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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

in Islam.”

He said, “How can that be when you are not enrolled in the dīwān?”

I replied, “The testimony that there is no god but Allah is one share; the prayer is a share; the alms-tax is a share; fasting Ramadan is a share; and the pilgrimage is a share.”

He said, “I never imagined that anyone could have a share in Islam except those whose names are in the dīwān.”

I answered, “This cousin of yours, Ḥakīm ibn Ḥizām, never accepted any stipend from the dīwān. Once he asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for something, and the Prophet said, ‘Refrain, Ḥakīm; that is better for you.’

Ḥakīm asked, ‘Even from you, O Messenger of Allah?’

He replied, ‘Even from me.’

Ḥakīm said, ‘Then by Allah I will never ask you or anyone else for anything ever again. Rather, pray that Allah will bless my transactions’—meaning his trade.

So the Prophet prayed for him (1).

It was related by ʿAbd Allāh ibn Jaʿfar, from Abū al-Malīḥ, from him.

Furāt said: I heard Maymūn say, “If a man from the earliest generations were resurrected among you, he would recognize nothing except your qiblah.”

Abū al-Malīḥ reported: I heard Maymūn ibn Mihrān, and a man came to him saying, “Hishām’s wife has died, and she set free every slave she owned.”

He replied, “They disobey Allah twice: first they hoard the wealth even though they have been commanded to spend it; then, once it has passed to others, they squander it.”

Aḥmad al-ʿIjlī and al-Nasāʾī said: “Maymūn is trustworthy.”

Aḥmad added: “He would carry …”

(1) Its transmitters are trustworthy, yet the chain is interrupted, for Maymun ibn Mihran never met Hakim ibn Hizam. Al-Bukhari also narrated the report (3/265–266) in the Book of Zakat, chapter “Refraining from asking,” on the authority of al-Zuhri, from Urwah ibn al-Zubayr and Said ibn al-Musayyab: Hakim ibn Hizam said, “I asked the Messenger of Allah, and he gave me; then I asked him and he gave me; then I asked him and he gave me. He then said, ‘O Hakim, this wealth is green and sweet. Whoever takes it with a generous heart will find blessing in it, but whoever takes it with avarice will find no blessing in it and will resemble one who eats yet is never sated. The upper hand is better than the lower hand.’ I replied, ‘By the One who sent you with the truth, I shall never again take anything from anyone after you until I leave this world.’ After the Prophet’s death, Abu Bakr would summon Hakim to receive his allotment, but he refused. Later Umar invited him to accept it, yet he again declined, whereupon Umar proclaimed, ‘I call you to witness, O Muslims, that I am offering Hakim his rightful share of this fay, but he refuses to take it.’ Thus Hakim never accepted anything from anyone after the Messenger of Allah.

فِي الإِسْلاَمِ. قَالَ: مَنْ أَيْنَ، وَلَسْتَ فِي الدِّيْوَانِ؟! فَقُلْتُ: شَهَادَةُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللهُ سَهْمٌ، وَالصَّلاَةُ سَهْمٌ، وَالزَّكَاةُ سَهْمٌ، وَصِيَامُ رَمَضَانَ سَهْمٌ، وَالحَجُّ سَهْمٌ. قَالَ: مَا كُنْت أَظُنُّ أَنَّ لأَحَدٍ فِي الإِسْلاَمِ سَهْماً إِلاَّ مَنْ كَانَ فِي الدِّيْوَانِ. قُلْتُ: هَذَا ابْنُ عَمِّكَ حَكِيْمُ بنُ حِزَامٍ لَمْ يَأْخُذْ دِيْوَاناً قَطُّ، وَذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ رَسُوْلَ اللهِ ﷺ مَسْأَلَةً، فَقَالَ: (اسْتَعِفَّ يَا حَكِيْمُ خَيْرٌ لَكَ) . قَالَ: وَمِنْكَ يَا رَسُوْلَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ: وَمِنِّي. قَالَ: لاَ جَرَمَ لاَ أَسْأَلُكَ وَلاَ غَيْرَكَ شَيْئاً أَبَداً، وَلَكِنْ ادْعُ اللهَ لِي أَنْ يُبَارِكَ لِي فِي صَفْقَتِي -يَعْنِي: التِّجَارَةَ-. فَدَعَا لَهُ (١) . رَوَاهَا: عَبْدُ اللهِ بنُ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي المَلِيْحِ، عَنْهُ. قَالَ فُرَاتٌ: سَمِعْتُ مِيْموناً يَقُوْلُ: لَوْ نُشِرَ فِيْكُم رَجُلٌ مِنَ السَّلَفِ، مَا عَرَفَ إِلاَّ قِبْلَتُكُم. أَبُو المَلِيْحِ: سَمِعْتُ مَيْمُوْنَ بنَ مِهْرَانَ، وَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ زَوْجَةَ هِشَامٍ مَاتَتْ، وَأَعْتَقَتْ كُلَّ مَمْلُوْكٍ لَهَا. فَقَالَ: يَعْصُوْنَ اللهَ مَرَّتَيْنِ، يَبْخَلُوْنَ بِهِ، وَقَدْ أُمِرُوا أَنْ يُنْفِقُوْهُ، فَإِذَا صَارَ لِغَيْرِهِم، أَسْرَفُوا فِيْهِ. قَالَ أَحْمَدُ العِجْلِيُّ، وَالنَّسَائِيُّ: مَيْمُوْنٌ ثِقَةٌ. زَادَ أَحْمَدُ: كَانَ يَحْمِلُ عَلَى

(١) رجاله ثقات، لكنه منقطع، ميمون بن مهران لم يدرك حكيم بن حزام، وأخرج البخاري ٣ / ٢٦٥، ٢٦٦، في الزكاة: باب الاستعفاف عن المسألة من حديث الزهري، عن عروة بن الزبير وسعيد بن المسيب أن حكيم بن حزام ﵁ قال: سألت رسول الله ﷺ، فأعطاني، ثم سألته فأعطاني، ثم سألته فأعطاني، ثم قال: " يا حكيم إن هذا المال خضرة حلوة، فمن أخذه بسخاوة نفس، بورك له فيه، ومن أخذه بإشراف نفس لم يبارك له فيه وكان كالذي يأكل ولا يشبع، اليد العليا خير من اليد السفلى. " فقال حكيم: فقلت يا رسول الله والذي بعثك بالحق لا أرزأ أحدا بعدك شيئا حتى أفارق الدنيا. فكان أبو بكر ﵁ يدعو حكيما إلى العطاء، فيأبى أن يقبله منه، ثم إن عمر ﵁ دعاه ليعطيه، فأبى أن يقبل منه شيئا، فقال: إني أشهدكم معشر المسلمين على حكيم إني أعرض عليه حقه من هذا الفئ فيأبى أن يأخذه، فلم يرزأ حكيم أحدا من الناس بعد رسول الله ﷺ.