Team Fajr: Thābit ibn Qays ﵁ w/ Ml Farhan Shariff | Lives of the Companions Ep.46 | 10/03

One of the most famous things that he is known for is his reaction when verses of Surah Al-Hujurat were revealed.

So when these verses were revealed, "Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo la tarfa'oo aswatakum fawqa sawti annabiyyi wala tajharoo lahu bilqawli kajahri ba'dikum liba'din an tahbata a'malukum wa antum la tash'uroon." Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala said, "O you who believe, do not raise your voices over the voice of Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam." So many mufassirun when discussing this ayah said that it was revealed with regards to Sayyidina Abu Bakr and Umar Radi Allahu Anhuma.

There was a delegation of Banu Tamim that came, and normally the habit of Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam whenever any group came, especially towards the end of his life, many tribes existed in Arabia that didn't have the opportunity to come and see Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam.

Sometimes they would send a few people on their behalf, and it would be their job, their responsibility to go back and to teach them the various different, uh, instructions, the various different teachings of Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam.

So what he would do is he would appoint an emir.

He would appoint an emir usually whenever any delegation came.

And when this delegation came, uh, on one occasion, then Sayyidina Umar Radi Allahu Anhu, he said, "I feel so and so should be the emir." And Abu Bakr Radi Allahu Anhu, he replied, he said, "No, I don't think he should be the emir.

I think someone else should be the emir.

I think this person should be the emir." So then Umar Radi Allahu Anhu, he said, "Oh, uh, you know, "La turido illa khilafak".

You only wanna-- You only said that because you just don't wanna agree with me.

You just wanna say you have your own opinion all the time." At that time then Abu Bakr Radi Allahu Anhu responded, and then their voices were raised, and they didn't realize that Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam was there.

And so Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala revealed this ayah, and many mufassirun mention it's with regards to them.

But look at the heart of Sayyiduna Thabit bin Qays bin Shamas Radi Allahu Anhu.

When this ayah was revealed, then he stopped coming to the, the gathering of Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam.

He stopped attending the lesson, the different durus.

And Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, he had this habit of- You know, regularly keeping and watching and keeping in mind who was attending and who was not present.

So he noticed after some time that Thabit bin Qais, he's no longer attending these majalis.

Where did he go? So he mentioned in one of his lectures, I haven't seen Thabit for quite some time.

And one person, he said, Ya Rasulullah, I will go and I will find him.

I know where he is.

I know what he's doing.

So he went and he saw Sayyidina Thabit radiAllahu anhu.

He was at home and he wasn't coming out.

And he seemed to be very gloom and down.

So then he asked him, Thabit, like, you know, what's wrong? What's going on? And he said, halaktu, halaktu.