Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 2220
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّ حَكِيمَ بْنَ حِزَامٍ، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ، قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، أَرَأَيْتَ أُمُورًا كُنْتُ أَتَحَنَّثُ ـ أَوْ أَتَحَنَّتُ بِهَا ـ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ مِنْ صِلَةٍ وَعَتَاقَةٍ وَصَدَقَةٍ، هَلْ لِي فِيهَا أَجْرٌ قَالَ حَكِيمٌ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَسْلَمْتَ عَلَى مَا سَلَفَ لَكَ مِنْ خَيْرٍ ".
Abu al-Yaman informed us: Shuaib informed us, from al-Zuhri, who said: Urwa ibn al-Zubayr informed me that Hakim ibn Hizam told him that he had said: “Messenger of Allah, what do you think of things I used to do in the pre-Islamic period to seek devotion, such as maintaining family ties, freeing enslaved people, and giving charity? Will I have a reward for them?” Hakim, may Allah be pleased with him, said that the Messenger of Allah replied: “You have entered Islam with the good you did in the past.”
Translation notes
The Arabic preserves uncertainty between two forms of the verb describing Hakim religious practice. The listed acts are maintaining kinship ties, manumission, and charity.