[DJ Taylor]

"He had what is called septicemia which is according to doctors an infection of the blood resulted from infected wound."

I wonder if this qualifies him for the 72 virgins or if he will have to settle for the usual arab fare of goats and sheep? Are there any Islamic scholars out there who can clear this up for us?

[StoneGiant]

"He had what is called septicemia which is according to doctors an infection of the blood resulted from infected wound."

I wonder if this qualifies him for the 72 virgins or if he will have to settle for the usual arab fare of goats and sheep? Are there any Islamic scholars out there who can clear this up for us?

 

 

ANSWER:  He qualifies for the virgins:

[AdmSmith]

I wonder if this qualifies him for the 72 virgins

No, the 72 virgins are probably ordinary grapes!

It is due to the mistranslation from the Syriac Aramaic original. Christoph Luxenberg has written an interesting book about this. Here is a review

http://syrcom.cua.edu/Hugoye/Vol6No1/HV6N1PRPhenixHorn.html

Islamic terrorism will be reduced when this book can be published or sold in Saudi Arabia