Abraham, known as Ibrahim in Arabic, is very important in Islam, both in his own right as a prophet as well as being the father of Ishmael and Isaac. Ishmael, his firstborn son, is considered the Father of the Arabised Arabs, and Isaac is considered the Father of the Hebrews. Islam teaches that Ishmael was the son Abraham nearly sacrificed on Moriah. To support this view Muslims use various proofs, including the belief that at the time Ishmael was his only son. Abraham is revered by Muslims as one of the Prophets in Islam, and is commonly termed Khalil Ullah, “Friend of God”. Abraham is considered a Hanif, that is, a discoverer of monotheism.
Abraham is mentioned in many passages in 25 Qur’anic suras (chapters). The number of repetitions of his name in the Qur’an is second only to Moses.[14]
Abraham’s footprint is displayed outside the Kaaba, which is on a stone, protected and guarded by Mutawa (Religious Police). The annual Hajj, the fifth pillar of Islam, follows Abraham, Hagar, and Ishmael‘s journey to the sacred place of the Kaaba. Islamic tradition narrates that Abraham’s subsequent visits to the Northern Arabian region, after leaving Ishmael and Hagar (in the area that would later become the Islamic holy city of Mecca), were not only to visit Ishmael but also to construct the first house of worship for God (that is, the monotheistic concept and model of God), the Kaaba -as per God’s command.[15] The Eid ul-Adha ceremony is focused on Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his promised son on God’s command. In turn, God spared his son’s life and instead substituted a sheep. This was Abraham’s test of faith. On Eid ul-Adha, Muslims sacrifice a domestic animal — a sheep, goat, cow, buffalo or camel — as a symbol of Abraham’s sacrifice, and divide the meat among the family members, friends, relatives, and most importantly, the poor. (source)
eid mubarak bro! oh ya, received the Qiadah magazine 2 weeks back, nice work!
Abraham or ibrahim is a jews… by right we suppose to get rid or kill every jews in the world. why should we remembered this jews is a great nabi’s ?
Bro Sheih!
Happy Eid-Adha.
Bro, Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Adha.
This is a very interesting traditions and beliefs. There is no doubt that Ishmael was the first born but I am not sure that he was the promised son and again according to tradition, it was Ishmael who was offered to be sacrificed. I would be very grateful if you could quote a scripture mentioning specifically that it was Ishmael who was to be sacrificed . The ” teachings , traditions, and various proofs to support …” will not stand on their own with scriptural support and this scriptural support is the affirmation of the religion, without it, everything collapses like a house made of cards. Cheers and thank you.
Ah Abraham…The father of two sons…the father of two religions…Christianity and Islam.
Such tradition..still existing….how noble and faithful followers…Muslims are.
The only sad part..the two brothers are loggerheads….with proofs..Isaac’s mother is the mastermind….and up to today….still fighting for NOTHING…between the Jews and Palestinians….where both should be one and the same actually.
confused (15:41:41) : wrote
“Abraham or ibrahim is a jews… by right we suppose to get rid or kill every jews in the world. why should we remembered this jews is a great nabi’s ?”
The Idiot know nothing about Islam History.
Abraham is the father of 3 religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The fact is that they have been killing each other in the name of their so called god. Tragic, that is the record in world history and humanity keeps on repeating history.
How can this holy day be celebrated without domestic sacrifice of this cruel nature? I see the poor cows being pulled by people and ultimately pierced at the neck! What is the feelings of the 2 cows knowing that death is just seconds away. If we will to reflect on this act of sacrifice?
A bit more here :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham
Then you can say…Abraham’s sons…created the 2 religions..Judaism and Islam….as Christianity is a branch of Judaism…and that ..went hay wild…UNTIL..the Prophet…came out with the Last Testament.
And if we are totally sincerely…it is actually one religion…but the Prophet is the defender of the pureness God’s Commandments……and add his rules and regulations…to control the weak and wild minds of Arabs…some…1500 years ago.
emmm… ???? what happening… berkorban apa saja… tgh2 keadaan di bukit antarabangsa… bertafakur lah kita semua…
received a copy Qiadah a couple of weeks ago… thank you n well done!
Thanks Is. Still looking for the answer.
The articel is well said. Remembering Abraham teach us about the solid faith Prophet Abraham had, when he was asked to sacrifice his only son (during that time) in the favour of God.
confused (15:41:41) :
Abraham or ibrahim is a jews… by right we suppose to get rid or kill every jews in the world. why should we remembered this jews is a great nabi’s ?
