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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is the Sacrificed One Isma'il or Ishaq (peace be upon them both)?

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Question:
This questioner says, may Allah reward you, who is the Sacrificed One? Is it Isma'il or Ishaq (peace be upon them both)?

Answer:
They differed on this, so the Jews claim that the Sacrificed One is Ishaq. And some scholars from this Ummah (Muslim community) follow them and prefer that the Sacrificed One is Ishaq, but the correct view is that the Sacrificed One is Isma'il, because he is the elder, he is the elder. And when Allah mentioned the story of the sacrifice in Surat Sad and finished it, He said, "And We gave him
of Isaac, a prophet from among the righteous.بِإِسْحَاقَ نَبِيًّا مِّنَ الصَّالِحِينَ
[As-Saffat 37:112]
" which indicates that the Sacrificed One is Isma'il and that Ishaq came after him.
Isma'il's mother was Hajar, his mother was Hajar, a slave woman owned by Ibrahim (peace be upon him). As for Ishaq, his mother was Sarah, the daughter of Ibrahim's (peace be upon him) uncle. Sarah, the daughter of Ibrahim's (peace be upon him) uncle, is the mother of Ishaq. And the one upon whom the story and the sacrifice were carried out is Isma'il.
And Isma'il, his father took him to Makkah by the command of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), and he placed him and his mother at the location of the House, and he left, and the story is known. The place of the sacrifice is in Makkah, not in Sham, in Makkah in Mina, and near the Jamarat (pillars of stoning), this is the place of the story of the sacrifice. So the correct view is that the Sacrificed One is Isma'il (peace be upon him). Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [475] هل الذبيح هو إسماعيل أم إسحاق عليهما السلام؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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