[Machine] "O Messenger of Allah, I feared that I may have been destroyed," he said. The Prophet ﷺ asked, "Why?" He replied, "Allah has forbidden a person to desire to be praised for what they have not done. And I find myself loving praise, and Allah has forbidden us from being loud and I find myself loving beauty, and He has forbidden us from raising our voices above yours. And indeed, I am someone who raises their voice. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "O Thabit, would you not be pleased to live a praiseworthy life, be martyred, and enter Paradise?" He replied, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." So he lived a praiseworthy life and was martyred on the day of Musaylimah."
يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَقَدْ خَشِيتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ قَدْ هَلَكْتُ فَقَالَ لَهُ «لِمَ؟» قَالَ نَهَى اللهُ الْمَرْءَ أَنْ يُحِبَّ أَنْ يُحْمَدَ بِمَا لَمْ يَفْعَلْ وَأَجِدُنِي أُحِبُّ الْحَمْدَ وَنَهَانَا عَنِ الْخُيَلَاءِ وَأَجِدُنِي أُحِبُّ الْجَمَالَ وَنَهَانَا أَنْ نَرْفَعَ أَصْوَاتَنَا فَوْقَ صَوْتِكَ وَإِنِّي امْرُؤٌ جَهِيرُ الصَّوْتِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَا ثَابِتُ أَمَا تَرْضَى أَنْ تَعِيشَ حَمِيدًا وتُقْتَلُ شَهِيدًا وَتَدْخُلَ الْجَنَّةَ؟» قَالَ بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَعَاشَ حَمِيدًا وَقُتِلَ يَوْمَ مُسَيْلِمَةَ