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This doesn’t mean a literal number rather it is a way of exaggerating the number according to the Arabs.

QUESTION: Are the 70,000 who enter paradise without reckoning literally 70,000 or is this a way of saying a really really great amount of people. Is this one of the instances in the Arabic language where the number 70 is used to denote an incredibly great amount?

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QUESTION: Do the practise of performing flower bath is allowed in Islam? In some part in S.E.A. we practice this with quranic verses accompanied by niat@niyyah on our intention. Ex: to stimulate good aura in an effort to look for spouse, to get rid of negative influences such as sihr. These flower bath usually performed by obtaining different types of fragrances flower, lime and rose water.