Simmons Beautyrest Mattress

I have large breasts (34E), but I’ve never had any back pain from them. At home I sleep on a firm mattress, but when I go home to visit my family or stay in hotels I have to sleep on softer mattresses and I always wake up with my back hurting. I’m not fat, I just have big boobs. Could the back pain be from my breasts, or is there another reason?

I have a somewhat firm mattress, and i hate firm mattresses. i want my mattress to be softer.. is there any way to break it in somehow like jumping on it daily? i know that sounds strange, but honestly i’m desperate. i can’t afford a new mattress either.

I have a water bed (the kind that has sides, and then has tubes inside it, and then a separate piece that lays on top with sides on it.) I also have a box spring under it. I am wanting to get rid of the tubes, and have a regular mattress. I have read about mattress inserts but don’t really know what those are or where to buy those (but would love any info on that). Any suggestions on how to have a "normal" type mattress would be appreciated.

I am preparing to move in a couple of months, and trying to decide how much to budget for a new mattress. I am getting a full-size platform bed, so I don’t need the box springs, just the mattress itself. I don’t want an air-bed or anything like that, but a traditional spring coil mattress or foam mattress would be fine.

Everywhere I look they are at least 0. I don’t care about quality, I just need something to sleep on until I can get something better. I can always get on of those mattress toppers or something anyway. So… anyone know of a good place to get one? Thanks!

I purchase a mattress pad for my pull out couch from Overstock
for guests. However the mattress pad rubber foam smelled like mildew.

How can I get rid of this smell.

I have a mattress sitting in a storage unit NOT that tightly wrapped in this plastic mattress cover. Is it possible that it will be bug ridden deep inside the matress? Silverfish or bedbugs? Should it just be tossed out? I live in Missouri is that helps with the answer (we have lots of bugs here, ick. haha)
It is in the way back of the large storage unit so I won’t get to see it until we find a house and move everything out of it.

I am looking to sell my day bed. The mattress is barely used at all except for guest and does not have any bed bugs or what ever else that could be considered bad. But I couldn’t find the law on selling used mattresses along with selling the bed frame.

I have a 4 inch foam mattress pad that keeps slipping off my mattress. Is there a trick to keeping it in place on the mattress?

We love the waterbed mattress, but hate the looks of the bed. We want to use the mattress with our new sleigh bed. Do you have any suggestions as to how to adapt this regular bed to hold a waterbed mattress?

Due to a major water leak from the apartment above my apatment was flooded with at least 1 " of standing water. My bed was soaked through to the box spring beneath it. What is the hazzard of keeping this mattress after it was dried out with a Stanley Steamer de humidifier, Will it still mold and fall apart or lose its support?

I’m trying to sell my queen sized bed. All I have is the mattress and box spring. I don’t have a frame for it. Its pretty old, but I think its still in awesome shape. It does have a few stains, but who’s bed doesn’t? I just wanna know what you all think the price of this bed should be. I’m asking 0…but some people are like thats ridiculas.

I want to freshen my children’s mattress. I’ve cleaned it indoors using chemicals and clorox but it takes forever to dry and leaves a watermark stain.

I know this is "country", but I had a notion that since we’re going through a drought season, I want to take it outside, douse it with cleaners and hose it down! I know it will take forever to dry, but time and sun will be on my side.

Any better suggestions?

My futon has a very heavy and thick mattress on it that cannot fit into a washer. Despite my regular flipping and rotating, over the last year it has flattened out so much that it’s more uncomfortable to sit on than a junior high school desk chair. It’s also been subjected to quite a few beverage spills, so it could use a thorough cleaning (yes, I already have a protective cover for it too).

It’s a stuffed mattress, so its pretty much just a bunch of fluffy material jammed into a cloth bag with a zipper. I’ve considered just emtpying it out and washing the mattress covers so they tighten up, then just try to cram all of the fluff back into them; however, I’m thinking that will just give me a big blob of fluff. Any tips?

In the UK Daily Express Friday Feb 26th

For Kyra

Kyra, Kyra, how can it be?
There was no safety net in place,
To keep your future full and bright,
To keep the smile locked on your face.

I can not fail to shed a tear,
Each time I stumble on your grin,
Sweet almond eyes and cheeky look,
Your death a waste, a dreadful sin.

A child of beauty, skin soft black,
The warning signs they were all there,
The school had fingers on the bell,
But others didn’t seem to care.

