When this verse was revealed, "O you who believe, do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet" up to His saying "while you do not perceive" [Hujurat 49:2], Thabit bin Qays bin Shammas, who had a loud voice, said, "I am the one who used to raise my voice above the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. My deeds have been nullified. I am among the people of the Fire." He sat in his house grieving.The Messenger of Allah ﷺ noticed his absence, so some of the people went to him and said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has been asking after you. What is the matter with you?"He replied, "I am the one who raised my voice above the voice of the Prophet ﷺ and spoke loudly to him. My deeds have been nullified, and I am among the people of the Fire."They went to the Prophet ﷺ and informed him of what he had said. The Prophet ﷺ said, "No, rather he is among the people of Paradise."Anas said, "We used to see him walking among us knowing that he was one of the people of Paradise. On the day of Yamamah, some of us began to retreat. Then Thabit bin Qays bin Shammas came, having perfumed himself with hanut and donned his shroud, and he said, 'What an evil way to treat your comrades.' He fought them until he was killed."
لما نزلت هذه الآية: {يا أيها الذين آمنوا لا ترفعوا أصواتكم فوق صوت النبي} إلى قوله: وأنتم{لا تشعرون}، وكان ثابت بن قيس بن شماس رفيع الصوت، فقال: أنا الذي كنت أرفع صوتي على رسول الله ﷺ، حبط عملي، أنا من أهل النار، وجلس في أهله حزينا، فتفقده رسول الله ﷺ، فانطلق بعض القوم إليه، فقالوا له: تفقدك رسول الله ﷺ ما لك؟ فقال: أنا الذي أرفع صوتي فوق صوت النبي ﷺ، وأجهر بالقول، حبط عملي وأنا من أهل النار، فأتوا النبي ﷺ فأخبروه بما قال فقال: لا بل هو من أهل الجنة قال أنس: وكنا نراه يمشي بين أظهرنا ونحن نعلم أنه من أهل الجنة، فلما كان يوم اليمامة كان فينا بعض الانكشاف، فجاء ثابت بن قيس بن شماس، وقد تحنط ولبس كفنه، فقال: بئسما تعودون أقرانكم، فقاتلهم حتى قتل.
Ahmad narrated it (12399), and Ibn Hibban declared it sahih (7168), both from the hadith of Sulayman, from Thabit, from Anas bin Malik, who related it. Sulayman is Ibn Mughira, whom Muslim mentioned in the aforementioned place, but he did not mention its wording.Bukhari narrated in the Book of Prayer (470), with his chain, from Saaib bin Yazid, who said, "I was standing in the masjid when a man threw a pebble at me. I looked and it was Umar bin Khattab. He said, 'Go and bring me these two men.' So I brought them to him. He said, 'Who are you two?' or 'Where are you two from?' They said, 'We are from the people of Taif.' He said, 'If you were from the people of this town, I would have hurt you, raising your voices in the masjid of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.'"The names of these two men are not known, but according to Abdul-Razzaq, they were two men from Thaqif.