07. Prophet Muhammad hadith about Prophet Ishmael.

Updated.

2 February 2015 (1436 AH).

INDEX:

1. Prophet Muhammad hadith story shows why Prophet Ishmael Ismail cannot be the son sacrificed by Prophet Abraham Ibrahim.

1.1 The sacrifice of the son of Prophet Abraham Ibrahim in the Quran.

1.2 How does Prophet Muhammad show that Prophet Ishmael Ismail cannot be the son sacrificed by Prophet Abraham Ibrahim?

2. First hadith story from Ibn Abbas the cousin of Prophet Muhammad.

2.1 First story hadith about Prophet Ishmael Ismail.

3. Prophet Muhammad shows a second time why Prophet Ishmael Ismail cannot be the son sacrificed by Prophet Abraham Ibrahim.

3.1 The sacrifice of the son of Prophet Abraham Ibrahim in the Quran.

4. Second hadith story from Ibn Abbas the cousin of Prophet Muhammad.

4.1 Second story hadith about Prophet Ishmael Ismail.

Introduction.

1. Everything we are told about Prophet Ishmael Ismail in the hadith story from Prophet Muhammad is in the Koran Quran and/or the Torah Taurat.

The hadith story from Prophet Muhammad says nothing about Prophet Ishmael Ismail being sacrificed because both the Koran Quran and Torah Taurat agree that the son to be sacrificed was Prophet Isaac Ishaq.

2. The hadith story from Prophet Muhammad shows that Prophet Ishmael Ismail had already passed the age at which he was ready to work (which is the age when the son was to be sacrificed) because before he again met Prophet Abraham Ibrahim he had already married twice and he was already working to support a second wife after divorcing his first wife.

3. Prophet Muhammad hadith about Prophet Ishmael Ismail shows that Prophet Ishmael Ismail was not the son to be sacrificed by Prophet Abraham Ibrahim as confirmation that no one changed the Torah Taurat because humans do not have the power to change the word of God in the Books of God.

Quran 4:136 Verse 4:136 All you who believe, have faith in God and His (God’s) messenger (Prophet Muhammad) and the Book (of God, the Quran) which He (God) has revealed to His (God’s) messenger (Prophet Muhammad) and the Book which He (God) revealed to those before (to the Jews in the Torah Taurat and to the Christians in the Gospel Injil), and whoever has no faith in God, His (God’s) angels, His (God’s) Books, His (God’s) messengers (prophets), and the Last Day (the Day of Judgement) then he has strayed far away (from God).

Note 1. Whoever has no faith in God's Books has strayed far away from God.

Note 2. Do not let the desires of humans move you away from what God has revealed in God’s Books.

Note 3. Nothing can change the word of God no matter how many people may dislike what God has revealed to them.

Note 4. God protects God's word in the Torah Taurat and the Koran Quran.

Note 5. God in the Torah Taurat confirms God in the Koran Quran.

Note 6. If the Torah Taurat is not protected then in the hereafter Jews could say they were misled by a Book of God that was not protected.

Note 7. If the Torah Taurat and Koran Quran were not protected then that would be proof that God does not exist.

Note 8. If the Torah Taurat named Isaac Ishaq as the son to be sacrificed and the Koran Quran named Ishmael Ismail as the son to be sacrificed that would be proof that God does not exist.

Note 9. The proof that God exists is that God has named Isaac Ishaq as the son to be sacrificed in the Torah Taurat and in the Koran Quran.

Note 10. If the Torah Taurat is not protected then in the hereafter Jews could say they were misled by a Book that was not protected.

If the Gospel Injil is not protected then in the hereafter Christians could say they were misled by a Book that was not protected.

If the Koran Quran is not protected then in the hereafter Muslims could say they were misled by a Book that was not protected.

The Torah, Gospel and Quran are from God.

The Taurat, Injil and Quran are from God.

God protects all His books so in the hereafter no Jew or Christian or Muslim can say their Book misled them.

1. Prophet Muhammad hadith story shows why Prophet Ishmael Ismail cannot be the son sacrificed by Prophet Abraham Ibrahim.

Story hadith from Ibn Abbas the cousin of Prophet Muhammad.

1.1 The sacrifice of the son of Prophet Abraham Ibrahim in the Quran.

Quran 37:102 And, when he (his son) was old enough to work with him…….” (that is the time Prophet Abraham Ibrahim was to sacrifice his son).

1.2 How does Prophet Muhammad show that Prophet Ishmael Ismail cannot be the son sacrificed by Prophet Abraham Ibrahim?

In two Hadiths (Bukhari 810 – 870 AD (810 – 870 CE 194 – 256 AH), Book 55, Hadith 583 and Bukhari 810 – 870 AD (810 – 870 CE 194 – 256 AH), Book 55, Hadith 584) Prophet Muhammad gave the story of Prophet Ishmael Ismail and showed that when Prophet Ishmael Ismail was old enough to work he was not with Prophet Abraham Ibrahim.

The two Hadiths also show that the sacrifice of the son of Prophet Abraham Ibrahim is not part of the life story of Prophet Ishmael Ismail.