A photo shows your warm brown eyes,
Enough to thaw a heart of ice,
How could you starve when fridge was full,
And who I ask will pay the price?

A shameful scandal, massive slur,
On squalid mattress there you passed,
Sustained and punitive it was,
I pray you’ve found some peace at last.
Ma I ripped the page from the paper yesterday and can’t find an exact link
The reporter is John Twomey (CrimeReporter). I googled express.co.uk, but can’t find back reports. The article has photographs of Kara, one of a full fridge, one of her Mother and another of her stepfather who both admit manslaughter
I have just noticed my stupid typo, Her name is KHYRA I missed out an H
My thanks to Tech who has provided a link, with a better account of the background details to this tragic case.. Telegraph a classier paper than the one I read

Our budget is between 0-800 for the mattress & box spring, and of course we would like to be closer to 0. We are back sleepers and both a little overweight. We are also looking for a cheap but sturdy bed frame as well. Can anyone suggest a type of mattress to look for, a brand or a place to look for them?

Thanks!

Any suggestions (besides sleeping on the floor or buying a new mattress) to sleeping better with a sagging mattress? In the middle of the night, my back starts aching and tightening up. By morning, I can barely move.

My boyfriend recently stopped smoking in the appartment and were trying to get the smell of cigarettes out. Our couch and our mattress still stinks and I don’t know what to do. Getting a professionnal is too expensive. Is there any home cleaner I could use?

I am having a party for my 13th bday!! it is a spa/makeover theme! i have made like a planning list! tell me what you think! any suggestions?

INVITATIONS: Roll up a washcloth with silk ribbon. Attach a piece of paper with a hole punch to the ribbon. On the paper, write the details!

EATING ROOM DECORATIONS:
•1 roll of green crepe paper
•1 roll of pink crepe paper
•10 green balloons
•10 pink balloons

SLEEPING ROOM DECORATIONS:
•2 rolls of green crepe paper
•2 rolls of pink crepe paper
•3 strings of green colored lights
•3 strings of pink colored lights
•10 green balloons
•10 pink balloons

INDOOR FOOD:
Decorate table with…
•Pink tablecloth
•Green plates, cups, bowls, forks, and knives
•Green and pink M&M’s
•Pink flowers
•2 green vases
Main Course
•Cheese and pepperoni pizza
Salad bar with…
•Iceberg or Romaine lettuce
•Cheese
•Cucumber
•Mushrooms
•Olives
•Carrots
•Tomatoes
•Sunflower Seeds
•Croutons
•Ranch
•Champagne dressing
•Oil and vinegar
Drinks in ice in large green bowl
•4 waters
•4 Cokes
•4 Sprites
•4 Root Beers

OURDOOR FOOD:
Decorate table with…
•Pink tablecloth
•Green cups and bowls
•Green and pink M&M’s
•Pink flowers
•2 green vases
Big green bowl with…
•Pineapple chunks
•Grapes
•Watermelon chunks
•Strawberries
Drinks in ice in large green bowl
•Fruit water
•Sparkling water
•Plain water

CAKE: Marble cake from Susie’s on green platter

WHEN MY GUESTS ARRIVE:
1.Tell them where to set up their stuff
2.Give each of them a basket filled with…
•A schedule of the day
•A map
•A brush
•A hair elastic
•One facial mask sample
•A headband

MANICURE/PEDICURE ROOM
•Calm Water Creek sign
•½ roll of green crepe paper
•½ roll of pink crepe paper
•4 pink balloons
•4 green balloons
•IPod
•IPod speakers
•Nail polish remover
•Nail clippers
•Nail files
•3 small green bowls
•Foot soak
•Cuticle
•Hand scrub
•Hand moisturizer
•All nail polish
•2 foot baths
•Towels
•Pumice stone
•Foot scrub
•Foot cream
•Cuticle treatment
•4 chairs
•Outdoor coffee table
•Rolling cart

FACIAL ROOM
Decorate table with…
•Pink tablecloth
•Fake candles
•Seashells
•Fountain
Set out…
•Mattress
•1 lounge chair
•1 rolling chair
•Soothing sprays
•Face wash
•Scrub
•Mask
•Toner
•Day moisturizer
•Spot treatment
•Lip treatments
•Cotton pads
•Washcloths
•Towels
•Eye mask
•Lotions
•IPod
•IPod speakers

