The Truth About Abraham’s Sacrifice: What Early Scholars Really Said | Shaykh Dr. Yasir Qadhi

For centuries, Muslims have heard the story of Prophet Ibrahim’s (Abraham’s) great test — being commanded to sacrifice his son. Most today believe it was Prophet Ismail (peace be upon him). But did you know that in early Islamic history, the majority of scholars and companions actually believed it was Prophet Ishaq (Isaac) instead?

In this lecture, Shaykh Dr. Yasir Qadhi takes you through a fascinating historical investigation — based on a one-week Qur’anic sciences module — into the early Islamic views on this debate. You’ll discover:

What early companions, successors, and scholars actually believed

Why Ishaq was once the dominant opinion

How and why the consensus shifted toward Ismail over centuries

The linguistic, historical, and geographic arguments used for both sides

Why neither the Qur’an nor authentic hadith explicitly names the son

What this tells us about how majority opinions form and evolve in Islamic scholarship

Rather than aiming to “settle” the question, this lecture reveals the process by which scholarly consensus can change over time — and why critical thinking is essential in the study of religion.


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