«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.”