ok, I got it working.
here is how I did it:
first, we need to insert the hikashop helper:
if(!include_once(rtrim(JPATH_ADMINISTRATOR,DS).DS.'components'.DS.'com_hikashop'.DS.'helpers'.DS.'helper.php')){
echo 'This module can not work without the Hikashop Component';
return;
};
now, the call for the userid is a little different from what you wrote:
$userhika = hikashop_loadUser(true);
$user_id=$userhika->user_id;
the only difference is that you wrote hikashop_user_id and the correct syntax (at least with this helper.php file) is user_id.