Al-Hakam from Miqsam—that is, the report on cupping (1).

Abu Khaythamah narrated to us; Muhammad ibn Khazim narrated to us; al-Aʿmash narrated to us, from Shaqīq, from ʿAbdullāh, who said:
“By Allah, the person who issues a legal verdict for people about everything they ask is surely insane.”

Al-Aʿmash said: Al-Hakam told me, “Had I heard this from you before today, I would not have given verdicts on many of the matters about which I used to issue fatwas.”

Judge Ahmad ibn Muhammad narrated to us; Muslim narrated to us; Shuʿbah narrated, from al-Hakam, who said:
“I accompanied a funeral procession when I was still a boy. Zayd ibn Arqam led the prayer over it, and I heard the people saying, ‘He pronounced four takbīrs over it.’”

Maʿqil ibn ʿUbaydullāh said: “I said to al-Hakam, ‘Abu Muhammad…’”

ʿAlī ibn al-Madīnī said: “I asked Yaḥyā, ‘Which of Ibrāhīm’s students is dearest to you?’ He replied, ‘Al-Hakam and Manṣūr—how closely matched they are!’”

Al-Madāʾinī said: “Al-Hakam ibn ʿUtaybah was a Kindite.”

It is also said that he was an Asadī client (mawlā).

Ḥajjāj ibn Muhammad said: I heard Abū Isrāʾīl say, “The very first day I came to know al-Hakam was the day al-Shaʿbī died. A man came asking about a ruling, and the people said, ‘Go to al-Hakam ibn ʿUtaybah.’”

Ahmad ibn Zuhayr said: Ibn Maʿīn narrated to us; Jarīr narrated to us; from Mughīra, who said: “Whenever al-Hakam arrived in Medina, the Prophet’s column would be set aside for him so that he could pray facing it.”

Ḥumayd ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān said: “I heard Ibn Abī Laylā say: ‘Al-Shaʿbī used to say…’”