{"collection":"Texts of Islam","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_isl_bukhari_bh4_bh4_586_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_isl_bukhari_bh4_bh4_586_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_isl_bukhari_bh4_bh4_586_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/bukhari/bh4/bh4_586.htm","summary":"This is a hadith (prophetic narration) from Sahih al-Bukhari, narrated by Ibn Abbas, belonging to the Islamic tradition of foundational sacred history. It recounts the origin story of Mecca, the Zamzam well, and the Ka'ba through the experiences of Hagar (Ishmael's mother), Abraham, and Ishmael. The narrative traces how Hagar's desperate search for water between the hills of Safa and Marwa \u2014 running seven times \u2014 became the ritual of sa'i still performed by Muslim pilgrims today, and how an angel's intervention produced the Zamzam spring, which attracted the tribe of Jurhum and established the first human settlement at Mecca. The text also follows Abraham's two later visits to test Ishmael's wife (using coded messages about \"the threshold\" to signal approval or rejection of her as a spouse) as a framework for conveying Islamic values around hospitality, patience, and discernment. It culminates in Abraham and Ishmael jointly constructing the Ka'ba on divine command, praying together for its acceptance. A distinctive feature is how the hadith explicitly anchors present-day Islamic ritual practice \u2014 the Hajj circuits between Safa and Marwa, the sanctity of Zamzam water \u2014 directly in this historical narrative, framing pilgrimage acts as living reenactments of Hagar's ordeal.","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"4:583: Ibn Abbas: The first lady to use a girdle was the mother of Ishmael. She used a ...","tradition":"Texts of Islam","translated_text":null,"word_count":1652}