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The first wife of Abraham (a) was [[Sarah]]. According to the [[Torah]], Abraham married her in Ur of Chaldea. The Torah implies that she was Abraham's step-sister. However, according to Shiite hadiths, Sarah was a cousin of Abraham (a) and the sister of [[Lot (a)]]. On one of these hadiths, Abraham (a) married her in Kutha, and she had a great deal of fortune which was possessed and increased by Abraham (a) after their marriage, such that no one in that region had as much wealth as he did. | The first wife of Abraham (a) was [[Sarah]]. According to the [[Torah]], Abraham married her in Ur of Chaldea.<ref>Genesis 11:29</ref> The Torah implies that she was Abraham's step-sister.<ref>Genesis 12:20</ref> However, according to Shiite hadiths, Sarah was a cousin of Abraham (a) and the sister of [[Lot (a)]].<ref>Ṭabāṭabā'i. ''al-Mīzān''. vol. 7. p. 229. Ayāshī. ''Tafsīr al-ʿAyyāshī ''. vol, 2. p. 254.</ref> On one of these hadiths, Abraham (a) married her in Kutha, and she had a great deal of fortune which was possessed and increased by Abraham (a) after their marriage, such that no one in that region had as much wealth as he did.<ref>Ṭabāṭabā'i. ''al-Mīzān''. vol. 7. p. 229.</ref> | ||
Abraham (a) could not have a child from Sarah. Thus, she donated her concubine, [[Hagar]], to Abraham (a), from who he had a son called [[Ishmael (a)]]. After a few years, Abraham (a) had a child from Sarah as well, who was called [[Isaac (a)]]. Isaac (a) was allegedly born five or thirteen years after Ishmael (a). On some accounts, when Isaac (a) was born, Abraham (a) was over 100 years, and Sarah was 90 years. And on another account, Isaac (a) was born 30 years after Ishmael (a) when Abraham (a) was 120. | Abraham (a) could not have a child from Sarah. Thus, she donated her concubine, [[Hagar]], to Abraham (a), from who he had a son called [[Ishmael (a)]].<ref>Ibn Athīr. ''al-Kāmil''. vol. 1. p. 101.</ref> After a few years, Abraham (a) had a child from Sarah as well, who was called [[Isaac (a)]]. Isaac (a) was allegedly born five or thirteen years after Ishmael (a).<ref>Mas'ūdī. ''Ithbāt al-waṣiya''. p. 41-42.</ref> On some accounts, when Isaac (a) was born, Abraham (a) was over 100 years, and Sarah was 90 years.<ref>Mas'ūdī. ''Ithbāt al-waṣiya''. p. 46.</ref> And on another account, Isaac (a) was born 30 years after Ishmael (a) when Abraham (a) was 120.<ref>Ibn Sa'd. ''Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā''. vol, 1. p. 41.</ref> | ||
Allegedly, after the death of Sarah, Abraham (a) married two other women, from one of whom he had four sons and from the other he had seven sons, and thus the number of his children amounted to thirteen sons. | Allegedly, after the death of Sarah, Abraham (a) married two other women, from one of whom he had four sons and from the other he had seven sons, and thus the number of his children amounted to thirteen sons.<ref>Ibn Sa'd. ''Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā''. vol, 1. p. 41.</ref> | ||
==Abraham in the Qur'an== | ==Abraham in the Qur'an== | ||