Al-Ḥakīm

How the scholars invoke Al-Ḥakīm.

1. "The rest of the hadith is recorded by al-Tirmidhi, who deemed it good; Ibn Majah, Ibn Hibban, and al-Hakim, who authenticated its chain, also narrated it from Ibn ʿAbbas. Al-Hakim narrated from Anas that the pillar and the standing-place are rubies from the rubies of Paradise and authenticated its chain. It was narrated by al-Nasa'i, Ibn Hibban, and al-Hakim from the hadith of Abdullah ibn Amr."

   — Imam al-Ghazali, Book 7: The Mysteries of Pilgrimage

2. "set free the sacrificial animals. This narration is also found in the collections of al-Bukhari and Muslim. Al-Bukhari mentioned that Ibn al-Hadi narrated from al-Zuhri. Al-Hakim clarified that al-Bukhari intended to say that Ibn al-Hadi narrated from Abd al-Wahhab ibn Bakht from al-Zuhri. Ahmad narrated from Amr ibn Salama al-Huzayy through al-Laith ibn Sa'd, from Yazid ibn al-Hadi, from al-Zuhri, from Abu Hurairah. I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, say, I saw Amr ibn Amir dragging his intestines in the fire, and he was the first to set free the sacrificial animals and to establish the practice of the al-Bahira. Al-Hakim noted that Abd al-Wahhab"

   — Ibn Kathir, Volume 2 — From the Israelite Prophets to Pre-Islamic Arabia

3. "Finally Adam asked, ''If I repent, will you return me to Paradise?'' The answer was ''Yes.'' Al-Hakim noted that the chain of transmission is authentic, though it was not widely narrated. Al-Hakim, along with Al-Baihaqi and Ibn Asakir, also narrated from Abman Ibn Zayd Ibn Aslam from his father, from his grandfather, from Umar Ibn Al-Khattab, that the messenger of Allah peace be upon him said, ''When Adam committed the sin, he said, ''O Lord, I ask you by the right of Muhammad to forgive me.'' Allah asked, ''And how did you know Muhammad while I have not yet created him?'' Adam replied, ''O Lord, because when you created me with your hand and breathed into me of"

   — Ibn Kathir, Volume 1 — From Creation to Mūsā

4. "Quran, Surat al-A'raf, verses 172-173. This hadith has a strong and sound chain according to Muslims' conditions and was also narrated by al-Nasai, ibn Jarir and al-Hakim in his Mustadrak. Al-Hakim stated, it is a sound chain, though there was a difference of opinion regarding Kulthum ibn Jabir. It was narrated from him both elevated and paused, as well as from Sa'id ibn Jubair, from ibn Abbas paused. Similarly, it was narrated by al-Awfi, al-Walibi, al-Dahhaq, and Abu Jamrah, from ibn Abbas as his statement. This version is more frequent and more established and Allah knows best. It was also narrated from Abdullah ibn Umar, both paused and elevated,"

   — Ibn Kathir, The Story of Adam