A Nephew of Khadija
Hakim was the nephew of Khadija — 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 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, Umar, Uthman and Mu’awiya” — until his death. 2 Hayatus Sahaba · Vol 2 · pp. — — Kandhlawi — Hakim refuses to accept money from the four caliphs across his life.
Life Timeline
Embraces Islam at the conquest
Refuses stipends from Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and Mu'awiya
References
- Hayatus Sahaba — Kandhlawi — Hakim's giving in the path of Allah; the cloth-from-rubbish detail; two pregnant camels with provisions Vol 2 · pp. 196–198
- Hayatus Sahaba — Kandhlawi — Hakim sells his house to Mu'awiya for 60,000 dirhams and gives all of it away Vol 2 · pp. —