2. First story hadith from Ibn Abbas the cousin of Prophet Muhammad.

(Comments are in brackets).

2.1 First story hadith about Prophet Ishmael Ismail.

2.1 First hadith story about Prophet Ishmael Ismail.

(Prophet Muhammad tells the story of Prophet Ishmael Ismail starting at the time when Prophet Abraham Ibrahim leaves Prophet Ishmael Ismail when Prophet Ishmael Ismail was a baby in the desert with his mother).

In Bukhari 810 – 870 AD (810 – 870 CE 194 – 256 AH), Book 55, Hadith 583 Narrated by Ibn Abbas (the cousin of Prophet Muhammad): The first lady to use a girdle was the mother of Ishmael Ismail. She used a girdle so that she might hide her tracks from Sarah.

(In this story Prophet Ishmael Ismail was a baby when Ishmael Ismail was with Prophet Abraham Ibrahim).

Abraham Ibrahim brought her and her son Ishmael Ismail while she was suckling him, to a place near the Kaaba Kabah (in Arabia today Saudi Arabia) under a tree on the spot of Zam-zam at the highest place in the mosque.

During those days there was nobody in Mecca Makkah nor was there any water so he (Prophet Abraham Ibrahim) 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.

(In this story Prophet Abraham Ibrahim leaves baby Ishmael Ismail and his Mother Hagar Hajar in the desert).

Ishmael's Ismail’s mother followed him saying, "O Abraham Ibrahim, Where are you going, leaving us in this valley where there is no person whose company we may enjoy, nor is there anything (to sustain us)?"

She repeated that to him many times, but he did not look back at her.

Then she asked him, "Has God ordered you to do so?"

He said, "Yes."

She said, "Then He (God) will not neglect us," and returned.

While Abraham Ibrahim proceeded onwards and on reaching the Thaniya where they could not see him, he faced the Kaaba Kabah and raising both hands, invoked God saying the following prayers, “O our Lord, I have made some of my offspring dwell in a valley without cultivation, by Your Sacred House (The Kaaba Kabah) in order, O our Lord, that they may offer prayer perfectly.”

“So fill some hearts among men with love towards them, and (O God) provide them with fruits, so that they may give thanks.” (Quran 14:37).

Ishmael's Ismail’s mother went on suckling (baby) Ishmael Ismail (by giving him her breast milk) and (she was) drinking from the water (she had).

When the water in the water-skin had all been used up, she became thirsty and her child also became thirsty.

She started looking at him (Ishmael Ismail) tossing in agony (from the need of more milk to drink).

She left him because she could not endure looking at him and found that the mountain of Safa was the nearest mountain to her on that land.

She stood on it and started looking at the valley keenly so that she might see somebody but she could not see anybody.

Then she descended from 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 Marwa mountain where 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."

The Prophet (Muhammad) said, "This is the source of the tradition of the walking of people between them (Mount Safa and Mount Marwa)."

When she reached the 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, “O, (whoever you may be), You have made me hear your voice. Have you got something to help me?"

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 after she had scooped some of it."

The Prophet (Muhammad) added, "May God bestow Mercy on Ishmael's Ismail’s 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) (then) Zam-zam would have been a stream flowing on the surface of the earth."

The Prophet (Muhammad) further added, "Then she drank (water) and suckled her (baby) child (by giving him her breast milk).

The angel said to her, “Don't be afraid of being neglected, for this is the House of God which will be built by this boy and his father, and God never neglects His people.”

The House (The Kaaba Kabah) at that time was on a high place resembling a hillock and when torrents (of water) came they flowed to its right and left.

She 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 (the Jurhum people) landed in the lower part of Mecca Makkah where they saw a bird that had the habit of flying around water and not leaving it.

They (the Jurhum people) said, “This bird must be flying around water, though we know that there is no water in this valley.”

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).

The Prophet (Muhammad) added, "Ishmael's Ismail’s mother was sitting near the water.”

They asked her, “Do you allow us to stay with you?"

She replied, “Yes, but you will have no right to possess the water.”

They agreed to that.

The Prophet (Muhammad) further said, "Ishmael's Ismail’s 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 (the Jurhum people) sent for their families who came and settled with them so that some families became permanent residents there.

The child (Ishmael Ismail) grew up and learnt Arabic from them (the tribe of Jurhum or a family from Jurhum) 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 among them.

(Comments before continuing the hadith story 1:

Prophet Muhammad showed that Prophet Ishmael Ismail was not the first Arab.

Prophet Ishmael Ismail lived with Arabs and learned the Arabic language which means some Arabs today are the descendants of the earlier Arabs such as the tribe of Jurhum and others are descendants of Ishmael Ismail.

Prophet Ishmael Ismail grew up in Mecca Makkah.

Prophet Muhammad has not mentioned the sacrifice that would have occurred by this time as according to Quran 37:102 “And, when he (his son) was old enough to work with him…….) (that is the time Prophet Abraham Ibrahim was to sacrifice his son).”

