Hazrat Hakeem bin Hazzaam (رضی اللہ عنہ), went to Syria with a trading group. He did not accept the Islam at that time, but Holy Prophet ﷺ had declared His Apostleship and He had started the preaching of Islam.
Roman King of that place called them he was also with them, when he went in front of king he said “to which tribe of Arab you people belong, and the Person declared that he is a Prophet, what relation you had with Him?”
Hakeem Bin Hazzaam said that “my lineage connect to His lineage, in fifth generation above me”. Then king said that “will you tell me the truth what I will ask?” people of tribe said together that “yes” we will reply truly. Now he asked that either you are in those who have rejected His religion or Accepted Him. They replied that they belong to those who have rejected Him, and we are enemy to Him. Now they started asking the message of Holy Prophet ﷺ that what He ﷺ says to people. These people were telling him the details of message that king gets up and said that “come with me”. They started walking behind them; he took them in part of his place. He ordered to his servant that “open this place” he opened the lock and the entered along with them. There was a big thing in that room and it was covered with cloth. That was a human picture. He asked them that do you know. Whose picture is this? After watching carefully they nodded and said “no” we don’t know. Then he said that “it is the picture of Adam (علیہ السلام)”. then he went to another room from a door inside this room, there was also a picture and it was also covered with the piece of cloth, in the same way he kept showing them the pictures of Prophets (علیہ السلام). They kept on saying that they don’t recognize and was telling them that which prophet’s picture is that. At last he opened another door and went in the room, a picture was covered here also he removed the cloth and asked: “Do you recognise this picture?” he quickly replied yes! This picture is of my companion Muhammad bin Abdullah (PBUH) who has claimed of Prophet Hood.
Do you know? How old these pictures are? Hazrat Hakeem bin Hazzam and his companions replied “No”. Now he told them: “These were made more than a thousand years back. Your companion is definitely the Prophet PBUH sent by Allah SWT. You people should follow him and do as he says. I have this wish of becoming his servant and wash his feet and drink that water.”
Now King Rumi pointed to another picture behind him and asked do you recognize this person? These men said yes, this is Abu Bakr (R.A). After that the King showed them another picture and they said yes this is Umar Bin Khitaab (R.A). After hearing this King Rumi spoke aloud I give witness that this is The Messenger (PBUH) of Allah and this is Abu Bakr who will be Caliph after the Prophet, and Umar Bin Khitaab (R.A) will be Caliph after Abu Bakr (R.A).
(Reference: Seerat e Halbiya, Urdu translation by Maulana Muhammad Aslam Qasmi, Volume 1, chapter 18, page 583)
