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He, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, would check on his Companions if they were absent
Anas ibn Maalik (a Companion) narrated that when this verse was revealed (which means):
«O you who have believed, do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet or be loud to him in speech like the loudness of some of you to others, lest your deeds become worthless while you perceive not.» [Quran: 49:2], Thaabit ibn Qays sat in his home, and said: “I am from the people of the Fire!” and stayed away from the Prophet of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam. The Prophet of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, asked Sa’d ibn Mu’aath (a Companion): “O Abu ‘Amr, what is the matter with Thaabit, is he sick?” Sa’d replied, “He is my neighbor, I do not know anything wrong with him.” Sa’d then went to Thaabit and mentioned to him what the Prophet of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said. Thaabit said: “This verse was revealed, and as you know I am one of the loudest people in front of Allah’s Messenger, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, so I am from the people of the Hellfire!”Sa’d went and mentioned this to the Prophet of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, to which he replied: “Rather, he is from the people of Paradise.”
Qurrah ibn Iyaas (a Companion) narrated that a man came to the Prophet of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, with his son, so he said to him, “Do you love him?” He said: “May Allah love you as I love him.” Then he died, so when the Prophet of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, did not see him he asked about him. He, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said to his father: “Are you not pleased to not come to any gate of Paradise, except that you will find him running to open it for you?”