4098 Where did this vision occur? The Muslim view is that it was in or near Makkah. Some would identify it with the valley of Mina, six miles north of Makkah, where a commemoration sacrifice is annually celebrated as a rite of the Hajj on the tenth of Dhu alHijjah, the 'Id of Sacrifice, in memory of this Sacrifice of Abraham and IsmaTl (see n. 217 to
2:197). Others say that the original place of sacrifice was near the hill of Marwah (the companion hill to Safa,
2:158), which is associated with the infancy of Ismail. 4099 At what stage in Abraham's history did this occur? See n. 2725 to
21:69. It was obviously after his arrival in the land of Cannan and after IsmaTl had grown up to years of discretion. Was it before or after the building of the Kab'ah (
2:127)? There are no data on which this question can be answered. But we may suppose it was before that event, and that event may itself have been commemorative.