MAKEOVER ROOM
Decorate table with…
•Pink tablecloth
•½ roll green crepe paper
Set up…
•Enhance Your True Beauty sign
•Brightening Eye Liner (Black & Coffee)
•Brightening Eye Color (Butternut, Pretty n’ Pink, Silver Lining, Drama, and Matte Mauve)
•Earth & Water Mascara Duo (Black & Brown)
•Wet Gloss Lash & Brow Mascara
•Shielding Hydro-Tint SPF
•Shimmering Facial Whip (Lilac Petal)
•Clarifying Pressed Powder
•Natural Radiance Blusher (Glow & Bronzed)
•Bronzing Powder (Warm Tan)
•All Over Color Stick Lilac Petal
•All Over Cover Stick Light
•Therapeutic Conditioning Balm (Strawberry Crème)
•New Moisture Care Lip Color (Baby Lips, Pink Lemonade ‘06, Maple Sugar
•Super Glossy Lip Shine SPF 15 (Pink Kiss)
•Plumping Lip Glaze Ruby Kiss
•Hypershine Gloss (Joy & Flirt)
•Powder Puffs
•Blending Wedges
•Smudge Eye Brush
•Foundation Brush
•Blush Brush
•Total Face Brush
•Eye Shadow Brush
•Eyelash Curlers
•Makeup Remover
•Hairspray
•Shine spray
•Protecting spray
•Smallest curling iron
•Both barrel curlers
•Straightening iron
•Fine tooth comb
•Wide tooth comb
•Paddle brush
•Round brush
•Bobby pins
•Ponytails
•Big salon clips
•Cotton Pads
•IPod
•IPod speakers
•1 chair

PICTURE ROOM/SALT MAKING ROOM
Decorate table with…
•Pink tablecloth
•½ roll pink crepe paper
•Before and After Photos/ Homemade Bath Salts sign
•IPod
•IPod speakers
•Camera
•Epsom Salt
•Vanilla, Lavender and Gardenia essential oils
•4 glass jars
•4 green spoons

ACTIVITIES:
•Go in the hot tub

BREAKFAST:
Food
•Pancakes
Big green bowl with…
•Pineapple chunks
•Grapes
•Watermelon chunks
•Strawberries
Drinks
•Orange juice
•Milk
•Water

GOODY BAGS:
•Liplicious lip-gloss
•Travel-sized lotion
•Travel sized body wash
•Before and after photos

my chihuahuas left some urine stains on my memory foam mattress. The mattress has a some kind of thin covering on it. Anyways i cleaned the dirty areas with oxy interior and well now it looks weird, the areas look lighter than the actual mattress color. I dont know but ive heard some people use urine gone and nature’s miracle with success. Any other recommendations?

I have a new Tempurpedic mattress and I spilled a 12 oz cup of coffee on it. I already took off the mattress cover and washed that on gentle in the machine, but how do I get the smell out of the mattress itself? The company suggested arm and hammer baking soda. Is that the best way? Do I put it straight or dilute it?

I am having a party for my 13th bday!! it is a spa/makeover theme! i have made like a planning list! tell me what you think! any suggestions?

INVITATIONS: Roll up a washcloth with silk ribbon. Attach a piece of paper with a hole punch to the ribbon. On the paper, write the details!

EATING ROOM DECORATIONS:
•1 roll of green crepe paper
•1 roll of pink crepe paper
•10 green balloons
•10 pink balloons

SLEEPING ROOM DECORATIONS:
•2 rolls of green crepe paper
•2 rolls of pink crepe paper
•3 strings of green colored lights
•3 strings of pink colored lights
•10 green balloons
•10 pink balloons

INDOOR FOOD:
Decorate table with…
•Pink tablecloth
•Green plates, cups, bowls, forks, and knives
•Green and pink M&M’s
•Pink flowers
•2 green vases
Main Course
•Cheese and pepperoni pizza
Salad bar with…
•Iceberg or Romaine lettuce
•Cheese
•Cucumber
•Mushrooms
•Olives
•Carrots
•Tomatoes
•Sunflower Seeds
•Croutons
•Ranch
•Champagne dressing
•Oil and vinegar
Drinks in ice in large green bowl
•4 waters
•4 Cokes
•4 Sprites
•4 Root Beers

OURDOOR FOOD:
Decorate table with…
•Pink tablecloth
•Green cups and bowls
•Green and pink M&M’s
•Pink flowers
•2 green vases
Big green bowl with…
•Pineapple chunks
•Grapes
•Watermelon chunks
•Strawberries
Drinks in ice in large green bowl
•Fruit water
•Sparkling water
•Plain water

CAKE: Marble cake from Susie’s on green platter

WHEN MY GUESTS ARRIVE:
1.Tell them where to set up their stuff
2.Give each of them a basket filled with…
•A schedule of the day
•A map
•A brush
•A hair elastic
•One facial mask sample
•A headband

MANICURE/PEDICURE ROOM
•Calm Water Creek sign
•½ roll of green crepe paper
•½ roll of pink crepe paper
•4 pink balloons
•4 green balloons
•IPod
•IPod speakers
•Nail polish remover
•Nail clippers
•Nail files
•3 small green bowls
•Foot soak
•Cuticle
•Hand scrub
•Hand moisturizer
•All nail polish
•2 foot baths
•Towels
•Pumice stone
•Foot scrub
•Foot cream
•Cuticle treatment
•4 chairs
•Outdoor coffee table
•Rolling cart

FACIAL ROOM
Decorate table with…
•Pink tablecloth
•Fake candles
•Seashells
•Fountain
Set out…
•Mattress
•1 lounge chair
•1 rolling chair
•Soothing sprays
•Face wash
•Scrub
•Mask
•Toner
•Day moisturizer
•Spot treatment
•Lip treatments
•Cotton pads
•Washcloths
•Towels
•Eye mask
•Lotions
•IPod
•IPod speakers

MAKEOVER ROOM
Decorate table with…
•Pink tablecloth
•½ roll green crepe paper
Set up…
•Enhance Your True Beauty sign
•Brightening Eye Liner (Black & Coffee)
•Brightening Eye Color (Butternut, Pretty n’ Pink, Silver Lining, Drama, and Matte Mauve)
•Earth & Water Mascara Duo (Black & Brown)
•Wet Gloss Lash & Brow Mascara
•Shielding Hydro-Tint SPF
•Shimmering Facial Whip (Lilac Petal)
•Clarifying Pressed Powder
•Natural Radiance Blusher (Glow & Bronzed)
•Bronzing Powder (Warm Tan)
•All Over Color Stick Lilac Petal
•All Over Cover Stick Light
•Therapeutic Conditioning Balm (Strawberry Crème)
•New Moisture Care Lip Color (Baby Lips, Pink Lemonade ‘06, Maple Sugar
•Super Glossy Lip Shine SPF 15 (Pink Kiss)
•Plumping Lip Glaze Ruby Kiss
•Hypershine Gloss (Joy & Flirt)
•Powder Puffs
•Blending Wedges
•Smudge Eye Brush
•Foundation Brush
•Blush Brush
•Total Face Brush
•Eye Shadow Brush
•Eyelash Curlers
•Makeup Remover
•Hairspray
•Shine spray
•Protecting spray
•Smallest curling iron
•Both barrel curlers
•Straightening iron
•Fine tooth comb
•Wide tooth comb
•Paddle brush
•Round brush
•Bobby pins
•Ponytails
•Big salon clips
•Cotton Pads
•IPod
•IPod speakers
•1 chair

PICTURE ROOM/SALT MAKING ROOM
Decorate table with…
•Pink tablecloth
•½ roll pink crepe paper
•Before and After Photos/ Homemade Bath Salts sign
•IPod
•IPod speakers
•Camera
•Epsom Salt
•Vanilla, Lavender and Gardenia essential oils
•4 glass jars
•4 green spoons

ACTIVITIES:
•Go in the hot tub

BREAKFAST:
Food
•Pancakes
Big green bowl with…
•Pineapple chunks
•Grapes
•Watermelon chunks
•Strawberries
Drinks
•Orange juice
•Milk
•Water

GOODY BAGS:
•Liplicious lip-gloss
•Travel-sized lotion
•Travel sized body wash
•Before and after photos

this is an important question for me. please help.
i’ve had a streak of bad luck with mattresses. it feels great in the store for that few minutes, last only a couple of years…
my sleep quality is really poor; i must have toss and turn 100 times every night, i wakeup with sore and ache all over.
each bed i have cost hundreds of dollar, now i found myself in the market for a new one again.
i would like to have some real life comparison between quality coil bed (say, simmon’s beauty rest) vs memory foam bed, temperpedic vs other memory foam beds in the market, is it really much difference to justify the cost?
I like firm to extra firm beds. must "firm" bed i bought collapse in a matter of few years.
your experience and comments are greatly appreciated!
i’ve never owned a memory foam mattress

Reference :

The concept of 72 virgins in Islam refers to an aspect of paradise.

