ThÃÂbit ibn Qays ibn ShammÃÂs al-ḤÃÂrithë al-Khazrajë (Arabic: ëçèê èàÃÂÃÂó èàôàçó çÃÂÃÂçñëàçÃÂîòñìÃÂ) was a companion of Muhammad, who served as one of his orators and scribes, and a leader of the Ansar, the natives of Medina who gave Muhammad safe haven in their city and were among the earliest converts to Islam.
Following the Muslim victory at Battle of Dhu al-Qassah at the beginning of the Ridda wars in 632, Caliph Abu Bakr appointed Thabit commander of the Ansarite troops. He was placed under the overall command of Khalid ibn al-Walid. He participated in the subsequent battles of Buzakha (632) against the Asad and Ghatafan nomads under Tulayha and Aqraba (633) against the sedentary Hanifa tribe under Musaylima. At Aqraba he recommended to Khalid that the exclusion of nomad contingents in their army as he blamed them for the repeated, failed attempts to overcome the Hanifa warriors. Khalid accepted this counsel and the Muslims afterward routed and killed Musaylima, and Thabit was killed during fight in the Battle of Yamama.
Alternatively, Chinese Muslims hold that he was involved in the introduction of Islam to China during the Tang dynasty period when he reached China over land and died of in the western Chinese province of Xinjiang.
It is said in a narration his wife, Jameelah bint AbdillÃÂh ibn Ubayy ibn Salool asked for divorce and they got divorced after that.
Ibn âÂÂAbbÃÂs said: The wife of ThÃÂbit ibn Qays came to Muhammad and said:
This is the first hadeeth quoted by Al-HÃÂfidh Ibn Hajrà(d. 852H) in his Buloogh Al-MarÃÂm, Chapter of Khulaâ (èçè çÃÂîÃÂù).
Amr ibn ShuâÂÂayb reported from his father, from his grandfather that ThÃÂbit ibn Qays was unattractive and his wife said: âÂÂIf it was not for the fear of Allah, when ThÃÂbit entered in my presence, I would have spat in his face.âÂÂà(Ibn MÃÂjah, 2057 and declared weak by Al-AlbÃÂni) Also, Ahmad reported in his Musnad (16095) from Sahl ibn Abee Hathmah that:àâÂÂThis was the first Khulaâ in Islam.âÂÂ
It is reported He was promised Paradise.
Sahih al-Bukhari 3613
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet (ï·º) noticed the absence of Thabit bin Qais. A man said, "O Allah's Messenger (ï·º)! I shall bring you his news." So he went to him and saw him sitting in his house drooping his head (sadly). He asked Thabit, "What's the matter?" Thabit replied, "An evil situation: A man used to raise his voice over the voice of the Prophet (ï·º) and so all his good deeds have been annulled and he is from the people of Hell." The man went back and told the Prophet (ï·º) that Thabit had said so-and-so. (The sub-narrator, Musa bin Anas said, "The man went to Thabit again with glad tidings)." The Prophet (ï·º) said to him, "Go and say to Thabit: 'You are not from the people of Fire, but from the people of Paradise."
The title "Khatib-e-Islam" was first used for Thabit bin Qais Ansari , who used to attend various meetings as a representative of Muhammad. He was also remembered by the titles of Khatib-ul-Ansar and Khatib-e-Rasool-e-Karim.