Abraham leaves Hajar and Ishmael
\nOne day, Abraham woke up and asked his wife Hajar to get her son and prepare for a long journey. In a few days Abraham started out with his wife Hajar and their son Ishmael. The child was still nursing and not yet weaned. Abraham walked through cultivated land, desert, and mountains until he reached the desert of the Arabian Peninsula and came to an uncultivated valley having no fruit, no trees, no food, no water. The valley had no sign of life. After Abraham had helped his wife and child to dismount, he left them with a small amount of food and water which was hardly enough for 2 days. He turned around and walked away. He wife hurried after him asking: \u201cWhere are you going Abrahim, leaving us in this barren valley?\u201d
\nAbraham did not answer her, but continued walking. She repeated what she had said, but he remained silent. Finally she understood that he was not acting on his own initiative. she realized that Allah had commanded him to do this. She asked him : \u201cDid Allah command you to do so?\u201d He replied: \u201cYes.\u201d Then his great wife said: \u201cWe are not going to be lost, since Allah Who has commanded you is with us.\u201d Abraham invoked Almighty Allah thus:
\n\u201cO Our Lord! I have made some of my offspring to dwell in a valley with no cultivation, by Your Sacred House (the Ka\u2019ba at Mecca); in order, O our Lord, that they may offer prayers perfectly (Iqamat as salat) so fill some hearts among men with love towards them, and O Allah provide them with fruits so that they may give thanks. O our Lord! Certainly, You know what we conceal and what we reveal. Nothing on the earth or in the heavens is hidden from Allah.\u201d (Ch 14:37-38)
\nHajar and Ishmael \u2013 Narrated by Ibn Abbas
\nIbn Abbas narrated: \u201cThe first lady to use a girdle was the mother of Ishmael. She used a girdle so that she might hide her tracks from Sarah (by dragging it). Abraham brought her and her son Ishmael while she was suckling him to a place near the Kaba under a tree on the spot of ZamZam at the highest place in the mosque. During those days there was nobody in Mecca, nor was there any water so he made them sit over there and placed near them a leather bag containing some dates and a small water skin containing some water and set out homeward. Ishmael\u2019s mother followed him saying:
\n\u201cO Abraham! Where are you going, leaving us in this valley where there is no person whose company we may enjoy, nor is there anything to enjoy?\u201d she repeated that to him many times, but he did not look back at her. Then she asked him : \u201cHas Allah ordered you to do so?\u201d He said: \u201cYes.\u201d She then said: \u201cThen He will not neglect us,\u201d and returned while Abraham proceeded
\nonwards. On reaching the Thaniya where they could not see him, he faced the Kaba and raising both hands, invoked Allah saying the following prayers:
\n\u201cO our Lord! I have made some of my offspring dwell in a valley without cultivation, by Your Sacred House (Kaba at Mecca) in order, O our Lord that they may offer prayer perfectly. So fill some hearts among men with love towards them, and O Allah provide them with fruits so that they may give thanks.\u201d (Ch 14:37)
\nIbn Abbas\u2019s narration continued; \u201cIshmael\u2019s mother went on suckling Ishmael and drinking from the water (she had) When the water in the water skin had been used up, she became thirsty and her child also became thirsty, She started looking at him (Ishmael) tossing in agony. She left him, for she could not endure looking at him, and found that the mountain of As-Safa was the nearest mountain to her on that land. she too on it and started looking at the valley keenly so that she might see somebody, but she could not see anybody. Then she descended for As Safa and when she reached the valley, she tucked up her robe and ran in the valley like a person in distress and trouble till she crossed the valley and reached the mountain of Al Marwa. There she stood and started looking expecting to see somebody, but she could not see anybody. She repeated that running between Safa And Marwa seven times.\u201d
\nHajar sees Zam-zam \u2013 by Prophet Muhammad
