<P> Among early Muslim scholars, however, there was a dispute over the identity of the son . The argument of those early scholars who believed it was Isaac rather than Ishmael (notably ibn Qutaybah and al - Tabari) was that "God's perfecting his mercy on Abraham and Isaac" referred to his making Abraham his friend, and to his rescuing Isaac . On the contrary, the other parties held that the promise to Sarah was of a son, Isaac, and a grandson, Jacob (Sura 11: 71--74) excluded the possibility of a premature death of Isaac . And it has become the mainstream Muslim view that it was the first - born son Ismail, not Isaac, who was asked to be sacrificed in the vision, and that the second son Isaac was born later as one of the rewards for Abraham's fulfillment of his vision . </P> <P> The submission of Abraham and his son is celebrated and commemorated by Muslims on the days of Eid al - Adha . During the festival, those who can afford and the ones in the pilgrimage sacrifice a ram, cow, sheep or a camel . Part of the sacrifice meat is eaten by the household and remaining is distributed to the neighbors and the needy . The festival marks the end of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca . </P> <P> In Islam, the site of al - Marwah near the Kaaba is identified with the Moriah mentioned in the Book of Genesis . </P> <P> Modern scholars operating under the framework of the documentary hypothesis commonly ascribe the Binding's narrative to the biblical source E, on the grounds that it generally uses the specific term Elohim (אלוהים) and parallels characteristic E compositions . On that view, the second angelic appearance to Abraham (v. 14--18), praising his obedience and blessing his offspring, is in fact a later Jahwist interpolation to E's original account (v. 1--13, 19). This is supported by the style and composition of these verses, as well as by the use of the name Yahweh for the deity . </P>

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