Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 15782

Sayyiduna Thabit bin Qays bin Shammas al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I said: "O Messenger of Allah! By Allah, I fear that I will be ruined." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Why is that?" I said: "Allah Almighty has forbidden a man from seeking praise for what he has not done, and I find in myself that I love praise. Allah Almighty has forbidden arrogance, and I find in myself that I love beautiful things. Allah Almighty has forbidden us from raising our voices above your voice, and I am a man whose voice is loud." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Are you not pleased that you live a praiseworthy life, die as a martyr, and enter Paradise?" He said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah!" The narrator says: So he lived a praiseworthy life and was killed as a martyr on the occasion of the battle against Musaylimah the Liar.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat and al-Mu'jam al-Kabir in this way, in a long version and a short version. The narrators of the short version are thiqat (trustworthy). In the long version is al-Tabarani's teacher Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Yahya bin Hamzah al-Hadrami, and he is da'if (weak); Ibn Hibban declared him weak in the biography of his father in Kitab al-Thiqat, both him and his brother Ubaydullah. The rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy), and the narrators of the short version strengthen its reliability. He also recorded
this report via Isma'il bin Thabit, that Sayyiduna Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Messenger of Allah!" This chain is connected, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih except Isma'il, who is thiqah (trustworthy), a Tabi'i, and he heard from his father (Sayyiduna Thabit bin Qays (may Allah be pleased with him)).