\nThe prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said: \u201cThis is the source of the tradition of the Sa\u2019y (rituals of the hajj, pilgrimage) the going of people between them (As-Safa and Al-Marwa). When she reached Al Marwa (for the last time) she heard a voice and she asked herself to be quiet and listened attentively. She heard the voice again and said: \u201cO whoever you maybe! You have made me hear your voice; have you got something to help me?\u201d And behold! She saw an angel at the place of Zam zam, digging the earth with his heel (or his wing) till water flowed from that place. She started to make something like a basin around it, using her hand in this way, and started filling her water skin with water with her hands and the water was flowing out water she had scooped some of it.\u201d The Prophet (pbuh) added: \u201cMay Allah bestow mercy on Ishmael\u2019s mother! Had she let the zam-zam flow without trying to control it, or had she not scooped from that water to fill her water skin, Zam zam would have been a stream flowing on the surface of the earth.\u201d
\nMakka is Settled \u2013 Told by Prophet Muhammad
\nThe Prophet (pbuh) continued: \u201cThen she drank water and suckled her child. The angel said to her: \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid of being neglected, for this is the House of Allah which will be built by this boy and his father, and Allah never neglects His people.\u201d The House (Kaba) at that time was on a high place resembling a hillock, and when torrents came, they flowed to its right and left. \u201cShe lived in that way till some people from the tribe of Jurhum or a family from Jurhum passed by her and her child as they (the Jurhum people) were coming through the way of Kada. they landed in the lower part of Mecca where they saw a bird that had the habit of flying around water and not leaving it. they said: \u201cthis bird must be flying around water, though we know that there is no water in this valley.\u201d They sent one or two messengers who discovered the source of water and returned to inform them of the water. So they all came towards the water. Ishmael\u2019s mother was
\nsitting near the water. They asked her: \u201cDo you allow us to stay with you?\u201d She replied: \u201cYes, but you will have no right to possess the water.\u201d They agreed to that. Ishmael\u2019s mother was pleased with the whole situation, as she used to love to enjoy the company of the people, so they settled there, and later on they sent for their families who came and settled with them so that some families became permanent residents there. The child (Ishmael) grew up and learned Arabic from them and (his virtues) caused them to love and admire him as he grew up and when he reached the age of puberty they made him marry a woman from amongst them.\u201d
\nIshmael\u2019s Wives
\nThe Prophet (pbuh) continued: \u201cAfter Ishmael\u2019s mother had died, Abraham came after Ishmael\u2019s marriage in order to see his family that he had left before but he did not find Ishmael there. When he asked Ishmael\u2019s wife about him, she replied: \u201cHe has gone in search of livelihood.\u201d Then he asked her about their way of living and their condition, and she replied, \u201cWe are living in misery; we are living in hardship and destitution,\u201d complaining to him. He said: \u201cWhen your husband returns, convey my salutations to him and tell him to change the threshold of the gate (of his house).\u201d
\nWhen Ishmael came, he seemed to have felt something unusual, so he asked his wife: \u201cHas anyone visited you?\u201d she replied, \u201cYes, an old man of such and such description came and asked me about you and I informed him and he asked about our state of living and I told him that we were living in a hardship and poverty.\u201d On that Ishmael said: \u201cDid he advise you anything?\u201d She said: \u201cYes he told me to convey his salutation to you and to tell you to change the threshold of your gate.\u201d Ishmael said: \u201cIt was my father and he has ordered me to divorce you. Go back to your family.\u201d So, Ishmael divorced her and married another woman from among them (Jurhum).
