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Hagar, an honorable lady-in-waiting in Pharaoh's court, became a very
close companion to Sarah. Such was the love of Sarah for her husband
and Hagar, that one day she suggested to Abraham that he might like to
take Hagar to be her co-wife and that perhaps through their union a son
would be born to the family. Prophet Abraham and Lady Hagar accepted
Lady Sarah's suggestion and so they were married.

Allah blessed the marriage and a son was born to them whom they named
Ishmael. Sarah was delighted and the baby was a great source of
happiness to the family. Several years later, Sarah was rewarded for her
patience, and although she was very elderly, by the will of Allah, she bore a
son whom they named Isaac.

Before Ishmael completed his weaning, which means to say he was under
the age of three, Prophet Abraham saw a vision in which he was instructed
to take Lady Hagar and their infant son to a faraway place called Becca, in
the peninsular of Arabia, known today as Mecca, and leave them there.

Mecca lies in a valley surround by mountains and hills with three passes.