Aḥmad ibn al-Barqī said: “He was counted among the muʾallafa (those whose hearts were to be won over); according to Ibn Isḥāq, the Prophet ﷺ granted him one hundred camels from the booty of Ḥunayn (1).”
His children were: Hishām, Khālid, Ḥizām, ʿAbd Allāh, Yaḥyā, Umm Sumayyah, Umm ʿAmr, and Umm Hishām.
Al-Bukhārī states in his History: “He lived sixty years in the Age of Ignorance and sixty years as a Muslim.”
I say: He lived as a Muslim for only a little more than forty years.
ʿUrwah, quoting an unnamed source, related that the Prophet ﷺ said, “O Ḥakīm, this world is lush and sweet” (2).
Because of that, Ḥakīm never accepted any stipend from Abū Bakr or from anyone who governed after him.
It is also said that his father was killed on the day of the last Fijār war (3).
(1) Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah, vol. 2, p. 493.
(2) Reported by al-Bukhari, 3/265 (Zakat, “Chapter: Avoiding begging”), 5/283 (Bequests), 6/178 (Khums, “Chapter: What the Prophet ﷺ gave to those whose hearts were to be reconciled”); by Muslim, no. 1035 (Zakat, “Chapter: The upper hand is better than the lower”); by al-Tirmidhi, no. 2463; and by al-Nasa i, 5/101–102, all through various chains from al-Zuhri, from Urwah b. al-Zubayr and Said b. al-Musayyib. Hakim b. Hizam said: “I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for something and he gave me; I asked him again and he gave me; I asked him a third time and he gave me. Then he said: ‘O Hakim, this wealth is green and sweet. Whoever takes it with a content heart, it will be blessed for him; whoever takes it with greed, it will not be blessed for him—he will be like one who eats but is never satisfied. The upper hand is better than the lower.’” Hakim replied, “By the One who sent you with the truth, I shall never again ask anything of anyone until I leave this world.” After the Prophet’s death, Abu Bakr used to summon Hakim to give him his allowance, but he refused. `Umar did likewise, and Hakim still refused. `Umar then declared before the Muslims: “Bear witness that I am offering Hakim his share of this fay, yet he refuses to accept it.” Consequently, Hakim never took anything from anyone after the Messenger of Allah ﷺ until he died. – His words “la arza’u” mean: I will not diminish another man’s property by requesting anything from him.
(3) Al-Fijar (with a kasra), meaning “mutual violation,” is like the pattern qital (“fighting”): it refers to battles fought during the sacred months, when both sides broke the sanctity, hence the name “Wars of Fijar.” The Arabs fought four such wars; the last of them was the one he witnessed…