Abdullah bin Abbas reported,

Women first took to wearing the waist-belt because of Ismail's mother. She wore a belt in order to hide her tracks from Sarah.Then Ibrahim brought her along with her son Ismail, whom she was still nursing, and set the two of them down beside the House, near a large tree above Zamzam, in the upper part of the masjid. There was no one in Makkah in those days, and there was no water there. He left them in that place, and set down beside them a leather bag of dates and a waterskin containing water. Then Ibrahim turned and set off.Ismail's mother followed after him and said, "Ibrahim, where are you going, leaving us in this valley where there is no human being and nothing at all?"She said this to him several times, but he did not turn to look at her. Then she said, "Is it Allah who commanded you to do this?""Yes," he replied.She said, "Then He will not abandon us." And she went back.Ibrahim went on until he reached the mountain pass, where they could not see him. There he turned his face toward the House, raised his hands, and made this supplication, "Our Lord, I have settled some of my offspring in a valley without cultivation," continuing until, "that they may be grateful" [Ibrahim 14:37].Ismail's mother went on nursing Ismail and drinking from that water until what was in the skin ran out. Then she grew thirsty, and so did her son. She began to look at him as he writhed, or as he tossed about on the ground. She went off, unable to bear the sight of him, and finding that Safa was the nearest hill in that land to her, she stood upon it. Then she faced the valley, looking to see whether she could see anyone, but she saw no one. So she came down from Safa, and when she reached the valley she lifted the hem of her garment and ran as a person in distress runs until she had crossed the valley. Then she came to Marwa, stood upon it and looked to see whether she could see anyone, but she saw no one. She did this seven times.Ibn Abbas said that the Prophet ﷺ said, "That is why people run between the two."When she came up onto Marwa she heard a sound and said, "Hush!" speaking to herself. Then she listened hard and heard it again, so she said, "I have heard you. If you have any help, then help."And there was the angel at the place of Zamzam. He dug with his heel, or with his wing, until the water appeared. She began to make a basin around it with her hands, doing so like this, and to scoop water into her waterskin, and it kept gushing up after each scoop.Ibn Abbas said that the Prophet ﷺ said, "May Allah have mercy on Ismail's mother. Had she left Zamzam alone," or he said, "had she not scooped from the water, Zamzam would have been a flowing spring."She drank and nursed her child, and the angel said to her, "Do not fear being lost, for here is the House of Allah, which this boy and his father will build, and Allah does not abandon His people."The site of the House was raised above the ground like a hillock, and the floodwaters would come and cut away at its right and its left. So they remained until a company of Jurhum, or a household of Jurhum, passed by them, coming along the road of Kada. They camped in the lower part of Makkah and saw a bird circling. They said, "This bird must be circling over water. We know this valley, and there is no water in it." So they sent one messenger, or two, and there indeed was the water. They returned and told the others about the water, and the people came.Ismail's mother was at the water, and they said, "Will you permit us to camp beside you?"She said, "Yes, but you have no right to the water."They said, "Agreed."Ibn Abbas said that the Prophet ﷺ said, "This came to Ismail's mother at a time when she longed for human company."So they camped there and sent for their families, who came and settled with them, until several households of them were living there. The boy grew up and learned Arabic from them, and as he grew he