Hazrat Hakim ibn Hizam

A Nephew of Khadija

Hakim was the nephew of Khadija رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاHazrat Khadija bint Khuwaylidرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاFirst wife of the Prophet ﷺ and the first of all people to believeMothers of the Believers · Ahl al-Bayt · Early Converts — a chief of Quraysh, late among them to embrace Islam.

A Generosity Without Measure

He used to pick pieces of cloth from the rubbish heaps to mend the satchels of the camels he sent into the path of Allah; and on a single occasion he donated two pregnant camels with their provisions for jihad. He later sold his house to Mu’awiya رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyanرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُA scribe of the revelation; long governor of SyriaNarrators of Hadith for sixty thousand (in some narrations one hundred thousand) dirhams — and gave the entire price away in the path of Allah and on freeing slaves. 1 Hayatus Sahaba · Vol 2 · pp. 196–198 — Kandhlawi — Hakim ibn Hizam's giving; the rubbish-cloth detail; the two pregnant camels; the sale of his house and the dispersal of its price.

‘I Will Take Nothing’

He refused to accept stipends — “from Abu Bakr رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Abu Bakr as-Siddiqرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُFirst Caliph; the Prophet's closest companionKhulafa Rashidun · Ashara Mubashara · Muhajirun, Umar رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Umar ibn al-Khattabرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُSecond Caliph; al-Farooq, who expanded the Islamic stateKhulafa Rashidun · Ashara Mubashara · Muhajirun, Uthman رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Uthman ibn Affanرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُThird Caliph; Dhun-Nurayn; compiled the Qur'an into one codexKhulafa Rashidun · Ashara Mubashara · Muhajirun and Mu’awiya رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyanرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُA scribe of the revelation; long governor of SyriaNarrators of Hadith” — until his death. 2 Hayatus Sahaba · Vol 2 · pp. — — Kandhlawi — Hakim refuses to accept money from the four caliphs across his life.