1. My father narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh ibn Abī Khalaf, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Isā, Muḥammad ibn Ḥusain ibn Abil Khaťťāb, and Ya’qūb ibn Yazīd, from Muḥammad ibn Sinān, from someone whose name he mentioned, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq ) said:

Ismā’īl, who is mentioned in this verse, “(Also) mention Ismā’īl in the book. Verily he was (ever) true of his promise, and he was a messenger, and a prophet” (19:54), is not Ismā’īl, the son of Ibrāhīm . He was a prophet whom Allāh had sent to his own people. However, his people captured him and skinned his scalp and his face. An angel came to him from Allāh, the Blessed and the Exalted, and said, “Allāh has sent me to you. So order me to do that which you want (to this nation).” He replied, “I follow the example of Ḥusain and that which will happen to him.”