Al-Bukhari
Muhammad al-Bukhari (810 – 870) was a famous Sunni Islamic scholar most known for authoring the most authentic hadith collection named Sahih Bukhari

Quotes :

"They will not urinate, relieve nature, spit, or have any nasal secretions. Their combs will be of gold, and their sweat will smell like musk. The aloes-wood will be used in their centers. Their wives will be houris. All of them will look alike and will resemble their father Adam (in statute), sixty cubits tall."

The Prophet Muhammad was heard saying: ‘The smallest reward for the people of paradise is an abode where there are 80,000 servants and 72 wives, over which stands a dome decorated with pearls, aquamarine, and ruby, as wide as the distance from Al-Jabiyah [a Damascus suburb] to Sana’a [Yemen]."

(QURAN 37:40-4 : "In the Gardens of Paradise, Facing one another on thrones, Round them will be passed a cup of pure wine; White, delicious to the drinkers, Neither they will have any kind of hurt, abdominal pain, headache, or sin, nor will they suffer intoxication from it. And with them will be chaste females, restraining their glances, with wide and beautiful eyes."

(QURAN 44:51-55): "Verily! The righteous will be in Paradise. Among Gardens and Springs; Dressed in fine silk and also in thick silk, facing each other, and We shall marry them to Houris with wide, lovely eyes."

(QURAN 52: 17-20): "Verily, for those who fear Allah there will be Gardens in Paradise, filled with Delight. Enjoying in that which their Lord has bestowed on them, and the fact that their Lord saved them from the torment of the blazing Fire. The Lord will say: ‘Eat and drink with happiness because of what you used to do’. They will recline with ease on thrones arranged in ranks. And We shall marry them to Houris with wide lovely eyes."

(QURAN 55:54-59): "Reclining upon the couches lined with silk brocade, and the fruits of the Gardens will be near at hand. Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you deny? Wherein will be those houris, restraining their glances upon their husbands, whom no man or jinn has opened their hymens with sexual intercourse before. Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you deny? In beauty they are like rubies and coral. Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you deny?"

(QURAN 55:70-77): "Therein gardens will be fair wives good and beautiful; Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you deny? Houris restrained in pavilions; Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you deny? Whom no man has opened their hymens with sexual intercourse before. Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you deny? Reclining on green cushions and rich beautiful mattresses. Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you deny?"

(QURAN 56:37-40): "…We created the houris and made them virgins, loving companions for those on the right hand…."

(QURAN 78:31-34): "As for the righteous, they shall surely triumph. Theirs shall be gardens and vineyards, and high-bosomed virgins for companions: a truly overflowing cup."

A question was recently posed to me that I didn’t have a ready answer to and for which, after some thought, I still can’t answer.

So let me climb up on my "high horse" for a while and see if I can address this issue and provide a solution.

The question came from one concerned about Jackson County’s litter problem. She called the county’s highways and byways, "an embarrassment." Along with the question came a front page from a small-town Louisiana newspaper addressing a similar situation in that locale. We discussed the issue briefly. It was noted that the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department uses inmates to clean up along area roadways. We were in agreement that the group does an admirable job but there are far too many miles of road and too much trash along each and every inch for this service to produce the desired result – an always clean Jackson County.
By the time one area roadway is cleaned up irresponsible people are following close behind clean up crews tossing sacks of empty fast food containers, bottles – whatever happens to be inside their vehicle at the time back onto the roadways. And then there are those who dump unwanted furniture, mattresses and appliances along the roadway when pick up days for those type items are set regularly at specified locations throughout the county.
The county commission recently made arrangements for more rubbish containers to be placed at area public boat launches and for regular pick up to help keep those facilities cleaner. It’s helped – but even with that said the problem still exists everywhere one looks.
jackson County has been proclaimed as "Alabama’s Most Beautiful." It does have natural beauty, but it’s being quickly spoiled by inconsiderate, uncaring people.
The answer? I don’t know if there is one.
How do you instill pride in people who don’t care about others? How do you teach personal responsibility to those who have grown up and are growing up with someone always defending their every action and shifting the blame for inappropriate behavior to others? How do you convince people that it’s part of our obligation to take care of this God created planet?
Well – we didn’t, and I still haven’t, come up with an answer. But a few tickets here and there – well-publicized with steep fines imposed might just act as a deterrent for some. Until then if you’re out walking take a sack and pick up what you can – leave that trash in your car and place it in the garbage when you get home – report violators to the proper authorities and take part in the area’s annual clean up efforts during the spring. what do I say help??

