# Why does Islam describe Paradise in such sensual terms?

*Why is Paradise described in such sensual terms?*

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/21/
- Date: 2021-01-19 · Kind: question · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #198 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (1:32:09–1:33:27)
- Status: latest answer on its topic; general teaching
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv-BlBVTr4M&t=5529s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/

**Topics:** Paradise and hell

**Question as asked:** Why is Paradise in Islam described in such sensuous terms?

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Paradise is described sensually because that imagery works for people, Mufti Abu Layth says, meaning it functionally rather than cynically.

**Checked position (checked by two independent reviews, not by the channel):** Mufti Abu Layth says Paradise is described sensuously because it sells, in a functional rather than a bad sense.

**Evidence, his words at 1:32:48:** “I don't mean that in a bad way although I suppose it can be understood about but it's in a functional way that this works” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv-BlBVTr4M&t=5568s)

## Longer summary

Asked why Paradise in Islam is described in such sensuous terms, Mufti Abu Layth says it is because it sells: the moment it is mentioned, people want to learn more about Islam. He says he does not mean this in a bad way but in a functional one, since people want it and are given that imagery.

## Transcript (machine tier, 1:32:09–1:33:27)

[1:31:29] equation this guy's either on some Einstein level of you know breakthrough or like I don't understand why you're torturing yourself you're torturing her you're torturing people around you you're living in a misery you why why I don't get you know if something doesn't work justas you know peacefully see that's the best thing the Quran says hold on uh with kind of Civility or you know with with um yeah or or you kind of separate gracefully but yeah let's move on people

[1:32:09] let's take a look let's see some super chats Salam uh red sulfa you're doing it you're doing it why is Paradise in such in Islam described in such sensuous because red sulfa AO you see the red sua Amigo the that's because the S it sells okay it sells and people you see

[1:32:48] the moment you mention it [Laughter] you you straight away people are like huh a huh Islam in the Quran a inl of course I want to learn more about Islam so this is why it kind of sells you see so and I don't mean that in a bad way although I suppose it can be understood about but it's in a functional way that this works people want it they given that imagery but I

[1:33:26] don't think obviously the afterlife isn't about these kind of things but that imagery is there for the people that it would resonate with right so okay uh Salam how to find true Sunnah from Hadith books you see the simple principle is that what the scholars of Hadith themselves give

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment Hv-BlBVTr4M/s/21. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/21/

Not a fatwa: these answers were given to specific people at specific times. Ask a qualified scholar about your own situation.