It is narrated from Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Isa that, among the accounts of Hims and of the Companions who settled there, is Thawban bin Jahdar (may Allah be pleased with him). His kunyah was Abu Abdullah and he belonged to the tribe of Alhan. He came as a captive, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) set him free and said to him: "O Thawban, if you wish, join those to whom you belong, and then you will be one of them; and if you wish, stay here, and you will be one of us, the People of the House, under the wala' (the bond of loyalty and inheritance) of the Messenger of Allah." He said: Rather, I will remain under the wala' of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He passed away in Hims in 54 AH, during the governorship of Abdullah bin Qurt.

It is narrated from Muhammad bin Umar that it has been said of Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him), the mawla of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), that he was from the people of al-Sarah, and another view is that he was from Himyar. He came as a captive, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) bought him and set him free. He remained in the service of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) until his (peace and blessings be upon him) passing, then he moved to Syria and settled in Hims. He has a house there that is endowed as charity, and he passed away there in 54 AH.

Abu Asma' narrates from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "If you swear an oath to commit a sin, then abandon it (by breaking that oath), and trample all the rancour of the Jahiliyyah beneath your feet, and beware of drinking wine, for Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, has not declared the one who drinks it pure."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, supplication averts what has been decreed, and righteousness increases provision, and indeed a servant is deprived of (decreed) provision because of a sin that he commits."

Abu Asma' al-Rahabi relates that Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him), the mawla of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), told him: I was standing before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when one of the rabbis of the Jews came and said: Peace be upon you, O Muhammad. I pushed him so hard that he nearly fell. He asked: Why did you push me? I said: Why did you not say, 'O Messenger of Allah'? The Jew said: We call him only by the name his family gave him. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, my name which my family gave me is Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)." The Jew said: I have come to ask you something. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Will it benefit you if I tell you?" He said: I will hear (the answer) with my own ears. He (peace and blessings be upon him) had a stick with him, with which he (peace and blessings be upon him) began scratching the ground, and he said: "Ask." The Jew said: On the Day when "the earth will be changed into another earth, and so will the heavens" [Surah Ibrahim: 48] , where will the people be? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "They will be in darkness, short of the Bridge (al-Sirat)." He asked: Who will be the first to cross it? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The poor among the Muhajirun." He asked: When they enter Paradise, what will their first hospitality be? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The lobe of the liver of the fish." He asked: What will their meal be right after that? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The bull of Paradise, which used to graze on its outskirts, will be slaughtered for them." He asked: And what will their drink be with it? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "From a river of Paradise named Salsabil." He said: You have spoken the truth. Then he said: I have come to ask you about something that no one on the face of the earth knows except a prophet, or one or two men. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Will it benefit you if I tell you?" He said: I will listen to it attentively. He said: I have come to ask you about the child (and how it is formed). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The man's fluid is white and the woman's fluid is yellow. When the two come together and the man's fluid prevails over the woman's fluid, a boy is born by the permission of Allah; and when the woman's fluid prevails over the man's fluid, a girl is born by the permission of Allah." The Jew said: You have spoken the truth, and you are indeed a Prophet of Allah. Then he turned and left, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This man asked me about the things he asked me about, and I had no knowledge of any of them until Allah Almighty granted me that knowledge." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

Sayyiduna Hakim bin Hizam bin Khuwaylid bin Asad bin Abd al-Uzza bin Qusayy, whose kunyah was Abu Khalid, passed away in 54 AH when he was one hundred and twenty years old. He was born thirteen years before the Event of the Elephant, and he passed away in Madinah.

It is narrated from Ali bin Aththam al-Amiri that Sayyiduna Hakim bin Hizam (may Allah be pleased with him) was born inside the Ka'bah. His mother had entered the Ka'bah, and her labour pains began right there, and she gave birth to the child inside the House of Allah.

It is narrated from Ibrahim bin al-Mundhir that Abu Khalid Hakim bin Hizam (may Allah be pleased with him) passed away in 60 AH, when he was one hundred and twenty years old.

It is narrated from Abu Habibah that I heard Sayyiduna Hakim bin Hizam (may Allah be pleased with him) saying: "I was born thirteen years before the coming of the People of the Elephant, and I was old enough to understand when Abd al-Muttalib intended to sacrifice his son Abdullah, and that event was five years before the birth of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)." Muhammad bin Umar (al-Waqidi) says: Hakim bin Hizam took part in the war of al-Fijar with his father, and his father Hizam bin Khuwaylid was killed in the last battle of al-Fijar. Hakim's kunyah was Abu Khalid. Among his children were Abdullah, Khalid, Yahya and Hisham, and their mother was Zaynab bint al-Awwam; according to one view, Hisham's mother was Mulaykah bint Malik. All of Hakim's children lived in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), accepted Islam on the day of the Conquest of Makkah, and had the honour of the companionship of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). It is reported that Hakim bin Hizam reached the age of one hundred and twenty. In the year of his Hajj, Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) sent him a milch camel, having first asked him what he ate, and he said: "I no longer have the strength to chew." So he sent him the camel to drink from, along with a gift, but he refused to accept it and said: "I have not taken anything from anyone after the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Abu Bakr and Umar called me to take my due, but I refused to take it from them as well."

It is narrated from Muhammad bin Umar (al-Waqidi): Ibn Abi al-Zinad relates from his father that Sayyiduna Hakim bin Hizam (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked: O Abu Khalid, what is (the true essence of) wealth? He replied: "Having few dependants (that is, having few responsibilities)." The narrator says that Sayyiduna Hakim bin Hizam (may Allah be pleased with him) came to Madinah, settled there and built a house, and he passed away in Madinah in 54 AH, when he was one hundred and twenty years old.