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On Islamic accounts, at about the age of seventy, Abraham (a) was commanded by God to migrate from [[Babylon]].<ref>Ibn al-Athīr, ''Al-Kāmil fī l-tārīkh'', vol. 1, p. 100.</ref> Thus, together with his wife Sarah, his nephew [[Lot (a)]], and other followers of his, he went to [[Egypt]]. The Egyptian king became fond of Sarah, and out of fear, Abraham (a) introduced himself as Sarah's brother. According to ibn Athir's report, whenever the Egyptian king intended to approach Sarah, his hands were paralyzed. This happened three times until the king asked Sarah to pray that his hand go back to the original state. After Sarah's prayer, the king let her go and gave Hagar, a Coptic concubine of his, to Sarah as a gift.<ref>Ibn al-Athīr, ''Al-Kāmil fī l-tārīkh'', vol. 1, p. 101.</ref> According to [[Allama Tabataba'i]], the fact that Ibrahim introduced Sarah as his sister is not compatible with the position of [[prophethood]]. This is one of the contradictions of the current [[Torah]], which has also been included in [[Sunni]] historical and [[hadith]] sources. However, Allama Tabataba'i, referring to a hadith quoted from ''[[al-Kafi]], says that Ibrahim (a) introduced Sarah as his wife, and every time the king's hand became numb, it was Ibrahim's [[dua]] that healed the king's hand.