fof met prove met mohammed ascended to heaven. prophet mohammed ascended to heaven.prophet mohammed ascende heaven. this is holy in all three religions because they believe this is where god demanded abraham bring his son isaac for sacrifice. today, this place is marked by the familiar gold dome of the rock that dominates the old city of jerusalem. and it sits on one of the most contested sites in the world. even the name of this site is complicated. jews call it the temple mount. while muslims call it haram al sherif or noble sanctuary. on one side is the western wall, the holiest site the jews come to pray at. and near the christian church of the holy settlement. in just one square mile, the most revered places of each of the three religions. and this is also the place where the bible tells us that god had finally demanded too much. abraham had waited into very old
as the story goes, abraham literally lifts the knife before god says, abraham, abraham, you don t have to do this. so the son was spared, and a lamb appeared to take his place. one of the abiding lessons we re meant to learn from genesis is obedience to god. that if you are obedient, then in the end, you are rewarded. muslims believe ishmael, not isaac, was the son abraham was called upon to sacrifice, but the essence of the story is the same across the three religions. is it heartbreaking to think this patriarch, this person who we believe is the father of our religions, was this close to committing murder, killing his son? i don t know if it s heart breaking or not, but i know that
muslims read it, the same story, in their holiest week of the year. to this day, the story is commemorated by muslims all over the world on a holiday called aid ah atta. the hassan family are american muslims living in new jersey. one son, youssef, is about the same age abraham s son would have been, and he s trying to imagine how he would have felt. he was probably extremely scared at what was going to happen and he was very worried for his dad because he knew his dad was going through a long like trouble just getting over the fact he had to kill his son. i m sure he understood it coming from a higher power. for jews and christians, the story of what happened next is the same. abraham s faith was absolute. he didn t argue with god. he tied up his son and laid him on the rock and then he drew his knife.
abraham, for surrogacy. suns she had given birth to a boy ismail, sarah told them she wanted both of them out for good. you see hagar s extreme distre distress, and then god appears to her and said fear not, from this child, i will also make a people, and this is the arab people. arabs today trace their lineage right back to abraham through ismy el. each year, millions of christians make their pilgrimage to the place where they believe abraham made his home. here, muslims also believe abraham came to visit ismael and they built the first house of worship. the bible doesn t mention mecca. instead, it tells us abraham finally found a permanent home in kanaan.
to this day, the story is commemorated by muslims all over the world on a holiday called aid ah atta. the hassan family are american muslims living in new jersey. one son, youssef, is about the same age abraham s son would have been, and he s trying to imagine how he would have felt. he was probably extremely scared at what was going to happen and he was very worried for his dad because he knew his dad was going through a long trouble just getting over the fact he had to kill his son. i m sure he snoods it coming from a higher power. for jews and christians, the story of what happened next was the same. abraham s faith was absolute. he didn t argue with god. he tied up his son and laid him on the rock and then he drew his knife. as the story goes, abraham literally lifts the knife before god says to him, abraham,