Imam Mohammad Tawhidi
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You know, you'll have preachers.
Again, I'm speaking about preachers.
Preachers who say every...
One of these virgins comes with 100 maids.
So we're not going to stop counting.
And every maid has a secondary maid.
So what is this?
At the end of the day, there is a solid Abrahamic tradition that is focused on purity and piety.
And then you have the development of a religion.
And there are conversations between the religious hierarchy and the adherence of that religion.
We have traditions, for example, where our prophet was sitting down and people would come and ask him the same question and he would answer in a different way.
He wouldn't misguide people, but he would give the same answer in a different way.
And the companions would say, why would you answer them differently?
He says, because the first one was a farmer.
If I give him examples using trees,
and fruits he would understand.
And the second guy was a businessman.
If I speak to him in real estate, he'll understand better.
It's more about being relatable.
So number one, the idea of 72 virgins is not a pillar in Islam, meaning that if you don't believe in it, you cannot be a full Muslim.