At a glance
- Roles
- Companion · Transmitter
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Non-Muslim minorities under Muslim rule
Summary
Hisham ibn Hakim ibn Hizam al-Qurashi al-Asadi, Abu Umar, was a Companion and the son of a Companion. He embraced Islam on the day Makkah was conquered and narrated from the Prophet. 1
Transmitters and standing
Jubayr ibn Nufayr, Urwa ibn al-Zubayr and Qatada al-Sulami narrated from him. He was counted among the best and most distinguished Companions. 1
The jizya at Homs
At Homs he saw people of the Nabat being made to pay the jizya under the governor Iyad ibn Ghanm. He objected, citing the Prophet's saying that God punishes those who torment people in this world. 1
Death
The book gives his death as after 15 AH. It reports, attributed to Abu Nu'aym, that he was martyred at Ajnadayn; that attribution is not checked here. 1
Connections
- Mentioned in
- Muwatta 540
People and things also explored
Muwatta, Book of Prayer· Al Bukhari· Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i· Muhammad· Muhammad ibn Shihab al-Zuhri· Umar ibn al-Khattab· Urwa ibn al-Zubayr· The Qur'an
Sources
- al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.6457
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islam.museum contributors. “Hisham ibn Hakim ibn Hizam (Companion)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/hisham-ibn-hakim-ibn-hizam/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.