English translation
[6381] 148 - (2484) It was narrated that Qais bin ‘Ubâd said: “I was in Al-Madînah with some people, among whom were some Companions of the Prophet ﷺ, when a man came whose face showed signs of the fear of Allâh. Some of the people said: ‘This man is one of the people of Paradise, this man is one of the people of Paradise.’ He prayed two Rak’ah, making them short, then he went out. I followed him, and he entered his house, and I entered, and we spoke together. When he was at ease, I said to him: ‘When you came in before, a man said such-and-such.’ He said: ‘Subhân Allâh! No one should say what he does not know.’ He said: ‘Shall I tell you why that is? I saw a dream at the time of the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ, and I told him about it. I saw myself in a garden’ – and he mentioned its vastness and richness and lushness and – ‘and in the middle of the garden there was a pillar of iron. Its base was in the earth and its top was in the sky, and at the top of it, there was a handhold. It was said to me: ‘Climb it.’ I said: ‘I cannot.’”
Then a helper came to me and he pushed me up from behind. So I climbed until I was at the top of the pillar, and I took hold of the handhold. It was said to me: "Hold it tightly."
"I woke up and it was in my hand. I told the Prophet ﷺ about it, and he said: 'That garden is Islam, and that pillar is the pillar of Islam, and that handhold is the most trustworthy handhold. You will remain a Muslim until you die.'"
He said: "And the man was 'Abdullâh bin Salâm."
Arabic text
147 - (2484) حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى الْعَنَزِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَوْنٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ عُبَادٍ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فِي نَاسٍ، فِيهِمْ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فِي وَجْهِهِ أَثَرٌ مِنْ خُشُوعٍ، فَقَالَ بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ: هَذَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ، هَذَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ، فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ يَتَجَوَّزُ فِيهِمَا، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَاتَّبَعْتُهُ، فَدَخَلَ مَنْزِلَهُ، وَدَخَلْتُ، فَتَحَدَّثْنَا، فَلَمَّا اسْتَأْنَسَ قُلْتُ لَهُ: إِنَّكَ لَمَّا دَخَلْتَ قَبْلُ، قَالَ رَجُلٌ كَذَا وَكَذَا، قَالَ: سُبْحَانَ اللهِ مَا يَنْبَغِي لِأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَقُولَ مَا لَا يَعْلَمُ، وَسَأُحَدِّثُكَ لِمَ ذَاكَ؟ رَأَيْتُ رُؤْيَا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَصَصْتُهَا عَلَيْهِ، رَأَيْتُنِي فِي رَوْضَةٍ - ذَكَرَ سَعَتَهَا وَعُشْبَهَا وَخُضْرَتَهَا - وَوَسْطَ الرَّوْضَةِ عَمُودٌ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ، أَسْفَلُهُ فِي الْأَرْضِ، وَأَعْلَاهُ فِي السَّمَاءِ، فِي أَعْلَاهُ عُرْوَةٌ، فَقِيلَ لِي: ارْقَهْ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ، فَجَاءَنِي مِنْصَفٌ - قَالَ ابْنُ عَوْنٍ: وَالْمِنْصَفُ الْخَادِمُ - فَقَالَ بِثِيَابِي مِنْ خَلْفِي - وَصَفَ أَنَّهُ رَفَعَهُ مِنْ خَلْفِهِ بِيَدِهِ - فَرَقِيتُ حَتَّى كُنْتُ فِي أَعْلَى الْعَمُودِ، فَأَخَذْتُ بِالْعُرْوَةِ، فَقِيلَ لِيَ: اسْتَمْسِكْ. فَلَقَدِ اسْتَيْقَظْتُ وَإِنَّهَا لَفِي يَدِي، فَقَصَصْتُهَا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: «تِلْكَ الرَّوْضَةُ الْإِسْلَامُ، وَذَلِكَ الْعَمُودُ عَمُودُ الْإِسْلَامِ، وَتِلْكَ الْعُرْوَةُ عُرْوَةُ الْوُثْقَى، وَأَنْتَ عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ حَتَّى تَمُوتَ» قَالَ: وَالرَّجُلُ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ
