al-Hakam ibn Abi al-As al-Thaqafi

Al-Hakam ibn Abi al-As ibn Umayya ibn Abd Shams al-Qurashi al-Umawi, paternal uncle of Uthman ibn Affan and father of Marwan. ¹ Ibn Sa'd says that he embraced Islam on the day of the Conquest and settled in Medina, then the Prophet ﷺ banished him to al-Ta'if, and he was brought back to Medina in the caliphate of Uthman and died there. ¹

Ibn Hajar relates three reports of differing strength on the reason for his banishment, some with weak chains. They are set out in the list of views at the top of the page, with their detail in the Isaba (pp. 333–334).

Al-Tabarani relates from a hadith of Hudhayfa that when Abu Bakr became caliph he was asked to bring him back to Medina, and he said: "I would not undo a knot that the Messenger of God tied." ¹ He was brought back in the caliphate of Uthman. ¹

Ibn Hajar gives reports from the Prophet about al-Hakam and his offspring, among them one that he says has a doubtful chain, and one whose chain includes a man ascribed to rafd. ¹ Another is reported by al-Haytham ibn Adi from al-Ahnaf and Mu'awiya on the reason for Mu'awiya's submission to Marwan. ² Ibn Hajar says that the core of the story of Aisha and Marwan in al-Bukhari is "without this addition". ² In keeping with the museum's method, we do not judge the man, but attribute each report to its narrator and the state of its chain, as Ibn Hajar sets it out, and leave the assessment of the chains to the scholars of hadith.