What did Ibn Kathir say about Prophet Ibrāhīm?

"After some time, Ibrahim returned and found Ismail trimming arrows near Zamzam. They greeted each other warmly like a father and son. Ibrahim then told Ismail that Allah had commanded him to build a house at a specific location. Ismail agreed to help, and together they raised the foundations of the house. Ismail brought the stones, and Ibrahim built the structure."

"how should we send Salah upon you? He said, Say, O Allah, send Salah upon Muhammad and upon the family of Muhammad, as you sent Salah upon Ibrahim and the family of Ibrahim. And bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, as you blessed Ibrahim and the family of Ibrahim. Verily, you are praiseworthy, glorious. Allah, exalted, is He, said about Ibrahim, and Ibrahim who fulfilled."

"supplication, and fulfilled his request. Allah sent his honorable messengers alongside his great angels who first passed by Khalil Ibrahim, Abraham, and gave him glad tidings of a wise son. They informed him of the monumental matter they had come to deliver and the magnitude of the impending event. Abraham said, So what is your business, O messengers? They replied, Indeed, we have been sent to a guilty people. When our messengers came to Ibrahim with good news, they said, We are going to destroy the people of this town. Indeed, its people have been wrongdoers. He said, Indeed, Lot is in it. They said, We are more aware of who is in it. We will surely save him"

"it in its current state. Now, regarding Allah's and his noble messengers praise of his servant and friend Abraham, Allah said, and when Ibrahim was tried by his Lord with words and he fulfilled them, he said, indeed I will make you a leader for the people. Ibrahim asked, and of my descendants? Allah replied, my covenant does not include the wrongdoers. As Allah says in Surah Al-Baqarah, when Abraham fulfilled the great commands his Lord tasked him with, he made him a leader for the people to follow and heed his guidance. Abraham asked Allah that this leadership be continuous through his lineage, enduring among his"

"as they could distract worshippers. These horns remained in the house until a fire affected them. The evidence suggests that the sacrifice was Ismail, as he lived in Mecca while there is no record of Ishaq visiting during his childhood. The Quran seems to indicate Ismail, as it mentions the sacrifice story followed by the good news of Isaac. Some claim it was Ishaq, based on Israeli traditions which have distortions. They assert that Allah commanded Ibrahim to sacrifice his only son, but Ismail was the firstborn, not Ishaq. This claim is seen as driven by envy, as Ismail is the ancestor of the Arabs, including the Prophet Muhammad"

"seeing him, Ishmael stood up and embraced him, just as a son would embrace his father and a father his son. Ibrahim then said, O Ishmael, Allah has commanded me to do something. Ishmael replied, Then do what your Lord has commanded you. Ibrahim asked, Will you help me? Ishmael responded, I will help you. Ibrahim said, Allah has commanded me to build a house here, pointing to a small hillock in the area. Together they raised the foundations of the house. Ishmael brought the stones while Ibrahim built. When the building grew high, Ishmael brought a stone for Ibrahim to stand on while building, and Ishmael handed him"

"But among their descendants is the doer of good and the clearly unjust to himself. Allah recounts about his close friend Ibrahim that when he left his people's land, he prayed for a righteous child. Allah granted him the good news of a forebearing boy, Ismail, peace be upon him, born when Ibrahim was 86 years old. This is agreed upon among followers of religions, as Ismail was his firstborn. When the boy reached an age where he could assist his father, Ibrahim saw in a dream that he was commanded to sacrifice his son."

"some aspects of this account differ from the apparent meaning of the Quran regarding their story and fate and Allah knows best the truth. The story of Abraham known as the friend of Allah begins with his lineage. Abraham was the son of Terah tracing his ancestry back to Noah peace be upon him. This account aligns with the people of the book in their scriptures. The historian Ibn Asaker in his biography of Abraham mentions that Abraham's mother was named Umaylah. Another source Al-Kalbi refers to her as Buna daughter of Karbata. Ibn Asaker also notes that Abraham was called father of the guests."

"Some claim that the one offered for sacrifice was Ishaq, but this notion comes from the narrators of the children of Israel, who altered their scriptures. Ibrahim was commanded to sacrifice his firstborn son, and in another narration, his only son. It is clearly Ismail, based on explicit evidence, as their scripture states, that Ismail was born when Ibrahim was 86 years old, while Ishaq came after Ibrahim reached 100."

"The messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, arrived in Medina in the month of Rabi al-Awwal, and the people began to record the first year of the Islamic calendar. Muhammad ibn Ishaq narrated that the descendants of Ismail began their calendar from the fire of Ibrahim, then from the construction of the Kaaba by Ibrahim and Ismail, then from the death of Ka'b ibn Lu'ayy, and then from the year of the elephant."