The Quran narrates, primarily in Surah As-Saffat, that Ibrahim received a vision commanding him to sacrifice his son, and that Ibrahim, after discussing the vision with the boy, who consented, prepared to carry out the sacrifice, only for God to intervene at the last moment and provide a ram to be sacrificed in the son's place, honoring Ibrahim's willingness to obey without requiring the son's death. The Quran does not explicitly name which son was involved, but the overwhelming majority of Islamic scholarly tradition identifies him as Ismail, Ibrahim's firstborn son through Hajar, rather than Ishaq, his son through Sarah.
The episode is understood within Islamic tradition as a supreme test of faith and submission, both Ibrahim's willingness to obey a command he did not question despite its severity, and, in most tellings, the son's own calm acceptance of what was asked of him, together presented as a model of complete trust in God's wisdom and mercy.
The narrative connects directly to the rites of the Hajj pilgrimage, since the ritual sacrifice performed during Eid al-Adha, and the symbolic stoning of pillars at Mina representing Ibrahim's rejection of attempts to dissuade him from obedience, are both understood in Islamic tradition as commemorating and reenacting elements of this episode and the surrounding narrative of Ibrahim's family at Mecca.