Can I Request A Spouse In Paradise Resembling Someone I Loved?
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
If I enter Paradise by Allah’s mercy, can I ask Allah to create a spouse who looks exactly like someone I loved in this world but could not be with, without it being the same person?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate.
I pray you are in good faith and health.
Yes, you can ask Allah Most High in this way. However, life in Paradise will not have the emotional nostalgia of this world. One will forget all aspects of the past and will only recall the positive emotions associated with it.
Worldly Life: Full of Emotions, Afterlife: No Emotions at All
The Afterlife is a place of no emotion. Everyone will be rewarded justly and with Allah Most High’s grace immeasurably. The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) told us,
“Allah says: ‘I have prepared for My righteous slaves that which no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and it has never crossed the mind of man.’” [Ibn Maja]
Ask Allah for the Highest Level of Paradise -Jannat al-Firdaws
‘Ubada ibn al-Samit (Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) said,
“Paradise has one hundred levels, and between every two levels is a distance like that between the heavens and earth. Al-Firdaws is its highest level, from which four rivers of Paradise flow, and above is the Throne. When you ask from Allah, ask for Al-Firdaws.” [Tirmidhi]
May Allah Most High grant us all al-Firdaws and give us success to do actions for it to be granted, amin
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I pray this helps with your question.
Wassalam,
[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Mawlana Ilyas Patel has received a traditional education in various countries. He started his schooling in the UK and completed his hifz of the Quran in India. After that, he joined an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied secular and Aalimiyya sciences. Later, he traveled to Karachi, Pakistan, and other Middle Eastern countries to further his education. Mawlana has served as an Imam in the Republic of Ireland for several years and taught the Quran and other Islamic sciences to both children and adults. He also worked as a teacher and librarian at a local Islamic seminary in the UK for 12 years. Presently, he lives in the UK with his wife and is interested in books and gardening.
