Question:
Who are the best of the women of Paradise?
Answer:
Ahmad has reported in his ‘Musnad’ and likewise other than him on the authority of Ibn ‘Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, that he said:
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ drew four lines on the ground and said:
(أتَدْرُونَ مَا هَذَا؟)
“Do you know what this is?”
We said:
Allah and His Messenger knows best.
To which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
(أَفْضَلُ نِسَاءِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ : خَدِيجَةُ بِنْتُ خُوَيْلِدٍ ، وَفَاطِمَةُ بِنْتُ مُحَمَّدٍ ، وَآسِيَةُ بِنْتُ مُزَاحِمٍ امْرَأَةُ فِرْعَوْنَ ، وَمَرْيَمُ ابْنَةُ عِمْرَانَ)
“The best of the women in Paradise are:
Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, Fātimah bint Muhammad, Aasiyah bint Muzāhim the wife of Fir’awn and Maryam bint ‘Imrān.”
And it’s in “As-Saheeh Al-Musnad” and “As-Silsilah As-Sahīhah” of Shaykh Al-Wādi’ī and Shaykh Al-Albāni, may Allah have mercy on them both.
And in the two ‘Sahihs’ on the authority of Abu Musa, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said:
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
(كَمَلَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ كَثِيرٌ، وَلَمْ يَكْمُلْ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ إِلاَّ مَرْيَمُ بِنْتُ عِمْرَانَ وَآسِيَةُ امْرَأَةُ فِرْعَوْنَ، وَفَضْلُ عَائِشَةَ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ كَفَضْلِ الثَّرِيدِ عَلَى سَائِرِ الطَّعَامِ)
“Many men reached perfection but none among the women reached perfection except Maryam, the daughter of ‘Imrān, and Āsiyah, the wife of Fir’awn. And the superiority of ‘Aaisha to other women is like the superiority of Tharīd to other kinds of food.”
Answered by:
Shaykh Abu Hatim Yusuf Al-‘Inaabi Al-Jazaa’iree – may Allah preserve him.
Source:
t.me/abouhatem/269
Answered on:
20th, Rabee’ Al-Aakhar, 1438H
Translated by:
Abu ‘Abdirrahman ‘Abdullaah bin Ahmed Ash-Shingaani