Dear Confused,
all the prophet before Muhammad is a Jews. Muhammad is the only prophet, that’s non – Jews. The Jews refused to acknowledged that Muhammad is the Messenger of the God, thus refused the teaching of the Gods. The Jews believe that they’re The Chosen One, thus the prophet/messenger must be exclusively belong to them.
The The true and original Torah, Bible, are similar to Quran, and since the Quran is the latest of the all book, thus rescinded the earlier book.
The Muslim can be married to the believer of Bible(original), during the prophet(Muhammad) day.
The act of refusal to acknowledged Muhammad as the last messenger had invited the wrath of the God. Should they acknowledged the above, Muslim shall have no problem with them.
p/s: to the best of my knowledge
Ibrahim bukan seorang yahudi dan bukan pula seorang nasrani. Dia adalah seorang muslim. Jew adalah keturunan Yaakub, cucu Ibrahim.Sebelum itu istilah jew belum ada. ada jew yang beriman dan ada jew yang kafir.malah bila islam datang ada jew yang masuk islam. jew yang dikutuk ialah jew yang tidak beriman..
“…wrath of God ” to who?
Today a single Jew against 100 Arabs/Muslims – no problems.
They “acknowledge” or not why should anybody be concern?
God is not so useless and dumb that he requires stupid human to fight for him. Whenever humanity used the “…name of God..” human suffered and you called this the will of God. This is human stupidity.
lambat skit la… anyway Selamat Hari Raya Haji bro… to u & fmly… & to all muslim readers..
wow…
what a serious interesting conversation up here…
salam aidiladha to all!
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probably right that jews is the choosen one.
– all the prophets (except Muhammad) were to lead the jews.
– god gives jews brain. all the world political, social, finacial systems came from them.
– throughout history, many civilization tried to eliminates jews, still failed.
– jews does not given any natural resources, nor a country, but they still control the world.
– etc.
Ismael, the father of arabs, is the choosen one to be killed, but somehow he survived, and we have all the trouble today?
So the Afikans..Chinese…Aussies are devils?
i know jew is the race and i believe that there’s a good jew and a bad jew..just like the other races…isn’t it?
Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Adha. Sabda Nabi SAW yang bermaksud, “Sebaik-baik agama itu adalah agama Ibrahim AS, sebaik-baik sunnah itu adalah Sunnah Muhammad SAW..” Jadikan peristiwa Nabi Ibrahim itu satu tauladan buat kita semua. http://layarangkasa.wordpress.com
All the prophets were sent to the children of Jacob or Israel and this chosen people killed most of the prophets but the made martyrs of them. They even killed their their own messiah!, hijacked by the Christians to be their Saviour. Prophet Mohammad was the only non-Israelite and there was never any reason for the Israelites to believe that he was one of the prophet. What? A prophet from the slave to lord over the “chosen people”? Illogical!
Something must be very wrong for Mohammad or his followers to claim that he was the Prophet of all prophets. The teachings, beliefs, traditions etc must have scripture support to stand on its own or it will just collapse.
Hmm………….Don’t wanna get into the broil of this discussion. Just wanna share my belief and my faith.
As far as my faith concerned, Abraham has made a big mistake of not waiting for the promise of a son, Isaac by God. At that time, Abraham was afraid that if he doesn’t have any son. Well, all his inheritances would go to his servant. Sarah and Abraham are well advanced in age. Can’t imagine a woman of over 70 years old to give birth (Although Sarah was known to be very pretty that a King asked for his hand. Long story)
Sarah then asked Abraham to get offspring from Hagar. The rest is history. Enter Ishmael. However, when Sarah finally got pregnant with Isaac. Hagar and Ishmael was sent away at Sarah’s insistence. God made promised with Hagar and Ishmael but God made an everlasting covenant with Abraham and Isaac (Chosen race) . The brith of Jewish race.
Jew chosen because God’s grace. Not because they are special. If you guys got time to read through the bible. Being chosen race, not easy. When Moses gave Law to Jews. Every sins committed always met with calamity. And the special thing is God always want to be the ultimate ruler. Before Saul, Jews only have Judges. God is the ultimate ruler. Hmm……….Long long history. In the old testament, Jews appoint priests to pray for sin atonement. Every year, the high priestwould go into the Holy of Holies for atonement. Ropes are tied around the priest. If God not happy, that fellow go kaput. Lagi teruk than Hudud……..Anyway, such system are gone with the coming of Christ who paid our sins once and for all at the Cross. Died, Buried and Rose again…………
Well people,
Those statement meant for sharing. Hope you guys understand. OK!
FATHER OF ALL MUSLIMS IS ABRAHAM A JEW
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