It is narrated on the authority of Anas bin Malik (RA) that when this verse:" O ye who believe I raise not your voices above the voice of the Prophet, nor shout loud unto him in discourse, as ye shout loud unto one another, lest your deeds should become null and void, while you perceive not" (xlix. 2-5), was revealed. Thabit bin Qais confined himself in his house and said: I am one of the denizens of Fire, and he deliberately avoided coming to the Apostle ﷺ . The Apostle ﷺ asked Sad b, Muadh about him and said, Abu Amr, how is Thabit? Has he fallen sick? Sad said: He is my neighbour, but I do not know of his illness. Sad came to him (Thabit), and conveyed to him the message of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . Upon this Thabit said: This verse was revealed, and you are well aware of the fact that, amongst all of you, mine is the voice louder than that of the Messenger of Allah, and so I am one amongst the denizens of Fire, Sad Informed the Holy Prophet ﷺ about it. Upon this the Messenger of Allah ﷺ observed: (Nay, not so) but he (Thabit) is one of the dwellers of Paradise.