(By the end of this hadith story Prophet Muhammad shall have described the life of Prophet Ishmael Ismail, the death of Ishmael’s Ismail’s mother and Ishmael’s Ismail’s marriages and his building of the Kaaba Kabah and his skill in arrows but there is no mention of the sacrifice of Prophet Ishmael Ismail, just as God in the Quran does not mention Ishmael’s Ismail’s name anywhere in chapter 37 which describes the sacrifice of the son of Prophet Abraham Ibrahim).

(Later in this hadith story Prophet Muhammad says that Prophet Abraham Ibrahim came to Ishmael Ismail after Ishmael Ismail had already married and his mother had died but Prophet Abraham Ibrahim did not see Ishmael Ismail until Ishmael Ismail had been married for a second time.

This shows that Prophet Ishmael Ismail was not the son that was to be sacrificed because according to Quran 37:102 “And, when he (his son) was old enough to work with him…….) (that is the time Prophet Abraham Ibrahim was to sacrifice his son)” but Prophet Abraham Ibrahim was not with Prophet Ishmael Ismail until after the time that Ishmael Ismail was of working age because Prophet Ishmael Ismail had already married two times before his father saw him again.

So Prophet Ishmael Ismail was not the son sacrificed “when he (his son) was old enough to work with him…) (that is the time Prophet Abraham Ibrahim was to sacrifice his son).”

(In the hadith story that continues below we are told that “Abraham Ibrahim came after Ishmael's Ismail’s marriage in order to see his family that he had left before”).

(In this story from Prophet Muhammad, Prophet Abraham Ibrahim meets Ishmael Ismail two times. First when Ishmael Ismail is a baby in the desert and the second time is after Ishmael Ismail is a man who has married twice and then they build the Kaaba Kabah). They also meet twice in this same way according to God in the Quran).

(In the story hadith that continues below we are told that “Abraham Ibrahim came after Ishmael's Ismail’s marriage in order to see his family that he had left before” means Abraham Ibrahim came after Ishmael's Ismail’s marriage in order to see his family that he had left before when Ishmael Ismail was a baby in the desert).

(In the story hadith that continues below Prophet Ishmael Ismail is already a working married man providing food for his wife “searching of our livelihood” when Prophet Abraham Ibrahim meets him for the first time after he saw him as a baby).

(The hadith story 1 continues. The story hadith 1 continues).

After Ishmael's Ismail’s mother (Hagar Hajar) had died, Abraham Ibrahim came after Ishmael's Ismail’s marriage in order to see his family that he had left before (when Ishmael Ismail was a baby), but he did not find Ishmael Ismail there (in Mecca Makkah).

When he (Prophet Abraham Ibrahim) asked Ishmael's Ismail’s wife about him (Prophet Ishmael Ismail), she replied, “He (Ishmael Ismail) has gone in search of our livelihood.”

Then he (Prophet Abraham Ibrahim) asked her about their way of living and their condition, and she replied, “We are living in misery, hardship and destitution,” complaining to him (Prophet Abraham Ibrahim).

He (Prophet Abraham Ibrahim) said, “When your husband (Prophet Ishmael Ismail) returns, convey my salutation to him and tell him to change the threshold of the gate (of his house).”

When Ishmael Ismail came, he seemed to have felt something unusual, so he asked his wife, “Has anyone visited you?”

She replied, “Yes, an old man of so-and-so 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.”

On that Ishmael Ismail said, “Did he advise you anything?”

She replied, “Yes, he told me to convey his salutation to you and to tell you to change the threshold of your gate.”

Ishmael Ismail said, “It was my father, and he has ordered me to divorce you. Go back to your family.” So, Ishmael Ismail divorced her and married another woman from amongst them (the tribe of Jurhum or a family from Jurhum).

(Comments before continuing the hadith story 1:

Some might say Prophet Abraham Ibrahim had visited before but that is not what Prophet Muhammad has said.

Prophet Muhammad has said each time Prophet Abraham Ibrahim came Prophet Ishmael Ismail was not there.

It is known that Prophet Abraham Ibrahim did not attend any of the weddings of Prophet Ishmael Ismail because none of Ishmael’s Ismail’s wives knew Prophet Abraham Ibrahim.

This is also an indication that Prophet Abraham Ibrahim had never been seen in Mecca Makkah by them in what was a community of a very small number of people.

Very few people lived in Mecca Makkah because no people lived their when baby Ishmael Ismail and his mother first arrived.

If Prophet Abraham Ibrahim had been there before he would be recognised by this very small community.

If Prophet Abraham Ibrahim did visit before why has Prophet Muhammad not mentioned the sacrifice when he has mentioned everything else that we know of Prophet Ishmael Ismail?

Some might ask, How would Prophet Ishmael Ismail know it was his father that visited if he had never known him since being a baby?

The answer is that Prophet Ishmael’s Ismail’s mother would have told Ishmael Ismail about his father before she died and mentioned to him how God cared for them when Ishmael Ismail was a baby and how an Angel said “Don't be afraid of being neglected, for this is the House of God which will be built by this boy and his father, and God never neglects His people.”

