[Machine] "O Messenger of Allah, I was afraid that I might have perished," he said. The Prophet ﷺ asked, "Why?" He replied, "Allah ﷻ has forbidden us from praising what we have not done, and I love to be praised. He has also forbidden us from false pretenses, and I love beauty. He has forbidden us from raising our voices louder than yours, and I am a man with a loud voice." The Prophet ﷺ said, "O Thabit, do you not want to live as a praiseworthy person, be martyred, and enter Paradise?" He replied, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." So, he lived as a praiseworthy person, was martyred on the day of Musaylimah the Liar, and entered Paradise."
يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَقَدْ خَشِيتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ قَدْ هَلَكْتُ قَالَ «لِمَ؟» قَالَ نَهَانَا اللهُ ﷻ عَنِ الْحَمْدِ أَنْ نُحْمَدَ بِمَا لَمْ نَفْعَلْ وَإِنِّي أُحِبُّ الْحَمْدَ وَنَهَانَا عَنِ الْخُيَلَاءِ وَأَنَا أُحِبُّ الْجَمَالَ وَنَهَانَا أَنْ نَرْفَعَ أَصْوَاتَنَا فَوْقَ صَوْتِكَ وَأَنَا امْرُؤٌ جَهِيرُ الصَّوْتِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «يَا ثَابِتُ أَلَا تَرْضَى أَنْ تَعِيشَ حَمِيدًا وتُقْتَلَ شَهِيدًا وَتَدْخُلَ الْجَنَّةَ؟» قَالَ بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَعَاشَ حَمِيدًا وَقُتِلَ شَهِيدًا يَوْمَ مُسَيْلِمَةَ الْكَذَّابِ