became dear to them and they admired him. When he came of age they married him to a woman from among them.Then Ismail's mother died. After Ismail had married, Ibrahim came to look in on those he had left behind, but he did not find Ismail. So he asked his wife about him, and she said, "He has gone out to seek provision for us."Then he asked her about their livelihood and their circumstances, and she said, "We are badly off. We are in straits and hardship." And she complained to him.He said, "When your husband comes, convey and tell him to change the threshold of his door."When Ismail came home, he seemed to sense something and asked, "Has anyone come to you?"She said, "Yes, an old man of such and such a description came to us. He asked about you and I told him, and he asked me how we were living, and I told him we were in hardship and difficulty."Ismail asked, "Did he leave you any instruction?"She said, "Yes, he told me to give you his greetings, and he said, change the threshold of your door."Ismail said, "That was my father, and he has ordered me to part from you. Go back to your family." So he divorced her and married another woman from among them.Ibrahim stayed away from them as long as Allah willed, then came to them again and did not find Ismail. He went in to his wife and asked about him, and she said, "He has gone out to seek provision for us."He asked, "How are you all faring?" and he asked her about their livelihood and their circumstances.She said, "We are well and have plenty," and she praised Allah.He asked, "What is your food?"She said, "Meat."He asked, "And what is your drink?"She said, "Water."He said, "O Allah, bless them in meat and water."The Prophet ﷺ said, "They had no grain in those days. Had they had any, he would have prayed for blessing in it too." He said, these two alone do not agree with anyone living outside Makkah.Ibrahim said, "When your husband comes, convey , and tell him to keep firm the threshold of his door."When Ismail came home he asked, "Has anyone come to you?"She said, "Yes, a fine looking old man came to us," and she spoke well of him, "and he asked me about you and I told him, and he asked me how we were living and I told him we were well."Ismail asked, "Did he leave you any instruction?"She said, "Yes, he sends you his greetings and tells you to keep firm the threshold of your door."Ismail said, "That was my father, and you are the threshold. He has ordered me to keep you."Then Ibrahim stayed away from them as long as Allah willed. He came afterward while Ismail was trimming arrows of his under a large tree near Zamzam. When Ismail saw him he rose to meet him, and they greeted one another as a father greets a son and a son a father.Then Ibrahim said, "Ismail, Allah has commanded me with a certain matter."Ismail said, "Then do what your Lord has commanded you."Ibrahim asked, "Will you help me?"Ismail said, "I will help you."Ibrahim said, "Allah has commanded me to build a House here," and he pointed to a mound rising above the ground around it.At that point they raised the foundations of the House. Ismail would bring the stones and Ibrahim would build, and when the structure rose high, Ismail brought this stone and set it down for him. Ibrahim stood upon it and went on building while Ismail handed him the stones, and the two of them were saying, "Our Lord, accept from us. Indeed, You are the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing" [Baqarah 2:127].So they kept building, going around the House, and the two of them were saying, "Our Lord, accept from us. Indeed, You are the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing" [Baqarah 2:127].

عن ابن عباس قال

