Reports on what Allah gave Ibrahim (peace be upon him) and favoured him with

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stood among us and said: "The first of all creation to be clothed will be Ibrahim (peace be upon him)."

Sa'id bin Jubayr, explaining the meaning of the saying of Allah "And Ibrahim, who fulfilled" [Al-Najm: 37], said: He conveyed what he had been commanded.

Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Al-awwah" means one who supplicates much, referring to the verse "Indeed, Ibrahim was al-awwah" [Al-Tawbah: 114].

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: A man came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O best of creation!" He said: "That is Ibrahim."

Sa'id bin Jubayr said: People will be raised naked and barefoot, and the first to be clothed will be Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him).

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: When Ibrahim (peace be upon him) finished building the House of Allah, he was told: "Proclaim the Hajj among the people." He said: "O my Lord, how will my voice reach them?" Allah said: "You make the proclamation, and conveying it is My responsibility." So Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him) said: "O people, the Hajj to the House of Allah has been made obligatory upon you." Everything between the heaven and the earth heard this call. Do you not see that people come to it from the farthest parts of the earth, calling out the Labbayk?

Abu Salih said: Ibrahim (peace be upon him) went out in search of provisions but could not obtain any food. He passed over a stretch of red sandy ground and took some of its sand, then returned to his family. They said: "What is this?" He said: "It is red wheat." They opened it and found red wheat in it. Whenever they sowed any of it, its ear came out from base to tip full of grains packed in layers.

Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When Ibrahim (peace be upon him) was shown the dominion of the heavens and the earth, he saw a servant committing an indecent act, so he invoked a curse on him and he perished. Then he saw another and invoked a curse on him, and he too perished. So Allah said: "Bring My servant down, lest he destroy My servants."

Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Two hungry lions were let loose upon Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him), but they began to lick him and prostrate to him.

Abdullah bin Mulayl reports from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) concerning the saying of Allah "O fire, be coolness and safety upon Ibrahim" [Al-Anbiya: 69] that he said: If Allah had not said "and safety", it would have become so cold that it would have taken his life.

Sa'id bin Jubayr said: When Ibrahim (peace be upon him) was shown in a dream the slaughter of Sayyiduna Ishaq (peace be upon him), he took him a distance of a month's journey in a single morning until they reached the place of sacrifice at Mina. When Allah averted the slaughter from him, he slaughtered a ram. Then he returned from the distance of a month's journey in a single evening; the valleys and mountains were folded up for him.

Ka'b said: The fire burned nothing of Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him) except his rope.

Ubayd bin Umayr said: Musa said: "O my Lord, You have mentioned Ibrahim, Ishaq and Ya'qub; how did You grant them this excellence?" Allah said: "Whatever was used to try to turn Ibrahim away from Me, he chose Me. Ishaq sacrificed himself for Me, so he is all the more ready to sacrifice other things. And in whatever way I tested Ya'qub, his good opinion of Me only increased."

Mujahid, concerning "And proclaim the Hajj among the people" [Al-Hajj: 27], said: When Ibrahim (peace be upon him) was commanded to proclaim the Hajj, he stood and said: "O people, respond to the command of your Lord." They answered: 'Labbayk Allahumma labbayk' (Here I am, O Allah, here I am).

Mujahid, through another chain, said in explaining "And when his Lord tested Ibrahim with words, and he fulfilled them" [Al-Baqarah: 124]: That is, when he was tested with the verses that come after this verse.

Al-Sha'bi said concerning "And when his Lord tested Ibrahim with words": Among these words is circumcision.

Ikrimah reports from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) concerning "And when his Lord tested Ibrahim with words" [Al-Baqarah: 124] that he said: There is no one who was tested in this religion and came through that test fully, except Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him).

Al-Sha'bi reports that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The very first words Ibrahim (peace be upon him) said after falling into the fire were: "Allah is sufficient for us, and He is the best Disposer of affairs" [Al Imran: 173].

It is narrated from Sa'id that Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him) was the first to host a guest, the first to be circumcised, the first to trim his nails, the first to clip his moustache and to remove his pubic hair.

Yahya bin Sa'id also reports from Sa'id that Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him) was the first to see white hair. He said: "O my Lord, what is this?" Allah said: "This is dignity." He said: "O my Lord, increase me in dignity."

Sa'd bin Ibrahim said that Ibrahim (his father) said: The first to deliver a sermon on a pulpit was Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him).