The 72 virgins houris that men and women would be given when they reach paradise heaven.

Its in the quran :

(QURAN 37:40-4 : "In the Gardens of Paradise, Facing one another on thrones, Round them will be passed a cup of pure wine; White, delicious to the drinkers, Neither they will have any kind of hurt, abdominal pain, headache, or sin, nor will they suffer intoxication from it. And with them will be chaste females, restraining their glances, with wide and beautiful eyes."

(QURAN 44:51-55): "Verily! The righteous will be in Paradise. Among Gardens and Springs; Dressed in fine silk and also in thick silk, facing each other, and We shall marry them to Houris with wide, lovely eyes."

(QURAN 52: 17-20): "Verily, for those who fear Allah there will be Gardens in Paradise, filled with Delight. Enjoying in that which their Lord has bestowed on them, and the fact that their Lord saved them from the torment of the blazing Fire. The Lord will say: ‘Eat and drink with happiness because of what you used to do’. They will recline with ease on thrones arranged in ranks. And We shall marry them to Houris with wide lovely eyes."

(QURAN 55:54-59): "Reclining upon the couches lined with silk brocade, and the fruits of the Gardens will be near at hand. Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you deny? Wherein will be those houris, restraining their glances upon their husbands, whom no man or jinn has opened their hymens with sexual intercourse before. Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you deny? In beauty they are like rubies and coral. Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you deny?"

(QURAN 55:70-77): "Therein gardens will be fair wives good and beautiful; Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you deny? Houris restrained in pavilions; Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you deny? Whom no man has opened their hymens with sexual intercourse before. Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you deny? Reclining on green cushions and rich beautiful mattresses. Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you deny?"

(QURAN 56:37-40): "…We created the houris and made them virgins, loving companions for those on the right hand…."

(QURAN 78:31-34): "As for the righteous, they shall surely triumph. Theirs shall be gardens and vineyards, and high-bosomed virgins for companions: a truly overflowing cup."

It seems then that this promise of sensual happiness and sexual bliss in paradise, not only is the motivator for the Islamic terrorists but it may even be a motivator for our secular evolutionists to join the rank of Islam

>>>>Two points need to be noted. First, there is no mention anywhere in the Quran of the actual number of virgins available in paradise, and second, the dark-eyed damsels are available for all Muslims, not just martyrs. It is in the Islamic Traditions that we find the 72 virgins in heaven specified: in a Hadith (Islamic Tradition) collected by Al-Tirmidhi (died 892 AD) in the Book of Sunan (volume IV, chapters on The Features of Paradise as described by the Messenger of Allah [Prophet Muhammad], chapter 21, About the Smallest Reward for the People of Paradise, (Hadith 2687). The same hadith is also quoted by Ibn Kathir (died 1373 CE ) in his Quranic commentary (Tafsir) of Surah Al-Rahman (55), verse 72: "The Prophet Muhammad was heard saying: ‘The smallest reward for the people of paradise is an abode where there are 80,000 servants and 72 wives, over which stands a dome decorated with pearls, aquamarine, and ruby, as wide as the distance from Al-Jabiyyah [a Damascus suburb] to Sana’a [Yemen]‘."

An Hamas spokesman correctly uses the word martyr (shahid) and not suicide bomber, since those who blow themselves up almost daily in Israel and those who died on September 11 were dying in the noblest of all causes, Jihad, which is an incumbent religious duty, established in the Quran and in the Traditions as a divine institution, and enjoined for the purpose of advancing Islam. While suicide is forbidden, martyrdom is everywhere praised, welcomed, and urged: "By the Being in Whose Hand is my life, I love that I should be killed in the way of Allah; then I should be brought back to life and be killed again in His way…"; "The Prophet said, ‘Nobody who enters Paradise will ever like to return to this world even if he were offered everything, except the martyr who will desire to return to this world and be killed 10 times for the sake of the great honour that has been bestowed upon him’." [Sahih Muslim, chapters 781, 782, The Merit of Jihad and the Merit of Martyrdom.]

>>>Eternal erection and virginity<<<

Modern apologists of Islam try to downplay the evident materialism and sexual implications of such descriptions, but, as the Encyclopaedia of Islam says, even orthodox Muslim theologians such as al Ghazali (died 1111 AD) and Al-Ash’ari (died 935 AD) have "admitted sensual pleasures into paradise". The sensual pleasures are graphically