Therefore Prophet Ishmael Ismail knew his father would come one day and that is how Prophet Ishmael Ismail knew that the visitor whom he had never seen was his father.

Prophet Ishmael Ismail was expecting he would come one day to fulfill God’s promise that Abraham Ibrahim and Ishmael Ismail would build the house for the worship of God).

(In the story hadith that continues below, Prophet Muhammad tells us that Ishmael Ismail was already past the beginning of working age.

Prophet Ishmael Ismail is not a boy waiting to reach the age of working.

Quran 37:102 And, when he (his son) was old enough to work with him…….” (that is the time Prophet Abraham Ibrahim was to sacrifice his son).

(However this hadith story says Ishmael Ismail is already a working married man “searching for our livelihood” means working to feed his wife).

(The hadith story 1 continues. The story hadith 1 continues).

Then Abraham Ibrahim stayed away from them (who were in Mecca Makkah) for a period as long as God wished and called on them again but (again) did not find Ishmael Ismail.

So he came to Ishmael's Ismail’s wife and asked her about Ishmael Ismail.

She said, “He (Prophet Ishmael Ismail) has gone in search of our livelihood”

Abraham Ibrahim asked her, “How are you getting on?” asking her about their sustenance and living.

She replied, “We are prosperous and well-off (we have everything we need).”'

Then she thanked God.

Abraham Ibrahim said, “What kind of food do you eat?”

She said, “Meat.”

He said, “What do you drink?”

She said, “Water."

He said, "O God, Bless their meat and water."

The Prophet (Muhammad) added, "At that time they did not have grain, and if they had grain, he would have also invoked God to bless it."

The Prophet (Muhammad) added, "If somebody has only these two things (meat and water) as his sustenance, his health and disposition will be badly affected, unless he lives in Mecca Makkah."

The Prophet (Muhammad) added, "Then Abraham Ibrahim said (to) Ishmael's Ismail’s wife, “When your husband comes, give my regards to him and tell him that he should keep firm the threshold of his gate.”

When Ishmael Ismail came back, he asked his wife, “Did anyone call on you?”

She replied, “Yes, a good-looking old man came to me,” so she praised him and added, “He asked about you, and I informed him, and he asked about our livelihood and I told him that we were in a good condition.”

Ishmael Ismail asked her, “Did he give you any piece of advice?”

She said, “Yes, he told me to give his regards to you and ordered that you should keep firm the threshold of your gate.”

On that Ishmael Ismail said, “It was my father, and you are the threshold (of the gate).”

“He has ordered me to keep you with me.”

(Comments before continuing the hadith story1:

In the story hadith that continues below, Prophet Muhammad shows that Prophet Abraham Ibrahim only meets Prophet Ishmael Ismail after Prophet Ishmael Ismail has married a second time.

Prophet Ishmael Ismail has gained in age, passed the time of the sacrifice in Quran 37:102 “And, when he (his son) was old enough to work with him…….) (that is the time Prophet Abraham (Ibrahim) was to sacrifice his son).”

(However this hadith story says Ishmael Ismail is already a working married man “searching for our livelihood” means working to feed his wife).

(The hadith story 1 continues. The story hadith 1 continues).

Then Abraham Ibrahim stayed away from them (who were in Mecca Makkah) for a period as long as God wished, and called on them afterwards.

He (Prophet Abraham Ibrahim) saw Ishmael Ismail under a tree near Zamzam, sharpening his arrows. When he (Prophet Ishmael Ismail) saw Abraham Ibrahim, 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 Ibrahim said, “O Ishmael Ismail, God has given me an order.”

Ishmael Ismail said, “Do what your Lord (God) has ordered you to do.”

Abraham Ibrahim asked, “Will you help me?”

Ishmael Ismail said, “I will help you.”

Abraham Ibrahim said, “God has ordered me to build a house here,” pointing to a hillock higher than the land surrounding it.

The Prophet (Muhammad) added, "Then they raised the foundations of the House (The Kaaba Kabah).

Ishmael Ismail brought the stones and Abraham Ibrahim was building and when the walls became high (then) Ishmael Ismail brought this stone and put it (down) for Abraham Ibrahim who stood over it and (Abraham Ibrahim lifted that stone and) carried on building, while Ishmael Ismail was handing him (more of) the stones, and both of them were saying, “O our Lord, Accept (this service) from us, Truly, You are the All-Hearing (and) the All-Knowing.”

The Prophet (Muhammad) added, "Then both of them went on building and going round the Kaaba Kabah saying, “O our Lord (God), Accept (this service) from us, Truly, You are the All-Hearing (and) the All-Knowing." (Quran 2:127).

(End of the first hadith. End of Bukhari, Book 55, Hadith 583 Narrated by Ibn Abbas the cousin of Prophet Muhammad).

Conclusion for hadith story 1.

1. The Prophet Muhammad hadith story shows that Prophet Ishmael Ismail was well past the time when he “was old enough to work with him (Prophet Abraham Ibrahim)” which is the time in Quran 37:102 when Prophet Abraham Ibrahim was to sacrifice his son.

