Which came first: Allah's command to Abraham to build the Kaaba or His command to sacrifice his son Ishmael, and what is the evidence for that?
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It appears that the command to sacrifice came first, based on the Almighty's saying: "And when he reached with him [the age of] exertion," regarding which there is disagreement about the age of Ibrahim (peace be upon him) at that time. As for the command to build, it came after he had married twice.
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