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=== Islamic Views - Hadith and Qur'an === | === Islamic Views - Hadith and Qur'an === | ||
In the two most authoritative hadith collections, we see in Sahih Bukhari that Muhammad is recorded as saying that when going into the seven heavens on a night journey (''see: [[Buraq]]''), the rivers in paradise came to Earth via the Nile and Euphrates. This clearly backs up the idea identified by | In the two most authoritative hadith collections, we see in Sahih Bukhari that Muhammad is recorded as saying that when going into the seven heavens on a night journey (''see: [[Buraq]]''), the rivers in paradise came to Earth via the Nile and Euphrates. This clearly backs up the idea identified by Tesei that fresh water comes into Earth via a freshwater cosmic ocean with rivers: | ||
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|4|54|429}}|...Then I was shown Sidrat-ul-Muntaha (i.e. a tree in the seventh heaven) and I saw its Nabk fruits which resembled the clay jugs of Hajr (i.e. a town in Arabia), and its leaves were like the ears of elephants, and four rivers originated at its root, two of them were apparent and two were hidden. I asked Gabriel about those rivers and he said, 'The two hidden rivers are in Paradise, and the apparent ones are the Nile and the Euphrates.'...}} | {{Quote|{{Bukhari|4|54|429}}|...Then I was shown Sidrat-ul-Muntaha (i.e. a tree in the seventh heaven) and I saw its Nabk fruits which resembled the clay jugs of Hajr (i.e. a town in Arabia), and its leaves were like the ears of elephants, and four rivers originated at its root, two of them were apparent and two were hidden. I asked Gabriel about those rivers and he said, 'The two hidden rivers are in Paradise, and the apparent ones are the Nile and the Euphrates.'...}} | ||
And this idea is backed up in Sahih Muslim: | And this idea is backed up in Sahih Muslim: | ||