This is because Prophet Abraham Ibrahim did not see Prophet Ishmael Ismail until Prophet Ishmael Ismail had already started working and was supporting a wife after his second marriage.

It was because Prophet Ishmael Ismail had already started working as a married man that Prophet Abraham Ibrahim had to return 3 times to Mecca Makkah until he was able to meet with Prophet Ishmael Ismail.

So Prophet Ishmael Ismail was well passed the age of being old enough to work because Prophet Ishmael Ismail was already working and twice married before he saw Prophet Abraham Ibrahim.

2. The Prophet Muhammad hadith story gives the full story of Prophet Ishmael Ismail as is confirmed by the Quran.

3. Quran Chapter 37 which describes the sacrifice of the son of Prophet Abraham Ibrahim and names that son as Prophet Isaac Isaq is supported by this hadith story.

4. Quran chapter 37 which describes the sacrifice of the son of Prophet Abraham Ibrahim names Prophet Isaac Isaq not one time but four times (twice by his name and twice by his title “the good news” son) however Prophet Ishmael Ismail is never mentioned.

5. Quran chapter 37 which describes the sacrifice blesses Prophet Abraham Ibrahim and Prophet Isaac Isaq but there is no blessing from God for Prophet Ishmael Ismail because Prophet Ishmael Ismail is not in the story of the sacrifice.

6. Prophet Muhammad shows that the story of the sacrifice of the son of Prophet Abraham Ibrahim is not the story of Prophet Abraham Ibrahim and Prophet Ishmael Ismail.

7. Prophet Muhammad shows that the story of the building of the Kaaba Kabah is the story of Prophet Abraham Ibrahim and Prophet Ishmael Ismail.

8. How could Prophet Muhammad describe the life of Prophet Ishmael Ismail and Prophet Ishmael’s Ismail’s marriages and mention Prophet Ishmael’s Ismail’s fame for arrows and building of the Kaaba Kabah and not mention the sacrifice of Prophet Ishmael Ismail (just as the Quran does not mention Prophet Ishmael’s Ismail’s name anywhere in Quran chapter 37 which describes the sacrifice) unless in fact Prophet Ishmael Ismail was not the son of Prophet Abraham Ibrahim that was to be sacrificed?

9. No conclusion based only on hadith (stories from humans) is protected from error.

10. A conclusion must also be supported by the Quran to be absolutely sure that you are not among the misguided.

11. Look in the Quran to confirm that the story of the sacrifice of the son of Prophet Abraham Ibrahim is the story of Prophet Abraham Ibrahim and Prophet Isaac Isaq.

12. The Quran confirms that Prophet Isaac Isaq is the sacrificed son which is proof that no one has the power to change the word of God because God’s Quran and God’s Torah Taurat all say the same thing as a confirmation of each other.

Who is the son to be sacrificed by Prophet Abraham?

Which son was to be sacrificed by Prophet Ibrahim?

The proof that God is real is that no one can change the word of God.

The Torah and the Quran name the same son Isaac Ishaq in the sacrifice of the son of Prophet Abraham Ibrahim because God protects His word.

No one has changed the word of God in the Torah, Gospel and Quran because; “…. No one can alter what God has created (in religion, in the Torah Taurat, the Gospel Injil and the Koran Quran). That is the right religion (belief), but most people do not know (this) (Quran 30:30).

Note 1. God protects God's word in the Torah Taurat and the Koran Quran.

Note 2. God in the Torah Taurat confirms God in the Koran Quran.

Note 3. If the Torah Taurat is not protected then in the hereafter Jews could say they were misled by a Book of God that was not protected.

Note 4. If the Torah Taurat and Koran Quran were not protected then that would be proof that God does not exist.

Note 5. If the Torah Taurat named Isaac Ishaq as the son to be sacrificed and the Koran Quran named Ishmael Ismail as the son to be sacrificed that would be proof that God does not exist.

Note 6. The proof that God exists is that God has named Isaac Ishaq as the son to be sacrificed in the Torah Taurat and in the Koran Quran.

See Quran chapter 37 The Sacrifice of Prophet Isaac Ishaq and Prophet Ishmael Ismail in Quran 37:99 – 37:113 here:

See how God ordered Prophet Abraham Ibrahim to sacrifice the life of Prophet Ishmael Ismail and Prophet Isaac Ishaq in Quran 37:113 comments here:

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37b allah/ayah https://sites.google.com/site/islamandthequran/quran-surah-37-sacrifice-of-hadhrat-ishaq-and-hadhrat-ismail

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37d allaah/ayah https://sites.google.com/site/islamandthequran/quran-surah-37-sacrifice-of-hazrat-ishaq-and-hazrat-ismail

3. Prophet Muhammad shows a second time why Prophet Ishmael Ismail cannot be the son sacrificed by Prophet Abraham Ibrahim.

3.1 The sacrifice of the son of Prophet Abraham Ibrahim in the Quran.

Quran 37:102 And, when he (his son) was old enough to work with him…….” (that is the time Prophet Abraham Ibrahim was to sacrifice his son).

