Chapter on Virtues of Hajj
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 3|Chapter 2
وَ سُئِلَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: أَيْنَ أَرَادَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَنْ يَذْبَحَ اِبْنَهُ فَقَالَ «عَلَى اَلْجَمْرَةِ اَلْوُسْطَى وَ لَمَّا أَرَادَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَنْ يَذْبَحَ اِبْنَهُ صَلَوَاتُُ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ قَلَّبَ جَبْرَئِيلُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ اَلْمُدْيَةَ وَ اِجْتَرَّ اَلْكَبْشَ مِنْ قِبَلِ ثَبِيرٍ وَ اِجْتَرَّ اَلْغُلاَمَ مِنْ تَحْتِهِ وَ وَضَعَ اَلْكَبْشَ مَكَانَ اَلْغُلاَمِ وَ نُودِيَ مِنْ مَيْسَرَةِ مَسْجِدِ اَلْخَيْفِ «أَنْ يٰا إِبْرٰاهِيمُ `قَدْ صَدَّقْتَ اَلرُّؤْيٰا إِنّٰا كَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِي اَلْمُحْسِنِينَ `إِنَّ هٰذٰا لَهُوَ اَلْبَلاٰءُ اَلْمُبِينُ `وَ فَدَيْنٰاهُ بِذِبْحٍ عَظِيمٍ» يَعْنِي بِكَبْشٍ أَمْلَحَ يَمْشِي فِي سَوَادٍ وَ يَأْكُلُ فِي سَوَادٍ وَ يَنْظُرُ فِي سَوَادٍ وَ يَبْعَرُ فِي سَوَادٍ وَ يَبُولُ فِي سَوَادٍ أَقْرَنَ فَحْلٍ وَ كَانَ يَرْتَعُ فِي رِيَاضِ اَلْجَنَّةِ أَرْبَعِينَ عَاماً ».
Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام was asked: "Where did Ibrahim عليه السلام intend to sacrifice his son?" Imam عليه السلام said: "At the middle Jamrah. When Prophet Ibrahim عليه السلام intended to sacrifice his son, Archangel Jibril عليه السلام turned the knife over, pulled the ram from Mount Thabir, pulled the boy out from underneath, and placed the ram in the boy's place. Then a call came from the left side of the Mosque of Khayf: 'O Ibrahim, you have fulfilled the vision. Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good. This was indeed a manifest trial. And We ransomed him with a great sacrifice.' It was a ram, piebald, walking in black, grazing in black, looking in black, defecating in black, urinating in black, horned, and strong. It had grazed in the meadows of Paradise for forty years."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh