She told Abraham to have a child with her servant Hagar. Hagar and Abraham had a son called Ishmael. This was not what God had promised and later Sarah and Abraham had their own son called Isaac.

The origin of the festival of Bakrid has been described in Islamic traditions. Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) was instructed by God to bring his Egyptian wife Hajar and his son Ishmael to the deserts of ...

But wait. When Sarah’s slave Hagar also gives birth to Abraham’s son, it is an illegitimate birth. Hagar names that illegitimate son Ishmael, and God makes a promise to Ishmael that he ...