Ibrahim resided at a distance of seven parasang from the populated towns. So when the people visited Ibrahim he entertained them at his residence. Ibrahim was already a well-known figure and the people knew that Nimrod had tried to burn him and failed. Ibrahim invited to Islam all those who passed from there. It was situated at the junction of roads leading to Yemen. Ibrahim continued his journey with Sarah and Hajar and halted at a village that fell on their way. The slave-girl named Hajar was later to be the mother of Isma‘il. The officer had a slave-girl whom he gifted to Sarah. Sarah prayed to Allah to restore the man’s hand if he spoke the truth. He said now he had changed his intention therefore Sarah should pray that his hand be restored to normalcy. Sarah told him it was due to his evil intention. The man pained by this exclaimed as to what calamity had befallen him. Sarah prayed for Allah’s refuge from him and his hand became lifeless. The agents carried the casket to the officer who tried to touch Sarah. (She was his cousin sister hence Ibrahim was not lying when he said so). “She is my sister”, replied Ibrahim wanting to say that she was his sister in faith. He saw Sarah in it and was dumbfounded by her beauty. However the toll officer insisted on opening the casket and did so forcibly. Ibrahim told him to assume the contents in any way he liked for the purpose of calculating tax. He ordered Ibrahim to open it in order that he may calculate the tax payable on its contents. The toll officer calculated the toll of all the goods and finally reached the casket. Sarah was hidden in a casket among the luggage of Ibrahim. Ibrahim passed a toll station of Nimrod where an official was posted to collect tax from those who passed that way. Nimrod wrote to the neighboring kingdoms that Ibrahim must not be given refuge anywhere. Sandoom supported the stand of Ibrahim and the officials had to set him free. Ibrahim said the judge should also order Nimrod’s officials to return the years of his life that he had spent in acquiring the property and he would surrender all that he had earned. Ibrahim said if the judge did not deliver a just judgment he would drop dead. Sandoom supported the argument and told Ibrahim to surrender whatever he was carrying. The officials told him that since Ibrahim has opposed the king in the matter of religion he should not be allowed to take away from there any property that he has accumulated in that particular place. Ibrahim and the officials went to Sandoom. Ibrahim said the king’s judge shall decide the matter. When Ibrahim set out from the town, agents of Nimrod tried to confiscate his sheep saying he should surrender all that he had earned in their king’s territory because he had opposed the king by declaring a new religion. Ibrahim departed from the city of Nimrod and took Sarah with him hidden in a casket as she was extremely shy and modest. Ibrahim owned some sheep and that was all he possessed from the economic point of view. Ibrahim had already married his cousin Sarah and Lut had also accepted the faith of Ibrahim. He told Ibrahim to evict his city as it was now no more possible for him to reside in the territories of Nimrod. Shaykh ‘Ali ibn Ibrahim says that when Nimrod threw Ibrahim in the fire, the Almighty caused the fire to become cool by His absolute power.
We have already mentioned in forgone discussion that Lut was one of those Prophets who was born circumcised. According to the second view Sarah was Lut’s sister and this is a stronger view. However, some believe he was the cousin of Ibrahim i.e. Commentators of the Holy Qur’an generally believe that Lut was the nephew of Ibrahim.
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