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Does Abu Huraira's statement that women will be more numerous in Paradise, inferred from the hadith: "Every one of them will have two wives," not contradict the hadith: "I looked into Paradise and saw that most of its inhabitants were the poor"?

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The first part of Ibn Abbas's Hadith: "I looked into Paradise and saw that most of its inhabitants were the poor." This statement has no bearing on whether men or women are more numerous in Paradise, as poverty encompasses both genders. The second part of the Hadith: "And I looked into Hell and saw that most of its inhabitants were women." This does not contradict the Hadiths stating that women will be more numerous in Paradise. Women will be the most numerous inhabitants of both Paradise and Hell due to their greater numerical proportion compared to men among the Children of Adam.

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