QuizTime(184) Who was that Sahabi stayed away from prophet(saw) gathering, as feared his deed got vanished due his voice louder than prophet ?

 

QuizTime(184) Who was that Sahabi stayed away from prophet(saw) gathering, as feared his deed got vanished due  his voice louder than prophet ?

 

 

 

Ans:  Thabit ibn Qays(R.a)

There was another occasion when Thabit became sad and crest-fallen, when the words of the Quran were revealed:

"O you who believe! Raise not your voices above the voice of the Prophet and neither speak loudly to him as you would speak loudly to one another, lest all your deeds come to naught without your perceiving it."[Qur’an ch 49 Verse 2]

On hearing these words, Qays kept away from the meetings and gatherings of the Prophet in spite of his great love for him and his hitherto constant presence in his company. He stayed in his house a/most without ever leaving it except for the performance of the obligatory Salat. The Prophet missed his presence and evidently asked for information about him. A man from the Ansar volunteered and went to Thabit's house. He found Thabit sitting in his house, sad and dejected, with his head bowed low.

"What's the matter with you?" asked the man. "It's bad," replied Thabit. "You know that I am a man with a loud voice and that my voice is far louder than that of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace. And you know what has been revealed in the Quran. The only result for me is that my deeds will come to naught and I will be among the people who go to the fire of hell."

The man returned to the Prophet and told him what he had seen and heard and the Prophet instructed him to return to Thabit and say: "You are not among the people who will go to the fire of hell but you will be among the people of Paradise."

Such was the tremendously good news with which Thabit ibn Qays was blessed. The incidents showed how alive and sensitive he was to the Prophet and the commands of Islam and his readiness to observe the letter and the spirit of its laws. He subjected himself to the most stringent self-criticism. His was a God-fearing and penitent heart which trembled and shook through the fear of God. End.

Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet noticed the absence of Thabit bin Qais. A man said, O Allah's Apostle! I shall bring you his news. So he went to him and saw him sitting in his house drooping his head (sadly). He asked Thabit, What's the matter? Thabit replied, An evil situation: A man used to raise his voice over the voice of the Prophet and so all his good deeds have been annulled and he is from the people of Hell. The man went back and told the Prophet that Thabit had said so-and-so. (The sub-narrator, Musa bin Anas said, The man went to Thabit again with glad tidings). The Prophet said to him, Go and say to Thabit: 'You are not from the people of Fire, but from the people of Paradise.

[Sahi Bukhari Hadith 3613]

 

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