV (Fatah), February 7, 2010 (1 min)</ref> It has even been used in the United Kingdom, where, in one event, Muslim teens were told to train with Kalashnikov rifles with the promise that the would receive 72 virgins in heaven if they died as religious martyrs.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2687797.stm British martyrs 'promised 72 virgins'] - BBC News, January 23, 2003</ref> | ||
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===White Rasins=== | ===White Rasins=== | ||
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===Qur'an=== | ===Qur'an=== | ||
{{Quote|{{quran-range|36|55|58}}|Lo! those who merit paradise this day are <b>happily employed</b>, They and <b>their wives</b>, in pleasant shade, on thrones reclining; Theirs the fruit (of their good deeds) and <b>theirs (all) that they ask</b>; The word from a Merciful Lord (for them) is: Peace!}}{{Quote|{{Quran-range|37|48|49}}|And with them are those <b>of modest gaze</b>, with lovely eyes, <b>(Pure) as they were hidden eggs (of the ostrich)</b>.}}{{Quote|{{ | {{Quote|{{quran-range|36|55|58}}|Lo! those who merit paradise this day are <b>happily employed</b>, They and <b>their wives</b>, in pleasant shade, on thrones reclining; Theirs the fruit (of their good deeds) and <b>theirs (all) that they ask</b>; The word from a Merciful Lord (for them) is: Peace!}}{{Quote|{{Quran-range|37|48|49}}|And with them are those <b>of modest gaze</b>, with lovely eyes, <b>(Pure) as they were hidden eggs (of the ostrich)</b>.}}{{Quote|{{quran-range|38|49|54}}|This is a reminder. And lo! for those who ward off (evil) is a happy journey's end, Gardens of Eden, whereof the gates are opened for them, Wherein, reclining, they call for plenteous fruit and cool drink (that is) therein. And with them are <b>those of modest gaze, companions.</b> This it is that ye are promised for the Day of Reckoning. Lo! this in truth is Our provision, which will never waste away.}} | ||
{{Quote|{{quran-range|44|51|57}}|Lo! those who kept their duty will be in a place secured. Amid gardens and watersprings, Attired in silk and silk embroidery, <b>facing one another. Even so (it will be). And We shall wed them unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes.</b> They call therein for every fruit in safety. They taste not death therein, save the first death. And He hath saved them from the doom of hell, A bounty from thy Lord. That is the supreme triumph.}} | |||
{{Quote|{{quran-range|52|17|20}}|Lo! those who kept their duty dwell in gardens and delight, Happy because of what their Lord hath given them, and (because) their Lord hath warded off from them the torment of hell-fire. (And it is said unto them): Eat and drink in health (as a reward) for what ye used to do, Reclining on ranged couches. <b>And we wed them unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes.</b> . . .}}{{Quote|{{quran-range|55|46|77}}|But for him who feareth the standing before his Lord there are two gardens. Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? Of spreading branches. Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? Wherein are two fountains flowing. Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? Wherein is every kind of fruit in pairs. Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? Reclining upon couches lined with silk brocade, the fruit of both the gardens near to hand. Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? Therein are <b>those of modest gaze, whom neither man nor jinni will have touched before them.</b> Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? <b>(In beauty) like the jacynth and the coral-stone.</b> Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? Is the reward of goodness aught save goodness? Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? And beside them are two other gardens, Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? Dark green with foliage. Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? Wherein are two abundant springs. Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? Wherein is fruit, the date-palm and pomegranate. Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? <b>Wherein (are found) the good and beautiful</b> - Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? - <b>Fair ones, close-guarded in pavilions</b> - Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? - <b>Whom neither man nor jinni will have touched before them</b> - Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? <b>Reclining on green cushions and fair carpets.</b>}} | |||
===Hadith=== | ===Hadith=== | ||