Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2536

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، وَمَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ، عَنْ عِمْرَانَ الْقَطَّانِ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ يُعْطَى الْمُؤْمِنُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ قُوَّةَ كَذَا وَكَذَا مِنَ الْجِمَاعِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَوَيُطِيقُ ذَلِكَ قَالَ ‏"‏ يُعْطَى قُوَّةَ مِائَةٍ ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ مِنْ حَدِيثِ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ عِمْرَانَ الْقَطَّانِ ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Anas reported that the Prophet said, ‘A believer in Paradise will be given such-and-such strength for sexual intercourse.’ He was asked, ‘Messenger of Allah, will he be able to do that?’ He replied, ‘He will be given the strength of one hundred.’ Abu Isa graded this hadith sahih gharib. He said that this wording from Qatadah, from Anas, was known only through the report of Imran al-Qattan; he also noted a related report from Zayd ibn Arqam.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The Arabic leaves the initial amount unspecified (‘such-and-such strength’) and then answers that he will be given the strength of one hundred; no further unit or multiplier is stated.