Ata al-Khurasani narrates: I came to Madinah and went to the daughter of Sayyiduna Thabit bin Qays bin Shammas (may Allah be pleased with him), and she related the story of her father. She said that when Allah Almighty revealed to His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) this verse: "Do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet" [Surah al-Hujurat: 2] and this verse: "Indeed, Allah does not love everyone who is arrogant and boastful" [Surah Luqman: 18] , my father sat in his house and began to weep. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not find him in the gathering and asked about him. He came and said: I am a man with a loud voice, and I fear that my deeds may have been nullified. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Rather, you will live a praiseworthy life, die a martyr's death, and Allah will admit you into Paradise in peace." His (peace and blessings be upon him) words were: 'Bal ta'ishu hamidan, wa tamutu shahidan, wa yudkhiluka Allahu al-jannata bi-salam' (Rather, you will live praiseworthy, die a martyr, and Allah will admit you into Paradise in peace). Then, when he was martyred in the Battle of Yamamah alongside Khalid bin al-Walid (may Allah be pleased with him), a Muslim saw him in a dream. He said in the dream: "When I was killed, a Muslim man took off my armour and hid it at the farthest end of the army camp, and it is still with him. He has turned a cooking pot upside down over the armour and placed a camel saddle on the pot. Go to the commander Khalid and inform him, and beware of dismissing it as merely a dream and letting it be lost. And when you reach Madinah, go to the caliph of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him), and tell him that I owe such-and-such a debt, which should be paid, and that such-and-such slave of mine is free. And beware of dismissing it as merely a dream and letting it be lost." The narrator says: That man went to Khalid bin al-Walid and informed him, and he found the situation just as he had been told. Then he came to Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) and informed him, and he carried out his will. We do not know of anyone whose will was carried out in this way, on the basis of a dream, after his death, except Sayyiduna Thabit bin Qays bin Shammas (may Allah be pleased with him). Mention of the virtues of Abu al-As bin al-Rabi' (may Allah be pleased with him), the son-in-law of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him):