[Machine] He said, "O Messenger of Allah, I feared that I have been destroyed." He said, "Why?" He said, "Verily, Allah forbids us from praising what we have not done, and I find myself loving praise. He forbids us from boasting, and I am a person who loves beauty. He forbids us from raising our voices above yours, and I am a person with a loud voice." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "O Thabit bin Qais, are you not pleased to live as a praiseworthy person, be killed as a martyr, and enter Paradise?"
أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَقَدْ خَشِيتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ قَدْ هَلَكْتُ قَالَ «بِمَ؟» قَالَ إِنَّ اللهَ يَنْهَانَا أَنْ نُحْمَدَ بِمَا لَمْ نَفْعَلْ وَأَجِدُنِي أُحِبُّ الْحَمْدَ وَنَهَانَا عَنِ الْخُيَلَاءِ وَأَنَا امْرُؤٌ أُحِبُّ الْجَمَالَ وَنَهَانَا أَنْ نَرْفَعَ أَصْوَاتَنَا فَوْقَ صَوْتِكَ وَأَنَا امْرُؤٌ جَهِيرُ الصَّوْتِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَا ثَابِتُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ أَمَا تَرْضَى أَنْ تَعِيشَ حَمِيدًا وتُقْتَلَ شَهِيدًا وَتَدْخُلَ الْجَنَّةَ؟»