4. Second story hadith from Ibn Abbas the cousin of Prophet Muhammad.

(Comments are in brackets).

4.1 Second story hadith about Prophet Ishmael Ismail.

4.1 Second hadith story about Prophet Ishmael Ismail.

(Prophet Muhammad tells the story of Prophet Ishmael Ismail in his second hadith story starting at the time when Prophet Abraham Ibrahim leaves Prophet Ishmael Ismail when Prophet Ishmael Ismail was a baby in the desert and shows that when Prophet Ishmael Ismail was old enough to work he was not with Prophet Abraham Ibrahim.

When Prophet Ishmael Ismail was “old enough to work” is the age of a boy.

Prophet Ishmael Ismail was a married man and already working to provide food for his second wife after divorcing his first wife before he again met Prophet Abraham Ibrahim after he had been a baby).

In Bukhari 810 – 870 AD (810 – 870 CE 194 – 256 AH), Book 55, Hadith 584 Narrated by Ibn Abbas (the cousin of Prophet Muhammad): When Abraham Ibrahim had disagreements with his (first) wife (Sarah, because of her jealousy of his second wife Hagar Hajar who was Ishmael's Ismail’s mother) he took Ishmael Ismail and his mother (Hagar Hajar) and went away.

They had a water-skin with them containing some water (and) Ishmael's Ismail’s mother used to drink water from the water-skin so that her milk would increase for her child.

When Abraham Ibrahim reached Mecca Makkah, he made her sit under a tree and afterwards returned home (to Sarah his first wife).

(Abraham Ibrahim leaves Ishmael Ismail and Hagar Hajar in the desert and goes home to his first wife Sarah.

Prophet Ishmael Ismail was a baby when Prophet Ishmael Ismail was with Prophet Abraham Ibrahim.

Prophet Abraham Ibrahim leaves baby Ishmael Ismail and his mother Hagar Hajar in the desert in “God’s care”).

Ishmael's Ismail’s mother followed him, and when they reached Kada', she called him from behind, “O Abraham Ibrahim, To whom are you leaving us?”

He (Prophet Abraham Ibrahim) replied, “(I am leaving you) to God's (care).”

She said, “I am satisfied to be with God.”

She returned to her place and started drinking water from the water-skin, and her milk increased for her child (baby Ishmael Ismail).

When the water had all been used up, she said to herself, “I'd better go and look so that I may see somebody.”

She climbed the Safa mountain and looked, hoping to see somebody, but in vain.

When she came down to the valley, she ran till she reached the Marwa mountain.

She ran to and fro (between the two mountains) many times.

Then she said to herself, “I had better go and see the state of the child,” 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), “If I go and look, I may find somebody.”

She went and climbed the Safa mountain and looked for a long while but could not find anybody.

So she completed seven rounds (of running) between (Mount) Safa and (Mount) Marwa.

Again she said (to herself), “I had better go back and see the state of the child.”

But suddenly she heard a voice, and she said to that strange voice, “Help us if you can offer any help.” Lo, it was Gabriel (Angel Gabriel Jibril who had made the voice).

Gabriel Jibril 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's Ismail’s mother was astonished and started digging.

(Abu Al-Qasim) (Prophet Muhammad) said, "If she had left the water, (flow naturally without her intervention) it would have been flowing on the surface of the earth."

Ishmael's Ismail’s mother started drinking from the water and her milk increased for her child.

Afterwards some people of the tribe of Jurhum, while passing through the bottom of the valley, saw some birds, and that astonished them, and they said, 'Birds can only be found at a place where there is water.' 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, “O Ishmael's Ismail’s mother, shall you allow us to be with you (or dwell with you)?' (And thus they stayed there).

Later on her boy reached the age of puberty and married a lady from them.

(Comments before continuing hadith story 2:

(In the hadith story that continues below, Prophet Mohammed tells us that it is after Prophet Ishmael Ismail reached the age of puberty and married a lady that an idea came to Prophet Abraham Ibrahim to visit Prophet Ishmael Ismail.

At this time Prophet Ishmael Ismail has passed the time of the sacrifice in Quran 37:102 “And, when he (his son) was old enough to work with him…….) (that is the time Prophet Abraham Ibrahim was to sacrifice his son)” so Prophet Muhammad again confirms in this second hadith story that the sacrificed son is not Prophet Ishmael Ismail because for the second time there is no mention of any sacrifice.

“Old enough to work” is the age of a boy but Prophet Ishmael Ismail was a married man and already working to provide food for his second wife (after divorcing his first wife) before he again met Prophet Abraham Ibrahim after he had been a baby.

Some may say that Prophet Abraham Ibrahim visited Prophet Ishmael Ismail earlier but that is not what Prophet Muhammad is saying.

Below Prophet Muhammad says this is the first of three times when Prophet Abraham Ibrahim is thinking of visiting Prophet Ishmael Ismail but Prophet Abraham Ibrahim only sees Prophet Ishmael Ismail twice, once when Prophet Ishmael Ismail is a baby and once after Prophet Ishmael Ismail has been a married man that had married two times before he again meets Prophet Abraham Ibrahim and builds the Kaaba Kabah together with his father (Prophet Abraham Ibrahim). This is the same as the two meetings between Prophet Abraham Ibrahim and Prophet Ishmael Ismail that are described in the Quran).

