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Why do you not measure the unmentioned wishes of the people of Paradise, which are not explicitly stated in religious texts, against the general rule by which you measure matters of lawful and unlawful, such as the wish to own a planet in the form of Earth, or the wish for jihad and hunting, or marrying a non-believing woman, especially since the religious rule is that Allah grants the people of Paradise everything they wish for, and that the people of Paradise only wish for good things, as indicated by the noble Hadiths that speak of horses and camels in Paradise?

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That which is not supported by evidence from the Qur'an or Sunnah cannot be asserted with certainty. Neither negation nor affirmation can be definitively asserted without proof. The difference between jihad and hunting or marriage in Paradise is that jihad necessitates divine obligation and the existence of disbelief and faith, which only occur in the worldly abode. This is because Paradise is the abode of recompense, not the abode of deeds.

The wish to create a planet similar to Earth for the people of Paradise is inconceivable, except that it would be either inside Paradise or outside it. Both scenarios contradict the nature of Paradise as an abode of recompense and the absence of divine obligation. They also contradict the desire of the people of Paradise to remain therein and not to depart from it, for "they will not desire any change therefrom."

In summary, the people of Paradise will have therein whatever they desire and whatever their souls crave, and they will abide therein forever.

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