Ata al-Khurasani narrates: I came to Madinah and asked: "Who will narrate to me the hadith of Sayyiduna Thabit bin Qays bin Shammas (may Allah be pleased with him)?" The people directed me to his daughter. I asked her, and she said: I heard my father say: When this verse was revealed to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): "Indeed, Allah does not love anyone who is arrogant and boastful," it weighed heavily on Sayyiduna Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him). He shut his door and began to weep. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was informed of this, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent for him and asked him about it. He told the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) what had weighed heavily on him. He said: "I am a man who loves beauty and loves to be the leader of my people." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You are not one of them. Rather, you will live a good life, die a good death, and Allah Almighty will admit you to Paradise." The narrator says: When Allah Almighty revealed this verse to His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): "O you who believe! Do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet, and do not speak loudly to him," Sayyiduna Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) did the same again. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to know of it, so he sent for him. He told the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) what had become difficult for him: that his voice was loud, and that he feared he might be among those whose deeds would be nullified. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Rather, you will live a praiseworthy life, be killed as a martyr, and Allah Almighty will admit you to Paradise." When Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) called upon the Muslims to set out to fight the apostates, the people of Yamamah and Musaylimah the Liar, Sayyiduna Thabit bin Qays (may Allah be pleased with him) was among those who went. When the Muslims met Musaylimah and Banu Hanifah, they drove the Muslims back three times. At that time Sayyiduna Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Salim (may Allah be pleased with him), the freed slave of Sayyiduna Abu Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him), said: "This is not how we used to fight alongside the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)." They dug a pit for themselves, entered it, and kept fighting until both of them were martyred. The narrator says: A man from among the Muslims saw Sayyiduna Thabit bin Qays (may Allah be pleased with him) in a dream, and he said: "Yesterday evening, when we were killed, a man from among the Muslims passed by me and took my fine coat of armour from me. His lodging is in the far end of the army camp, and near his lodging there will be a horse running back and forth. He has placed a cooking pot upside down over the armour and has put a foot upon the pot. Go to Sayyiduna Khalid bin al-Walid (may Allah be pleased with him) and tell him to send someone to bring back my armour. And when he goes to the Caliph, let him tell him that I owe such-and-such a debt, and that such-and-such slave of mine is to be counted as free. Take care, and do not think that this is a confused dream and so neglect it." The narrator says: That man came to Sayyiduna Khalid bin al-Walid (may Allah be pleased with him), who sent someone to look for the armour, and the armour was found in exactly the condition that Sayyiduna Thabit bin Qays (may Allah be pleased with him) had described. Then when Sayyiduna Khalid bin al-Walid (may Allah be pleased with him) came to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and informed him of this, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) carried out the will that Sayyiduna Thabit bin Qays (may Allah be pleased with him) had made after his death. We do not know of anyone whose will made after his death was upheld, except Sayyiduna Thabit bin Qays bin Shammas (may Allah be pleased with him).
Al-Tabarani recorded it. I do not know the daughter of Sayyiduna Thabit bin Qays (may Allah be pleased with him); the rest of its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih. It appears that the daughter of Sayyiduna Thabit bin Qays (may Allah be pleased with him) was also a Companion, because she said: "I heard my father say." And Allah knows best.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب المناقب / 15784
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