It is known that Prophet Abraham Ibrahim did not attend any of the weddings of Prophet Ishmael Ismail because none of Prophet Ishmael’s Ismail’s wives knew Prophet Abraham Ibrahim.

This is also an indication that Prophet Abraham Ibrahim had never been seen in Mecca Makkah by them in what was a community of a very small number of people.

Very few people lived in Mecca because no people lived their when (baby) Ishmael Ismail and his mother first arrived.

If Prophet Abraham Ibrahim had been there before he would be recognised by this very small community.

Some might ask, How would Prophet Ishmael Ismail know it was his father that visited if he had never known him since being a baby? The answer is that Ishmael’s Ismail’s mother would have told Prophet Ishmael Ismail about his father and how God cared for them when Prophet Ishmael Ismail was a baby and (as mentioned in the first hadith story from Prophet Muhammad that was discussed earlier) how an Angel said to the mother of Prophet Ishmael Ismail “Don't be afraid of being neglected, for this is the House of God which will be built by this boy and his father, and God never neglects His people.”

Therefore Prophet Ishmael Ismail knew his father would come one day and that is how Prophet Ishmael Ismail knew that the visitor whom he had never seen was his father. Prophet Ishmael Ismail was expecting that Prophet Abraham Ibrahim would come one day to fulfill God’s promise that Prophet Abraham Ibrahim and Prophet Ishmael Ismail would build the house for the worship of God.

If Prophet Abraham Ibrahim did visit before why has Prophet Muhammad not mentioned the sacrifice when he has mentioned everything else that we know of Prophet Ishmael Ismail?

In the hadith story below, an idea occurred to Prophet Abraham Ibrahim ….. to go to those he left (in Mecca Makkah) means an idea occurred ….. to go to Prophet Ishmael Ismail his mother Hagar Hajar that Prophet Abraham Ibrahim had left in Mecca Makkah.

This “idea occurred to Prophet Abraham Ibrahim” shows that Prophet Abraham Ibrahim decided to go on his own initiative to Mecca Makkah and not because he had met Prophet Ishmael Ismail earlier to plan with Prophet Ishmael Ismail some test of his wives.

In the hadith story below Prophet Abraham Ibrahim shall meet Prophet Ishmael Ismail for the first time since Prophet Ishmael Ismail was a baby, but Prophet Ishmael Ismail is not the boy described in Quran 37:102.

Quran 37:102 “And, when he (his son) was old enough to work with him) (that is the time Prophet Abraham Ibrahim was to sacrifice his son).

Prophet Ishmael Ismail is not a boy “old enough to work”.

Prophet Ishmael Ismail is a man who has married two times before Prophet Abraham Ibrahim meets Prophet Ishmael Ismail after the time when Prophet Ishmael Ismail was a baby.

Prophet Ishmael Ismail is already a working married man providing food for his wife).

(The hadith story 2 continues. The story hadith 2 continues).

Then an idea occurred to Abraham Ibrahim which he disclosed to his wife (Sarah), 'I want to call on my dependents I left (at Mecca Makkah).'

When he (Prophet Abraham Ibrahim) went there, he greeted (Prophet Ishmael's Ismail’s wife) and said, “Where is Ishmael Ismail?”

She replied, “He (Prophet Ishmael Ismail) has gone out hunting.”

Abraham (Ibrahim) said (to her), “When he (Prophet Ishmael Ismail) comes, tell him to change the threshold of his gate.”

When he came, she told him the same whereupon Ishmael Ismail said to her, “You are the threshold, so go to your family (you are divorced).”

Again Abraham Ibrahim thought of visiting his dependents whom he had left (at Mecca Makkah), and he told his wife (Sarah) of his intentions.

Abraham Ibrahim came to Ishmael's Ismail’s house and asked. "Where is Ishmael Ismail?"

Ishmael's Ismail’s wife replied, "He has gone out hunting," and added, "Will you stay (for some time) and have something to eat and drink?”

Abraham Ibrahim asked, “What is your food and what is your drink?”

She replied, “Our food is meat and our drink is water.”

He said, “O God, Bless their meals and their drink."

Abu Al-Qa-sim (Prophet Muhammad) said, "Because of Abraham's Ibrahim’s invocation there are blessings (in Mecca Makkah)."

(Comments before continuing the hadith 2:

Prophet Muhammad shows that Prophet Abraham Ibrahim only meets Prophet Ishmael Ismail after Prophet Ishmael Ismail has married a second time.

Prophet Ishmael Ismail has gained in age and passed the time of the sacrifice in Quran 37:102 “And, when he (his son) was old enough to work with him…….) (that is the time Prophet Abraham Ibrahim was to sacrifice his son).”

