Sahih Muslim

Sahih Muslim 119a

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ ‏‏{‏ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لاَ تَرْفَعُوا أَصْوَاتَكُمْ فَوْقَ صَوْتِ النَّبِيِّ‏}‏ إِلَى آخِرِ الآيَةِ جَلَسَ ثَابِتُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ فِي بَيْتِهِ وَقَالَ أَنَا مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ ‏.‏ وَاحْتَبَسَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَسَأَلَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم سَعْدَ بْنَ مُعَاذٍ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ يَا أَبَا عَمْرٍو مَا شَأْنُ ثَابِتٍ أَشْتَكَى ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ سَعْدٌ إِنَّهُ لَجَارِي وَمَا عَلِمْتُ لَهُ بِشَكْوَى ‏.‏ قَالَ فَأَتَاهُ سَعْدٌ فَذَكَرَ لَهُ قَوْلَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ ثَابِتٌ أُنْزِلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمْ أَنِّي مِنْ أَرْفَعِكُمْ صَوْتًا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَنَا مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ ‏.‏ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ سَعْدٌ لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ بَلْ هُوَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ ‏" ‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; al-Hasan ibn Musa narrated to us; Hammad ibn Salamah narrated to us, from Thabit al-Bunani, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: When this verse was revealed—‘O you who believe, do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet’—Thabit ibn Qays sat at home and said: ‘I am among the people of the Fire.’ He kept away from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so the Prophet asked Sa'd ibn Mu'adh: ‘Abu Amr, what is the matter with Thabit? Is he ill?’ Sa'd said: ‘He is my neighbor, and I know of no illness.’ Sa'd went to him and told him what the Messenger of Allah had said. Thabit replied: ‘This verse has been revealed, and you know that my voice is among the loudest over the Messenger of Allah's voice. So I am among the people of the Fire.’ Sa'd told the Prophet this, and the Messenger of Allah said: ‘No, rather he is among the people of Paradise.’