\nThe Kaba is Built \u2013 by Prophet Muhammad
\n\u201cThen Abraham stayed away from them for a period as long as Allah wished and called on them again but did not find Ishmael. So he came to Ishmael\u2019s wife and asked her about Ishmael. She said: \u2018he has gone in sof our livelihood.\u2019 Abraham asked her; \u2018how are you getting on?\u2019 asking her about their sustenance and living. she replied: \u2018we are prosperous and well off (we have everything in abundance).\u2019 then she thanked Allah. Abraham said: \u2018What kind of food do you eat?\u2019 she said: \u2018meat.\u2019 he said: \u2018what do you drink?\u2019 she said: \u2018water.\u2019 he said: \u2018O Allah! bless their meat and water.\u201d\u201d
\nThe Prophet (pbuh) added: \u201cAt that time they did not have grain, and if they had grain he would have also invoked Allah to bless it. If somebody has only these two things as his sustenance, his health and disposition will be badly affected unless he lives in Mecca.\u201d
\nThe Prophet (pbuh) continued: \u201cThen Abraham said to Ishmael\u2019s wife: \u2018When your husband comes give my regards to him and tell him that he should keep firm the threshold of his gate.\u2019 When Ishmael came back he asked his wife, \u2018did anyone call no you?\u2019 she replied: \u2018yes, a good looking old man came to me,\u2019 so she praised him and added: \u2018He asked about you and I informed him that we were in a good condition.\u2019 Ishmael asked her:\u2019 did he give you any piece of advice?\u2019
\nshe said; \u2018yes, he told me to give his regards to you and ordered that you should keep firm the threshold of your gate.\u2019 on that Ishmael said: \u2018It was my father, and you are the threshold of the gate. He has ordered me to keep you with me.\u2019
\nThen Abraham stayed away from them for a period as long as Allah wished and called on them afterwards. He saw Ishmael under a tree near Zam Zam, sharpening his arrows. When he saw Abraham, he rose up to welcome him (and they greeted each other as a father does with his son or a son does with his father). Abraham said: \u2018O Ishmael! Allah has give me an order.\u2019 Ishmael said: \u2018Do what your Lord has ordered you to do.\u2019 Abraham asked:\u2019Will you help me?\u2019 Ishmael said: \u2018I will help you.\u2019 Abraham said: \u2018Allah has ordered me to build a house here,\u2019 pointing to a hillock higher than the land surrounding it.
\n\u201cThen they raised the foundations of the House (the Kaba). Ishmael brought the stones while Abraham built and when the walls became high Ishmael brought this stone and put it for Abraham who stood over it and carried on building. While Ishmael was handing him the stones, and both of them were saying:
\n\u201cOur Lord! Accept this service from us, verily, You are the All Hearer, the All Knower.\u201d (Ch 2:127 Quran)
\nThe Prophet (pbuh) added: \u201cThen both of them went on building and going round the Kaba saying:
\n\u201cO our Lord! Accept this service from us, verily, You are the All Hearer, the All Knower.\u201d; (Sahih Bukhari).
\nHajar sees zam \u2013 zam \u2013 by Ibn Abbas
\nIbn Abbas narrated a slightly different version: \u201cWhen Abraham had differences with his wife (because of her jealousy of Hajar, Ishmael\u2019s mother), he took Ishmael and his mother and went away. They had a water skin with them containing some water. Ishmael\u2019s mother used to drink water from the water skin so that her milk would increase for her child. When Abraham reached Mecca, he made her sit under a tree and afterwards returned home. Ishmael\u2019s mother followed him and when they reached Kada, she called him from behind: \u2018O Abraham! To whom are you leaving us?\u2019 He replied: \u2018(I am leaving you) to Allah\u2019s care.\u2019 she said: \u2018I am satisfied to be with Allah.\u2019 She returned to her place and started drinking water from the water skin and her milk increased for her child.