How could Prophet Muhammad in a second hadith story describe the life of Prophet Ishmael Ismail and Prophet Ishmael’s Ismail’s marriages and mention Prophet Ishmael’s Ismail’s fame for arrows and building of the Kaaba Kabah and not mention the sacrifice of Prophet Ishmael Ismail (just as the Quran does not mention Prophet Ishmael’s Ismail’s name anywhere in Quran chapter 37 which describes the sacrifice) unless in fact Prophet Ishmael Ismail was not the son of Prophet Abraham Ibrahim that was to be sacrificed?).

(The hadith story 2 continues. The story hadith 2 continues).

Once more Abraham Ibrahim thought of visiting his family he had left (at Mecca Makkah), so he told his wife (Sarah) of his decision.

He went and found Ishmael Ismail behind the Zam-zam well, mending his arrows.

He said, "O Ishmael Ismail, Your Lord (God) has ordered me to build a house for Him."

Ishmael Ismail said, "Obey (the order of) your Lord (God)."

Abraham Ibrahim said, " God has also ordered me that you should help me therein."

Ishmael Ismail said, "Then I shall do."

So, both of them rose and Abraham Ibrahim started building (the Kaaba Kabah) while Ishmael Ismail went on handing him the stones and both of them were saying, "O our Lord (God), Accept (this service) from us, Truly, You are the All-Hearing (and) the All-Knowing." (Quran 2:127). When the building became high and the old man (Prophet Abraham Ibrahim) could no longer lift the stones (to such a high position), he stood over the stone of Al-Maqam and Ishmael Ismail carried on handing him the stones, and both of them were saying, “O our Lord (God), Accept (this service) from us, Truly You are All-Hearing (and) All-Knowing." (Quran 2:127).

(End of the second hadith. End of the Bukhari, Book 55, Hadith 584 Narrated by Ibn Abbas the cousin of Prophet Muhammad).

Conclusion.

1. Prophet Muhammad shows us a second time that Prophet Ishmael (Ismail) was well past the time when Prophet Ishmael (Ismail) “was old enough to work with him (Prophet Abraham (Ibrahim))” which is the time in Quran 37:102 when Prophet Abraham (Ibrahim) was to sacrifice his son.

This is because Prophet Abraham (Ibrahim) did not see Prophet Ishmael (Ismail) until Prophet Ishmael (Ismail) had already started working and was supporting a wife after his second marriage.

It was because Prophet Ishmael (Ismail) had already started working as a married man that Prophet Abraham (Ibrahim) had to return 3 times to Mecca (Makkah) until he was able to meet with Prophet Ishmael (Ismail).

So Prophet Ishmael (Ismail) was well passed the age of being old enough to work because Prophet Ishmael (Ismail) was already working and twice married before he saw Prophet Abraham (Ibrahim).

2. Prophet Muhammad for the second time has given the full story of Ishmael (Ismail) as is confirmed by the Quran.

3. Quran Chapter 37 which describes the sacrifice of the son of Prophet Abraham (Ibrahim) and names that son as Prophet Isaac (Isaq) is supported by this story (hadith).

4. Quran chapter 37 which describes the sacrifice of the son of Prophet Abraham (Ibrahim) names Prophet Isaac (Isaq) not one time but four times (twice by his name and twice by his title “the good news” son) however Prophet Ishmael (Ismail) is never mentioned.

5. Quran chapter 37 which describes the sacrifice blesses Prophet Abraham (Ibrahim) and Prophet Isaac (Isaq) but there is no blessing from God for Prophet Ishmael (Ismail) because Prophet Ishmael (Ismail) is not in the story of the sacrifice.

6. Prophet Muhammad shows, a second time, that the story of the sacrifice of the son of Prophet Abraham (Ibrahim) is not the story of Prophet Abraham (Ibrahim) and Prophet Ishmael (Ismail).

7. Prophet Muhammad shows that the story of the building of the Kabah (Kaaba) is the story of Prophet Abraham (Ibrahim) and Prophet Ishmael (Ismail).

8. How could Prophet Muhammad describe the life of Prophet Ishmael (Ismail) and Prophet Ishmael’s (Ismail’s) marriages and mention Prophet Ishmael’s (Ismail’s) fame for arrows and building of the Kabah (Kaaba) and not mention the sacrifice of Prophet Ishmael (Ismail) (just as the Quran does not mention Prophet Ishmael’s (Ismail’s) name anywhere in Quran chapter 37 which describes the sacrifice) unless in fact Prophet Ishmael (Ismail) was not the son of Prophet Abraham (Ibrahim) that was to be sacrificed?

9. No conclusion based only on hadith (stories from humans) is protected from error.

10. A conclusion must also be supported by the Quran to be absolutely sure that you are not among the misguided.

11. Look in the Quran to confirm that the story of the sacrifice of the son of Prophet Abraham (Ibrahim) is the story of Prophet Abraham (Ibrahim) and Prophet Isaac (Isaq).

12. The Quran confirms that Prophet Isaac (Isaq) is the sacrificed son which is proof that no one has the power to change the word of God because God’s Quran and God’s Torah (Taurat) and God’s Gospel all say the same thing as a confirmation of each other.