Companion of the Prophet ﷺ
حكيم بن حزام القرشي
حكيم بن حزام بن خويلد بن أسد بن عبد العزى بن قصي بن كلاب
Appears in 44 hadith across the six canonical collections.
An abridged path through the isnād
From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books
مُحَمَّد ﷺ
The Messenger
حكيم بن حزام القرشي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
14
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
8
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
4
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
5
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
12
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
1
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
أسلم يوم الفتح وصحب
Al-Dhahabi
من المؤلفة الأشراف الذين حسن إسلامهم
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو خالد ، أو : أبو هشام ، أو : أبو يزيد
- Lineage / nisba
- القرشي ، الأسدي ، المكي ، الحجازي.
- Generation
- أسلم يوم الفتح وصحب
- Born
- قبل الفيل بـ 12سنة ،أو : بـ 13 سنة
- Died
- 50 هـ ، أو 54 هـ ، وقيل 58 هـ ، أو 60 هـ
- Lived in
- المدينة, الحجاز, مكة
- Died in
- المدينة
- Relatives
- أمه : أم حكيم : صفية ، وقيل : فاختة ، وقيل : زينب بنت زهير بن الحارث بن أسد بن عبد العزى ، وعمته : خديجة أم المؤمنين ، وكان صديق النبي - صلى الله عليه وسلم - قبل المبعث ، ووالد : أم هشام ، وهشام ، وخالد ، ويحيى ، وعبد الله ، وأم عمرو ، وحزام ، وابن ابن أخيه : الضحاك بن عبد الله بن خالد بن حزام ، ومولاه : أبو صالح
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
No names recorded.
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 1427الْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى ، وَابْدَأْ بِمَنْ تَعُولُ ، وَخَيْرُ الصَّدَقَةِ عَنْ ظَهْرِ غِنًى ، وَمَنْ يَسْتَعْفِفْ يُعِفَّهُ اللَّهُ ، وَمَنْ يَسْتَغْنِ يُغْنِهِ اللَّهُThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The upper hand is better than the lower hand (i.e. he who gives in charity is better than him who takes it). One should start giving first to his dependents. And the best object of charity is that 5 narratorsBukhari · 1436قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، أَرَأَيْتَ أَشْيَاءَ كُنْتُ أَتَحَنَّثُ بِهَا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ مِنْ صَدَقَةٍ أَوْ عَتَاقَةٍ وَصِلَةِ رَحِمٍ ، فَهَلْ فِيهَا مِنْ أَجْرٍ ؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّI said to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), "Before embracing Islam I used to do good deeds like giving in charity, slave-manumitting, and the keeping of good relations with Kith and kin. Shall I be rewarded for those deeds?" The P6 narratorsBukhari · 1472سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَعْطَانِي ، ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ فَأَعْطَانِي ، ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ فَأَعْطَانِي , ثُمَّ قَالَ : يَا حَكِيمُ إِنَّ هَذَا الْمَالَ خَضِرَةٌ حُلْوَةٌ ، فَمَنْ أَخَذَهُHakim bin Hizam said, "(Once) I asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (for something) and he gave it to me. Again I asked and he gave (it to me). Again I asked and he gave (it to me). And then he said, "O Hakim! This property is l7 narratorsBukhari · 2079الْبَيِّعَانِ بِالْخِيَارِ مَا لَمْ يَتَفَرَّقَا ، أَوْ قَالَ حَتَّى يَتَفَرَّقَا ، فَإِنْ صَدَقَا وَبَيَّنَا ، بُورِكَ لَهُمَا فِي بَيْعِهِمَا ، وَإِنْ كَتَمَا وَكَذَبَا ، مُحِقَتْ بَرَكَةُ بَيْعِهِمَاAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The seller and the buyer have the right to keep or return goods as long as they have not parted or till they part; and if both the parties spoke the truth and described the defects and qualit6 narratorsBukhari · 2082الْبَيِّعَانِ بِالْخِيَارِ مَا لَمْ يَتَفَرَّقَا ، أَوْ قَالَ : حَتَّى يَتَفَرَّقَا ، فَإِنْ صَدَقَا وَبَيَّنَا ، بُورِكَ لَهُمَا فِي بَيْعِهِمَا ، وَإِنْ كَتَمَا وَكَذَبَا ، مُحِقَتْ بَرَكَةُ بَيْعِهِمَاThe Prophet (ﷺ) said "Certainly a time will come when people will not bother to know from where they earned the money, by lawful means or unlawful means." (See Hadith no. 2050)6 narratorsBukhari · 2108الْبَيِّعَانِ بِالْخِيَارِ مَا لَمْ يَفْتَرِقَاThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The buyer and the seller have the option of canceling or confirming the deal unless they separate."11 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 2110الْبَيِّعَانِ بِالْخِيَارِ مَا لَمْ يَتَفَرَّقَا ، فَإِنْ صَدَقَا وَبَيَّنَا بُورِكَ لَهُمَا فِي بَيْعِهِمَا ، وَإِنْ كَذَبَا وَكَتَمَا مُحِقَتْ بَرَكَةُ بَيْعِهِمَاThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The buyer and the seller have the option of canceling or confirming the bargain unless they separate, and if they spoke the truth and made clear the defects of the goods, them they would be blessed7 narratorsBukhari · 2114الْبَيِّعَانِ بِالْخِيَارِ مَا لَمْ يَتَفَرَّقَاThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Both the buyer and the seller have the option of canceling or confirming the bargain unless they separate." The sub-narrator, Hammam said, "I found this in my book 'Both the buyer and the seller gi11 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 2220يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، أَرَأَيْتَ أُمُورًا كُنْتُ أَتَحَنَّثُ ، أَوْ أَتَحَنَّتُ بِهَا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ مِنْ صِلَةٍ ، وَعَتَاقَةٍ ، وَصَدَقَةٍ ، هَلْ لِي فِيهَا أَجْرٌ ؟ قَالَ حَكِيمٌ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ : قَالَ رَسُHakim bin Hizam said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I used to do good deeds in the Pre-Islamic period of Ignorance, e.g., keeping good relations with my Kith and kin, manumitting slaves and giving alms. Shall I receive a rew5 narratorsBukhari · 2538أَعْتَقَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ مِائَةَ رَقَبَةٍ وَحَمَلَ عَلَى مِائَةِ بَعِيرٍ ، فَلَمَّا أَسْلَمَ حَمَلَ عَلَى مِائَةِ بَعِيرٍ ، وَأَعْتَقَ مِائَةَ رَقَبَةٍ ، قَالَ : فَسَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسMy father told me that Hakim bin Hizam manumitted one-hundred slaves in the Pre-Islamic period of ignorance and slaughtered one-hundred camels (and distributed them in charity). When he embraced Islam he again slaughtere5 narratorsBukhari · 2750يَا حَكِيمُ ، إِنَّ هَذَا الْمَالَ خَضِرٌ حُلْوٌ ، فَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِسَخَاوَةِ نَفْسٍ بُورِكَ لَهُ فِيهِ ، وَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِإِشْرَافِ نَفْسٍ لَمْ يُبَارَكْ لَهُ فِيهِ ، وَكَانَ كَالَّذِي يَأْكُلُ وَلَا يَشْبَعُ ، وَالْيHakim bin Hizam said, "I asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) for something, and he gave me, and I asked him again and he gave me and said, 'O Hakim! This wealth is green and sweet (i.e. as tempting as fruits), and whoever takes 6 narratorsBukhari · 3143يَا حَكِيمُ إِنَّ هَذَا الْمَالَ خَضِرٌ حُلْوٌ فَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِسَخَاوَةِ نَفْسٍ بُورِكَ لَهُ فِيهِ وَمَنْ أَخَذَهُ بِإِشْرَافِ نَفْسٍ لَمْ يُبَارَكْ لَهُ فِيهِ وَكَانَ كَالَّذِي يَأْكُلُ وَلَا يَشْبَعُ وَالْيَدُ الْعُلHakim bin Hizam said, "I asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) for something, and he gave me. I asked him again, and he gave me, and said to me. 'O Hakim! This wealth is like green sweet (i.e. fruit), and if one takes it without g6 narrators