Hakim bin Hizam bin Khuwaylid bin Asad bin Abd al-Uzza bin Qusayy bin Kilab (may Allah be pleased with him), Abu Khalid; his mother was Safiyyah bint Zuhayr bin al-Harith bin Asad, and her mother was Salma bint Abd Manaf bin Abd al-Dar; he accepted Islam on the day of the Conquest and was among those whose hearts were reconciled; the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave him a hundred camels from the spoils of Hunayn

Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Numayr said: The kunyah of Hakim bin Hizam was Abu Khalid.

Yahya bin Bukayr said: Hakim bin Hizam, whose kunyah was Abu Khalid, passed away in the year 54 AH, and some say in 58 AH. He was one hundred and twenty years old; he lived sixty years in the Days of Ignorance and sixty years in Islam.

Ya'qub bin Abd al-Rahman narrated from his father: Hakim bin Hizam lived one hundred and twenty years, sixty years in Islam and sixty years in the Days of Ignorance. When he swore a solemn oath he would say: "By the One who favoured Hakim on that day (by sparing him from being killed), I will not do such-and-such", and then he would not do it. His kunyah was Abu Khalid.

Urwah said: Hakim bin Hizam sold his house in Makkah to Mu'awiyah bin Abi Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with him), for one hundred thousand as far as I know. He was asked: Have you sold your house for one hundred thousand? He said: "By Allah! I acquired this house in the Days of Ignorance for nothing more than a single skin of wine. Bear witness that its price will be spent in the way of Allah."

Kathir bin Zayd narrated, through al-Muttalib bin Abdullah bin Hantab, from Hakim bin Hizam (may Allah be pleased with him) that he sold his house to Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) for sixty thousand. People said: By Allah! Mu'awiyah has cheated you. He said: "I acquired it in the Days of Ignorance for nothing more than a single skin of wine. I call you to witness that this money will be spent in the way of Allah, on the poor, and on freeing slaves. So which of us is the one who has been cheated?"

Abu Hazim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: We have not heard of anyone in Madinah who surpassed Hakim bin Hizam in providing mounts in the way of Allah. He said: Two Bedouins came to Madinah asking who provides mounts in the way of Allah, and they were directed to Hakim bin Hizam. They came to his house; Hakim asked them what they wanted, and they told him. Hakim said to them: "Do not be in a hurry; I will come out to you." The narrator said: Hakim bin Hizam used to wear clothes brought from Egypt, thin like netting, costing four dirhams. He would take a stick in his hand and bring one of his slaves out with him, and whenever he passed by a rubbish heap or refuse and saw in it a rag that could be of use in the gear of the camels that carry loads in the way of Allah, he would lift it with the tip of his stick and shake it off, then say to his slaves: "Keep hold of this; it will be of use for your gear." Meanwhile, as he was doing this, the two Bedouins began speaking to each other; one said to his companion: Woe to you! Let us get away from here; by Allah, this man has nothing but the picking of rags. His companion said to him: Woe to you! Do not be in a hurry; let us see. So he took them along until he reached the market, where he saw two fat, sturdy, pregnant she-camels. He bought them and bought their gear as well, then said to his slaves: "Make whatever repairs their gear needs with these rags." Then he loaded them with food, wheat and fat, gave the two men money for their expenses, and then gave them the two she-camels. The narrator said: One of them said to his companion: By Allah! I have never seen a better outcome from a rag-picker than today.

Mus'ab bin Thabit said: By Allah! It has reached me that Hakim bin Hizam came on the Day of Arafah with one hundred slaves, one hundred sacrificial camels and one hundred sheep, and said: "All of this is for Allah." So he set all the slaves free and ordered that the rest be slaughtered.

Hakim bin Hizam (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I said: O Messenger of Allah! In the Days of Ignorance I freed forty slaves. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You have embraced Islam along with the good deeds you did before."

Urwah said: Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), Hakim bin Hizam, Shaybah bin Uthman and Abdullah bin Amir made Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both) the executor of their wills.