Ismail
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Abraham's first son, who was to be offered as a sacrifice; later, an ancestor to Muhammad
Key facts
- Preceded by
- Lut
- Succeeded by
- Ishaq
- Born
- Isma'il ibn Ibrahim , Canaan
- Died
- Makkah
- Children
- Ishmaelites
- Parents
- Ibrahim (father) Hajar (mother)
- Relatives
- Ishaq (half-brother), Lut (cousin)
- Religion
- Islam
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Wikidata facts
- Given name
- Ismail
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Palestine
- Place of death
- Mecca
- Father
- Ibrahim
- Mother
- Hagar
- Sibling
- Isaac in Islam
- Occupation
- preacher
- Position held
- prophet of Islam
- Image
- Prophet Ismail Name.svg
- Said to be same as
- Ishmael
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- place of burial
- Al-Masjid Al-Haram
- relative
- Muhammad
- name in native language
- إسماعيل
- Commons category
- Ishmael in Islam
- date of birth
- 1800-00-00
- date of death
- 1800-00-00
- described by source
- Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān
- present in work
- Sad
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Encyclopedic overview
Ishmael (Arabic: إسماعيل ʾIsmāʿīl) is regarded by Muslims as an Islamic prophet. Born to Abraham and Hagar, he is the namesake of the Ishmaelites, who were descended from him. In Islam, he is associated with Mecca and the construction of the Kaaba within today's Masjid al-Haram, which is the holiest Islamic site. Muslims also consider him to be a direct ancestor to Muhammad. His paternal half-brother was Isaac, the forefather of the Israelites.
Islam's conception of Ishmael is similar to that of Judaism and Christianity. Sources for this narrative include the Quran and tafsir (i.e., Quranic exegesis); Muhammad's ahadith; historiographic collections by al-Tabari and other Muslim scholars; and Israʼiliyyat, which collectively refers to information and religious literature sourced primarily from the Jews for details about early prophets and messengers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ismail” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.