أول ما اتخذ النساء المنطق من قبل أم إسماعيل اتخذت منطقا لتعفي أثرها على سارة، ثم جاء بها إبراهيم وبابنها إسماعيل وهي ترضعه، حتى وضعهما عند البيت عند دوحة فوق زمزم في أعلى المسجد، وليس بمكة يومئذ أحد، وليس بها ماء فوضعهما هنالك، ووضع عندهما جرابا فيه تمر وسقاء فيه ماء، ثم قفى إبراهيم منطلقا فتبعته أم إسماعيل فقالت: يا إبراهيم أين تذهب وتتركنا بهذا الوادي الذي ليس فيه إنس ولا شيء؟ فقالت له ذلك مرارا، وجعل لا يلتفت إليها، فقالت له: آلله الذي أمرك بهذا؟ قال: نعم. قالت: إذن لا يضيعنا، ثم رجعت. فانطلق إبراهيم حتى إذا كان عند الثنية حيث لا يرونه استقبل بوجهه البيت ثم دعا بهؤلاء الكلمات ورفع يديه فقال: {ربنا إني أسكنت من ذريتي بواد غير ذي زرع} حتى بلغ {يشكرون}[إبراهيم: ٣٧] وجعلت أم إسماعيل ترضع إسماعيل وتشرب من ذلك الماء، حتى إذا نفد ما في السقاء عطشت وعطش ابنها، وجعلت تنظر إليه يتلوى- أو قال: يتلبط- فانطلقت كراهية أن تنظر إليه، فوجدت الصفا أقرب جبل في الأرض يليها، فقامت عليه، ثم استقبلت الوادي تنظر هل ترى أحدا فلم تر أحدا، فهبطت من الصفا، حتى إذا بلغت الوادي رفعت طرف درعها، ثم سعت سعي الإنسان المجهود حتى جاوزت الوادي، ثم أتت المروة فقامت عليها ونظرت هل ترى أحدا، فلم تر أحدا، ففعلت ذلك سبع مرات، قال ابن عباس: قال النبي ﷺ: فذلك سعي الناس بينهما فلما أشرفت على المروة سمعت صوتا فقالت: صه- تريد نفسها- ثم تسمعت فسمعت أيضا فقالت: قد أسمعت إن كان عندك غواث، فإذا هي بالملك عند موضع زمزم، فبحث بعقبه- أو قال: بجناحه حتى ظهر الماء، فجعلت تحوضه وتقول بيدها هكذا، وجعلت تغرف من الماء في سقائها وهو يفور بعد ما تغرف. قال ابن عباس: قال النبي ﷺ: يرحم الله أم إسماعيل لو تركت زمزم- أو قال: لو لم تغرف من الماء لكانت زمزم عينا معينا قال: فشربت وأرضعت ولدها، فقال لها الملك: لا تخافوا الضيعة، فإن هاهنا بيت الله يبني هذا الغلام وأبوه، وإن الله لا يضيع أهله، وكان البيت مرتفعا من الأرض كالرابية، تأتيه السيول فتأخذ عن يمينه وشماله، فكانت كذلك حتى مرت بهم رفقة من جرهم- أو أهل بيت من جرهم- مقبلين من طريق كداء، فنزلوا في أسفل مكة، فرأوا طائرا عائفا فقالوا: إن هذا الطائر ليدور على ماء لعهدنا بهذا الوادي وما فيه ماء، فأرسلوا جريا- أو جريين- فإذا هم بالماء، فرجعوا فأخبروهم بالماء، فأقبلوا- قال: وأم إسماعيل عند الماء فقالوا: أتأذنين لنا أن ننزل عندك؟ فقالت: نعم، ولكن لا حق لكم في الماء. قالوا: نعم. قال ابن عباس: قال النبي ﷺ: فألفى ذلك أم إسماعيل وهي تحب الإنس. فنزلوا وأرسلوا إلى أهليهم فنزلوا معهم، حتى إذا كان بها أهل أبيات منهم، وشب الغلام وتعلم العربية منهم، وأنفسهم وأعجبهم حين شب، فلما أدرك زوجوه امرأة منهم. وماتت أم إسماعيل، فجاء إبراهيم بعدما تزوج إسماعيل يطالع تركته، فلم يجد إسماعيل فسأل امرأته عنه فقالت: خرج يبتغي لنا، ثم سألها عن عيشهم وهيئتهم فقالت: نحن بشر، نحن في ضيق وشدة، فشكت إليه. قال: فإذا جاء زوجك فاقرئي عليه السلام وقولي له يغير عتبة بابه. فلما جاء إسماعيل كأنه آنس شيئا فقال: هل جاءكم من أحد؟ قالت: نعم جاءنا شيخ كذا وكذا، فسألنا عنك فأخبرته، وسألني كيف عيشنا، فأخبرته أنا في جهد وشدة، قال: فهل أوصاك بشيء؟ قالت: نعم، أمرني أن أقرأ عليك السلام، ويقول: غير عتبة بابك. قال: ذاك أبي، وقد أمرني أن أفارقك، الحقي بأهلك فطلقها وتزوج منهم أخرى، فلبث عنهم إبراهيم ما شاء الله، ثم أتاهم بعد فلم يجده، فدخل على امرأته فسألها عنه فقالت: خرج يبتغي لنا. قال: كيف أنتم؟ وسألها عن عيشهم وهيئتهم فقالت: نحن بخير وسعة، وأثنت على الله. فقال: ما طعامكم؟ قالت: اللحم. قال: فما شرابكم؟ قالت: الماء. قال: اللهم بارك لهم في اللحم والماء قال النبي ﷺ: ولم يكن لهم يومئذ حب ولو كان لهم دعا لهم فيه قال: فهما لا يخلو عليهما أحد بغير مكة إلا لم يوافقاه. قال: فإذا جاء زوجك فاقرئي عليه السلام، ومريه يثبت عتبة بابه، فلما جاء إسماعيل قال: هل أتاكم من أحد؟ قالت: نعم، أتانا شيخ حسن الهيئة، وأثنت عليه فسألني عنك فأخبرته، فسألني كيف عيشنا؟ فأخبرته أنا بخير، قال: فأوصاك بشيء؟ قالت: نعم، هو يقرأ عليك السلام، ويأمرك أن تثبت عتبة بابك. قال: ذاك أبي وأنت العتبة، أمرني أن أمسكك. ثم لبث عنهم ما شاء الله، ثم جاء بعد ذلك وإسماعيل يبري نبلا له تحت دوحة قريبا من زمزم، فلما رآه قام إليه، فصنعا كما يصنع الوالد بالولد والولد بالوالد ثم قال: يا إسماعيل إن الله أمرني بأمر. قال: فاصنع ما أمرك ربك، قال: وتعينني؟ قال: واعينك قال: فإن الله أمرني أن أبني ها هنا بيتا- وأشار إلى أكمة مرتفعة على ما حولها- قال: فعند ذلك رفعا القواعد من البيت، فجعل إسماعيل يأتي بالحجارة، وإبراهيم يبني، حتى إذا ارتفع البناء جاء بهذا الحجر فوضعه له، فقام عليه وهو يبني، وإسماعيل يناوله الحجارة، وهما يقولان: {ربنا تقبل منا إنك أنت السميع العليم} [البقرة: ١٢٧] قال: فجعلا يبنيان حتى يدورا حول البيت وهما يقولان: {ربنا تقبل منا إنك أنت السميع العليم}