Hagar in Islam

Hajar , the Arabic name for the biblical Hagar, was the wife of the patriarch and Islamic prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) and the mother of the Isma'il (Ishmael). She is a revered woman in the Islamic faith. According to Muslim belief, she was the Egyptian she was the daughter of Egyptian king and second wife of Abraham she was gifted to prophet Abraham from the king of Egypt. Although not mentioned by name in the Qur'an, she is referenced and alluded to via the story of her husband. She eventually settled in the Desert of Paran with her son Ishmael. Hagar is honoured as an especially important matriarch of monotheism, as it was through Ishmael that Muhammad would come.