Khuraym ibn Fatik al-Asadi

Khuraym ibn Fatik ibn al-Akhram ibn Shaddad ibn 'Amr al-Asadi, of Banu Asad, appears in the Book of Knowing the Companions of al-Hakim's [[work/al-mustadrak-ala-al-sahihayn|Mustadrak]]. ²

Al-Hakim gives, with a chain to Ibn 'Abbas, the report that 'Umar once asked him for a story that would please him, and he told him about Khuraym. Around the time the Prophet ﷺ appeared, Khuraym went out with his camels; at nightfall he hobbled them, rested his head on a camel's foreleg and said, "I seek refuge with the great one of this valley", as people did before Islam. A voice called out to him in verse, telling him to seek refuge with God, the Lord of majesty, and to affirm His oneness, and announcing that the Messenger of God had come "with Ya Sin and the Ha Mim suras", commanding fasting and prayer. ²

Khuraym asked who it was, and it said it was Malik ibn Malik, sent by the Messenger of God over the jinn of Najd, and it promised to return his camels safely to his family. He hobbled one camel and rode to Medina, arriving on a Friday while the people were at prayer. Abu Dharr came out to call him to the Prophet, who on seeing him asked about the old man who had promised to return his camels, and told him they had been returned. Khuraym then made the declaration of faith, and his Islam was good. ³

Al-Dhahabi says in the Talkhis: "He gave a long hadith that is not sound." ²

Al-Hakim also gives, through Shimr ibn 'Atiyya, Khuraym's report that he came to the Prophet, who told him: "Khuraym ibn Fatik, were it not for two traits in you, you would be the man." He asked what they were, and the Prophet said: "Your long hair and your trailing waist-wrap." Khuraym went and cut his hair and shortened his wrap. ³