Al-Hajj Al-Mabroor

The devil never gives up a trifle he may steal through. Even more,
he tries by any means to force man to sin. Therefore, the devil left
no possible way with Ibrâhîm, Ismâ‘îl and Hâjar without pursuing
it, perchance he might ruin one of the highest and most rewarding
obedience shown to Allah, that of Summit Faith.
The moment Ibrâhîm and his son Ismâ‘îl (peace be upon them) left
the house, the devil embarked on his mission murmuring to
himself: It is a trial, a severe affliction and if I failed to seduce
those people in such an adversity never will I be able to.
He came to Hâjar and said to her, ‘Know you whereto Ibrâhîm has
went with your son?’ She replied, ‘To perform some errands.’ The
devil said to her, ‘He took him not for some errands but took him
to slaughter him.’ Hâjar asked, ‘Why slaughters him?’ The devil
replied, ‘He claimed that his Lord commanded him to do so.’ Upon
that she said, ‘Away from my face. As along as Allah has
commanded, He must be obeyed.’
The devil withdrew away from her disgraced and hurried to
overtake Ibrâhîm and his son. He started with Ibrâhîm struggling
to deter him from fulfilling the Command of Allah. He said to him,
‘Who told you that this dream is from Allah? Perhaps it was
jumbled false dreams (chimeras), for what Allah would gain from
slaughtering your son? Disobey the order; otherwise you would
live to regret it. If you slaughtered him, the face of your son while
dying would be enshrined in your memory. His face would forever
remain before your eyes torturing you for the rest of your life. You
are an eighty-four years old man and would never be blessed with
a son after him.’ And he kept tempting Ibrâhîm, but Ibrâhîm never
listened to him.
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