\n\u201cWhen the water had all been used up, she said to herself: \u2018I had better go and look so that I may see somebody.\u2019 she ascended As-Safa mountain and looked hoping to see somebody but in vain. When she came down to the valley, she ran till she reached Al Marwa Mountain. She ran to and for (between the two mountains) many times. Then she said to herself; \u2018I had better go and see the state of the child.\u2019 she went and found it in a state of one on the point of dying. She could not endure to watch it dying and said to herself: \u2018If I go and look I may find somebody.\u2019 she went and ascended al-Safa mountain and looked for a long while but could not find anybody. Thus she
\ncompleted seven rounds of running between As-Safa and Al-Marwa. Again she said to herself: \u2018I had better go back and see the state of the child.\u2019 but suddenly she heard a voice, and she said to that strange voice. \u2018help us if you can offer any help.\u2019 lo! it was Gabriel (who had made the voice) Gabriel hit the earth with his heel like this (Ibn Abbas hit the earth with his heel to illustrate it), and so the water gushed out. Ishmael\u2019s mother was astonished and started digging.\u201d
\nAbu Al Qasim, the Prophet (pbuh) said: \u201cIf she had left the water, (flow naturally, without her intervention, ) it would have been flowing on the surface of the earth.\u201d
\nMakka is Settled \u2013 by Ibn Abbas
\nIbn Abbas continued narrating: \u201cIshmael\u2019s mother started drinking from the water, and her milk increased for her child. Afterwards some people of the tribe of Hurhum saw some birds while passing through the bottom of the valley and that astonished them. They said: \u201cbirds can only be found at a place where there is water.\u201d They sent a messenger who searched the place and found the water and returned to inform them about it. Then they all went to her and said: \u201cO Ishmael\u2019s mother! Will you allow us to be with you (or dwell with you)?\u201d Then they stayed there.
\nIshmael\u2019s Wives \u2013 by Ibn Abbas
\n\u201cLater on her boy reached the age of puberty and married a lady from them. Then an idea occurred to Abraham, which he disclosed to his wife (sarah). \u2018I want to call on my dependants I left at Mecca.\u2019 When he went there he greeted Ishmael\u2019s wife and said: \u2018where is Ishmael?\u2019 She replied: \u2018He has gone out hunting.\u2019 Abraham said to her: \u2018When he comes, tell him to change the threshold of his gate.\u2019 When Ishmael came she told him the same and whereupon Ishmael said to her: \u2018you are the threshold so go to your family (you are divorced).\u2019 \u201cAgain Abraham thought of visiting his dependents whom he had left at Mecca, and told his wife (Sarah) of his intentions. Abraham came to Ishmael\u2019s house and asked: \u2018Where is Ishmael?\u2019 Ishmael\u2019s wife replied: \u2018He has gone out hunting,\u2019 and added: \u2018will you stay for some time and have something to eat and drink?\u2019 Abraham said: \u2018what is your food and what is your drink?\u2019 she replied: \u2018our food is meat and our drink is water.\u2019 he replied: \u2018O Allah! Bless their meals and their drink.\u2019 Abu Al Qasim (the Prophet)(pbuh) said: \u201cBecause of Abraham\u2019s invocation there are blessings in Mecca.\u201d
\nKaba is Built \u2013 by Ibn Abbas
\nIbn Abbas continued: \u201cOnce more Abraham thought of visiting his family he had left at Mecca and he told his wife (Sarah) of his decision. HE went and found Ishmael behind the Zam-zam well, mending his arrows. He said: \u2018O Ishmael, your Lord has ordered me to build a house for Him.\u2019 Ishmael said: \u2018Obey the order of your Lord.\u2019 Abraham said: \u2018Allah has also ordered me that you should help me therein.\u2019 Ishmael said: \u2018Then I will do so.\u2019 So both of them were saying:
\n\u201cO our Lord! Accept this service of us, verily, You are the All Hearer, the All Knower.\u201d (Ch 2:127)
\nWhen the building became high and the old man (Abraham) could no longer lift the stones to such a high position, he stood over the stone of Al Maqam and Ishmael carried on handing him the stones and both of them were saying:
\n\u201cO our Lord! Accept this service of us, verily You are the All Hearer, the All Knower.\u201d\u201d
\nAbraham and Ishmael (PBUT) \u2013 The Sacrifice
\nAllah the Almighty told us of Abraham\u2019s affliction with his beloved son:
\n\u201cAnd he said after his rescue from the fire:
\n\u2018Verily! I am going to my Lord. He will guide me! My Lord! Grant me (offspring) from the righteous.\u201d SO We gave him the glad tidings of a forbearing boy. And when he (his son) was old enough to walk with him, he said: \u201cO my son! I have seen in a dream that I am slaughtering you (offer you in sacrifice to Allah), so look what do you think!\u00dd\u201d \u201cO my father! Do that which you are commanded InshAllah (if Allah wills), you shall find me of the patient.\u201d Then when they had both submitted themselves to the Will of Allah and he had laid him prostrate on his forehead (or on the side of his forehead for slaughtering); and We called out to him: \u201cO Abraham! You have fulfilled the dream (vision!\u201d Verily! Thus do Wereward those who perform good deeds, totally for Allah\u2019s sake only. Verily, that indeed was a manifest trial and We ransomed him with a great sacrifice (a ram;) and We left for him ( a goodly remembrance) among generations (to come) in later times. \u201cSalamun (peace) be upon Abraham!\u201d Thus indeed do We reward the Muhsineen (good doers). Verily, he was one of Our believing slaves. (Ch 37:99-111 Quran)
\nTime passed. One day Abraham was sitting outside his tent thinking of his son Ishmael and Allah\u2019s sacrifice. His heart was filled with awe and love for Allah for His countless blessings. A big tear dropped from his eyes and reminded him of Ishmael.
\nTidings of Isaac
\nIn the meantime, three angels descended to the earth; Gabriel, Israphael, and Michael. They came in human shapes and saluted Abraham. Abraham arose and welcomed them. He took them inside his tent thinking they were strangers and guests. He seated them and made sure that they were comfortable, then excused himself to go to his people.
\nHis wife Sarah arose when he entered. She had become old and white haired. Abraham said to her: \u201cWe have three strangers in the house.\u201d \u201cWho are they?\u201d she asked. \u201cI do not know any of them,\u201d he answered. \u201cWhat food have we got?\u201d He asked. Half a sheep.\u201d she replied, \u201cHalf a sheep! Slaughter a fat calf for them; they are strangers and guests.\u201d he ordered while leaving. The servants roasted and served a calf. Abraham invited the angels to eat and he started eating so as to encourage them. He continued, but when he glanced at his guests to assure they were eating, he noticed that none of them had touched the food. He said to the them: \u201cAre you not going to eat?\u201d He resumed eating, but when he glanced at them again he found that they were still not
\neating. Their hands did not reach out for the food. He began to fear them. Abraham\u2019s fears increased. The angels, however were reading his inner thoughts and one of them said: \u201cDo not fear.\u201d Abraham raised his head and replied: \u201cIndeed I am in fear. I have asked you to eat food but you do not stretch out your hands to eat. Do you intend me evil?\u201d One of the angels smiled and said: \u201cWe do not eat. We are Allah\u2019s angels.\u201d One of them then turned towards his wife and conveyed the glad tidings about Isaac (Ishaaq).
\nTidings of Isaac \u2013 Quranic
\nAlmighty Allah revealed:
\n\u201cVerily! There came Our Messengers to Abraham with glad tidings. They said: \u201cSalaam (greetings or peace)!\u201d he answered: \u201cSalaam (greetings or peace)!\u201d and he hastened to entertain them with a roasted calf. But, when he saw their hands went not towards it (the meal), he felt some mistrust of them, and conceived a fear of them. They said: \u201cFear not, we have been sent against the people of Lot.\u201d And his wife was standing there and she laughed (either, because the Messengers did not eat their food or for being glad for the destruction of the people of Lot). But We gave her glad tidings of Isaac, and after him of Jacob. She said (in astonishment): \u201cWoe unto me! Shall I bear a child while I am an old woman, and here is my husband an old man? Verily! This is a strange thing!\u201d They said: \u201cDo you wonder at the Decree of Allah? The Mercy of Allah and His Blessings be on you, O the family (of Abraham). Surely, He (Allah) is All praiseworthy, All-Glorious.\u201d (CH 11:69-73).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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