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172:. Afterwards, when Muhammad was distributing gifts to his new followers "to win over their hearts," Hakim asked for a gift of a hundred camels, and then another hundred, and then a third hundred. Muhammad obliged him, but at the third donation he said: "Hakim, this wealth is sweet greenness. Whoever takes it with generosity of soul will be blessed by it. Whoever takes it with pride will not be blessed by it, like a man who eats but is not satisfied. The upper hand is better than the lower hand . When you begin, start with your dependants!" Hakim then declared, "From this moment, I will never take anything from anyone!" He took the first hundred camels and departed. Later, when Umar tried to give him gifts, he would not accept them. 165:, who warned him that Muhammad had brought an army of ten thousand. "Convert! I will protect you until you reach Allah's Messenger, for I fear that you may be cut to pieces before you reach him." Hakim accompanied Al-Abbas to Muhammad's tent, where he was interrogated and his declaration of faith was accepted. The next day, he assisted Abu Sufyan in shouting to the Meccans: "O people of the Quraysh, why are you killing yourselves? Anyone who enters his house is protected. Anyone who lays down his weapons is protected." The people heeded their call and ran to their houses. Later that day, Hakim's four sons all converted to Islam. 119:, who restrained him and said: "Are you taking food to the Hashim clan? Before you and your food move from here, I will denounce you in Mecca!" Hakim's cousin Abu'l-Bakhtari arrived on the scene, asked what was going on and told Abu Jahl that he should let Hakim deliver his aunt's own food. Abu Jahl still refused, and the quarrel came to blows. Abu'l-Bakhtari hit Abu Jahl with a camel's jaw, knocking him to the ground, and trod on him. 141:'s caravan had been saved, he urged the Quraysh to make peace with Muhammad. Nevertheless, he was not among those who turned back to Mecca; he fought the battle, and bore witness that the Quraysh were defeated when Muhammad threw a handful of pebbles at them. He continued to advance even when it was obvious that the battle was over. Eventually two of his cousins overtook him and carried him home on their camel. 211:
He narrated Muhammad's teaching: "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 qualities, then they would be blessed in their transaction, and if they told lies
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The Caliph asked him what food he ate, and he replied that he no longer had teeth. Soon afterwards, Muawiyah sent him a camel so that he could drink its milk, together with a cash present. Hakim returned the money with a reminder that he had never accepted his allotted share from the state treasury
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He was the son of Khadija's brother, Hizam ibn Khuwaylid, and of Fakhita bint Zuhayr. Fakhita and Hizam had 10 children: Hakim (Fakhita took by her kunya Umm Hakim and Hizam took by his kunya Abu Hakim), Hizam, Hisham, Khalid, Abdullah, Yahya, Umm Hashim (Hashima), Umm Amr (Amira), Umm Sumaya
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Hakim consulted Muhammad on matters related to trade. As he narrated: "I bought some food and made food and made a profit on it before I took possession of it. I came to Allah's Messenger and told him about that. He said: 'Do not sell it until you take possession of it.'" This
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Mecca, Abu Sufyan went out by night scouting for information about Muhammad's movements, and Hakim was one of his assistants. But they did not learn anything useful. Hakim was taken by surprise when he was approached by Muhammad's uncle
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On being asked, Muhammad told Hakim that all his good deeds performed before he became a Muslim remained credited to him afterwards. After his conversion, Hakim freed another hundred slaves and donated another hundred camels in alms.
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accused him of "selling his family's honour for a hundred thousand." Hakim countered that modern nobility was measured by piety, and since he intended to donate the full proceeds to charity, nobody had been cheated.
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in Mecca in 625. Khubayb's dying prayer was: "O Allah, count them all and kill them one by one. Do not leave even one of them." Hakim was so frightened by this prayer that he hid himself in a tree.
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Hakim became a merchant who speculated in corn. He sat among the elders and he was one of those who had the right to feed the pilgrims at the Kaaba. He was the original purchaser of the slave
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Hakim fought in the Sacrilegious War of 589-592. His father was killed in the second round, and Hakim said he saw Muhammad among the archers in the third round, when the Quraysh and
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and whom he gave to Khadija. Among his acts of charity, he manumitted a hundred slaves and he slaughtered a hundred camels to distribute in alms.
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was appointed Governor of Medina in 662, Hakim was one of the welcoming party of elders who officially greeted him.
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Before Islam, Hakim had bought for a bargain price the door to Mecca's town hall. In the reign of
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in 610, Hakim took no interest. He was neither a strong ally nor a leader among the opposition.
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He also reported Muhammad's prohibition on taking retaliation, reciting verses or inflicting
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ibn Khuwaylid, and they had at least three sons: Abdullah, Khalid (from whom he took his
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lived next door. Hence, when Muhammad married Khadija, Hakim became his near neighbour.
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clan (616-619), Hakim sold flour to his aunt Khadija. On his way to deliver it, he met
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or hid something, then the blessings of their transaction would be lost."
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His house was part of the same building as Khadija's; and his uncle
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Ibn Sa’d’s Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir Volume I Parts I & II
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Nevertheless, in September 622 (after Khadija's death and the
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is considered very important in the development of Islamic
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He died in Medina in 674, claiming an age of 120 years.
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Index

Arabic
companion
Muhammad
Khadija
al-Awwam
Quraysh
Kinana
Qays
Zayd ibn Harithah
Awwam ibn Khuwaylid
prophet
Hashim
Abu Jahl
Second pledge at al-Aqabah
Battle of Badr
Satan
Abu Sufyan
Khubayb bin Adi
invade
Al-Abbas
Battle of Hunayn
Medina
hadith
contract law
short selling
options
futures
hudud
Zubayr ibn al-Awwam
Marwan

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