Who was Ismail? · Islam Museum

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Isma'il ibn Ibrahim, the one who was ransomed, was left as an infant in Mecca by his father. God caused the well of Zamzam to gush forth, he helped his father build the Kaaba, and from his line came the Arabized Arabs and Muhammad. ¹

People and things also explored

al-Amin, the Trustworthy (the Prophet's title before his mission)· The periods and stages of the Prophet's call· The modes (ranks) of revelation· The substance of the call in the opening of al-Muddaththir· The three years of the secret call· The Raising of the Kaaba’s Foundations· The death of the Prophet· The delegation of Banu Hanifa

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islam.museum contributors. “Who was Ismail?”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/questions/who-was-ismail/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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al-Amin, the Trustworthy (the Prophet's title before his mission)

The title by which Quraysh called Muhammad before prophethood for the trustworthiness and good qualities they saw in him; they cried it out when he entered as arbiter over the Black Stone during the rebuilding of the Kaaba.