English translation
[6382] 149 - (...) It was narrated that Muḥammad bin Sîrîn said: "Qais bin 'Ubâd said: 'I was in a circle in which Sa'd bin Mâlik and Ibn 'Umar were present. 'Abdullâh bin Salâm passed by and they said: "This man is one of the people of Paradise." I got up and said to him: "They said such-and-such." He said: "Subhân Allâh! They should not say what they do not know. I saw a pillar placed in the middle of a green garden, set up there. At the top of it there was a handhold, and at the bottom of it there was a helper. It was said to me: 'Climb up.' So I climbed up until I took hold of the handhold. I told the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ about it and the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: "Abdullâh will die when he is still holding on to the most trustworthy handhold.”