It is narrated from Mus'ab bin Abdullah that he mentioned the lineage of Sayyiduna Hakim bin Hizam (may Allah be pleased with him) and added to it that his mother was Fakhitah bint Zuhayr bin Asad bin Abd al-Uzza. She gave birth to Hakim inside the Ka'bah: she was pregnant and her labour pains came upon her inside the Ka'bah, and the birth took place there. She was carried out on a leather mat, and the clothes that had been beneath her were washed beside the basin of Zamzam. No one was born in the Ka'bah before him or after him. Mus'ab erred in this last statement, because the reports have reached the level of tawatur (mass transmission) that Sayyidah Fatimah bint Asad (may Allah be pleased with her) gave birth to the Commander of the Believers, Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah honour his face), inside the Ka'bah.

Hisham bin Urwah narrates from his father that, until his death, Sayyiduna Hakim bin Hizam (may Allah be pleased with him) did not accept (any stipend or gift) from Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), nor from Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), nor from Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), nor from Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Hakim bin Hizam (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "I freed forty slaves in the time of Jahiliyyah, so I asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) whether I would have any reward for them." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You have accepted Islam along with the good deeds you did before." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim).

Hisham bin Urwah narrates from his father that Sayyiduna Hakim bin Hizam (may Allah be pleased with him) had freed one hundred slaves in the time of Jahiliyyah and provided mounts for (people) on one hundred camels. Then, when he accepted Islam, he freed (another) one hundred slaves and provided mounts on one hundred camels. He said to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): What do you think of the good deeds I used to do in the time of Jahiliyyah with the intention of worship; will I have any reward for them? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "You have accepted Islam along with those previous good deeds and their reward."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Hakim bin Hizam (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (for wealth) and he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave to me; then I asked again insistently, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Hakim, how strange your asking is! Indeed, this wealth is green and sweet, yet along with that it is the dirt of people's hands. And indeed the Hand of Allah is above the hand of the giver, and the hand of the giver is above the hand of the one who asks, and the hand of the one who is given is the lowest of hands." The chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

Umarah bin Ukaymah al-Laythi narrates from Sayyiduna Hakim bin Hizam (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "I saw myself on the day of the Battle of Badr when a black striped cloak (like a cloud) came down from the sky into the valley and covered the horizon, and then suddenly the valley was filled (with an army) like ants. It occurred to my heart that this was something from the heavens by which Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) had been aided. Then there was nothing but the defeat (of the idolaters), and it was the angels."

It is narrated from Irak bin Malik that Sayyiduna Hakim bin Hizam (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "In the time of Jahiliyyah, Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) was the most beloved of all people to me. Then, when he (peace and blessings be upon him) received prophethood and went to Madinah, Hakim bin Hizam came (to Makkah) at the season of Hajj. He saw a robe of Dhu Yazan, the king of Yemen, being sold for fifty dirhams, and he bought it in order to present it as a gift to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). When he came to him (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked him to accept the gift, he (peace and blessings be upon him) refused." Ubaydullah says: I think he said: "We do not accept anything (as a gift) from the idolaters, but if you wish, we will take it for its price." So I gave the robe to him (peace and blessings be upon him), until he (peace and blessings be upon him) went to Madinah. Then I saw him (peace and blessings be upon him) on the pulpit wearing that very robe, and I have never seen anyone more handsome in that robe than him (peace and blessings be upon him) that day. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave that robe to Sayyiduna Usamah bin Zayd (may Allah be pleased with them both). Hakim saw Usamah wearing it and said: O Usamah, do you wear the robe of Dhu Yazan? He replied: "Yes, because I am better than Dhu Yazan, my father is better than his father, and my mother is better than his mother." Hakim says: I went back to Makkah and began telling the people of Usamah's words, to their amazement. The chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Hakim bin Hizam (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent him as governor to Yemen, he said: "Do not touch the Noble Qur'an except when you are in a state of ablution (purity)." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

Mention of the virtues of Sayyiduna Khalid bin Hizam (may Allah be pleased with him). It is narrated from Asim bin Umar bin Qatadah and other scholars of hadith that at the time of the first emigration to Abyssinia, whose leader was Sayyiduna Ja'far bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him), among Banu Asad bin Abd al-Uzza was Sayyiduna Khalid bin Hizam (may Allah be pleased with him) (the brother of Sayyiduna Hakim bin Hizam). He passed away on the way, before reaching Abyssinia. Al-Mughirah bin Abd al-Rahman al-Asadi narrates from his father that this verse was revealed concerning him: "And whoever leaves his home as an emigrant to Allah and His Messenger and then death overtakes him (on the way), his reward has become incumbent upon Allah" [Surah al-Nisa': 100] . Mention of the virtues of Sayyiduna Hisham bin Hakim bin Hizam (may Allah be pleased with him). Imam Bukhari and Muslim have agreed (on recording the report) that Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I passed by Hisham bin Hakim bin Hizam while he was reciting Surah al-Baqarah during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)" (the complete hadith). Imam al-Hakim says that according to the arrangement of the book, Khalid bin Hizam should have been mentioned before Hakim and Hisham after them, but I have brought them together here so that it is easier for the reader to understand. Now, mention of the virtues of Sayyiduna Hassan bin Thabit al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him), who used to answer the satire of the idolaters on behalf of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and the community of Muslims.

It is narrated from Mus'ab bin Abdullah al-Zubayri that Sayyiduna Hassan bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) lived sixty years in the time of Jahiliyyah and sixty years in the time of Islam. His kunyah was Abu al-Walid. His full lineage is Hassan bin Thabit bin al-Mundhir bin Haram bin Amr bin Zayd Manat bin Adi bin Amr bin Malik bin al-Najjar. He was the special poet of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). His mother's name was al-Furay'ah bint Khalid bin Khunays bin Lawdhan bin Abd Wadd. According to one view he passed away before 40 AH, and according to another view in 55 AH.