MUSK
Allah, the Exalted, says describing the nectar which will be
drunk by the righteous in Paradise :
“They will be given to drink of pure sealed wine. The last
thereof (that wine) will be the smell of musk, and for this let (all) those
strive who want to strive (i.e. hasten earnestly to the obedience of Allah).” (AL
QURAN, 83: 25–26).
The word Raheeq refers to wine that is free from impurities.
“Sealed” refers to the seals on its vessels which no one will break apart from
them. “The smell of musk” i.e. the last sip of it gives you the fragrance of
musk.
It is proved in Sunan Al-Tirmidhi and Musnad Ahmad, from Abu
Saeed Al-Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Prophet( peace and
blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “The best of perfumes is musk.”
In Sunan Al-Tirmidhi and An-Nasa’i it is narrated that
‘A’ishah may Allah be pleased with her, said: “I used to put perfume on the
Prophet, blessings and peace of Allah be upon him, before he entered Ihram and
on the Day of Sacrifice, and before he circumambulated the KABAH, with perfume
which contained musk.”
Musk is the king of perfumes, and the noblest and best of
them; it is the heaping sand of Paradise . It
is beneficial to old men in particular during the winter, and is beneficial for
the weak because its oil contains proteins. It is used to energize and give
strength, and it also clears the eyes and dries up moisture in the eyes, and
counters the effects of poison. It is helpful in treating seizures in children
and prevents stomach ache by the leave of Allah, Most High.
Dr. G. Shanahan says, “My wife and her colleagues isolated
and purified real meaning of musk, and she discovered that it is a strong drug
and a powerful anti-inflammatory. It is thirty times stronger than
hydrocortisone according to a number of experiments carried out on animals.”
(Majallat Al-Thaqafah Al-‘Alamiyyah, issue No. 52)
It was reported that the Prophet, blessings and peace of
Allah be upon him, said: “The first group to enter Paradise will look like the
moon when it is full, and those who come after them will look like the most
brilliant planet in the sky. They will not urinate or defecate or spit or blow
their noses. Their combs will be gold and their sweat will be musk and their
incense burners will be of aloes wood. Their wives will be Al-Hoor Al-‘Ain and
their form will be as one man, the form of their father Adam, sixty cubits
tall.” (Agreed upon)
And Muslim narrated in his Saheeh that the Prophet,
blessings and peace of Allah be upon him, said: “In Paradise
there is a market to which they will come every Friday. Then the north wind
will blow and will blow on their faces and garments, and increase them in
beauty. Then they will return to their families having increased in beauty and
their families will say to them: By Allah, you have increased in beauty, and
they will say: By Allah, you too have increased in beauty.”
