\nNarrated Qais bin Ubad:\n \n\nWhile I was sitting in the Mosque of Medina, there entered a man (Abdullah bin Salam) with signs of \nsolemnity over his face. The people said, "He is one of the people of Paradise." He prayed two light \nrak`at and then left. I followed him and said, "When you entered the Mosque, the people said, 'He is \none of the people of Paradise.' " He said, "By Allah, one ought not say what he does not know; and I \nwill tell you why. In the lifetime of the Prophet (ﷺ) I had a dream which I narrated to him. I saw as if I \nwere in a garden." He then described its extension and greenery. He added: In its center there was an \niron pillar whose lower end was fixed in the earth and the upper end was in the sky, and at its upper \nend there was a (ring-shaped) hand-hold. I was told to climb it. I said, "I can't." "Then a servant came \nto me and lifted my clothes from behind and I climbed till I reached the top (of the pillar). Then I got \nhold of the hand-hold, and I was told to hold it tightly, then I woke up and (the effect of) the handhold \nwas in my hand. I narrated al I that to the Prophet (ﷺ) who said, 'The garden is Islam, and the handhold \nis the Most Truth-worthy Hand-Hold. So you will remain as a Muslim till you die." The narrator \nadded: "The man was `Abdullah bin Salam."\n

\nNarrated Qais bin Ubad:\n \n\nWhile I was sitting in the Mosque of Medina, there entered a man (Abdullah bin Salam) with signs of \nsolemnity over his face. The people said, "He is one of the people of Paradise." He prayed two light \nrak`at and then left. I followed him and said, "When you entered the Mosque, the people said, 'He is \none of the people of Paradise.' " He said, "By Allah, one ought not say what he does not know; and I \nwill tell you why. In the lifetime of the Prophet (ﷺ) I had a dream which I narrated to him. I saw as if I \nwere in a garden." He then described its extension and greenery. He added: In its center there was an \niron pillar whose lower end was fixed in the earth and the upper end was in the sky, and at its upper \nend there was a (ring-shaped) hand-hold. I was told to climb it. I said, "I can't." "Then a servant came \nto me and lifted my clothes from behind and I climbed till I reached the top (of the pillar). Then I got \nhold of the hand-hold, and I was told to hold it tightly, then I woke up and (the effect of) the handhold \nwas in my hand. I narrated al I that to the Prophet (ﷺ) who said, 'The garden is Islam, and the handhold \nis the Most Truth-worthy Hand-Hold. So you will remain as a Muslim till you die." The narrator \nadded: "The man was `Abdullah bin Salam."\n

حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَزْهَرُ السَّمَّانُ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ عُبَادٍ، قَالَ كُنْتُ جَالِسًا فِي مَسْجِدِ الْمَدِينَةِ، فَدَخَلَ رَجُلٌ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ أَثَرُ الْخُشُوعِ، فَقَالُوا هَذَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ‏.‏ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ تَجَوَّزَ فِيهِمَا ثُمَّ خَرَجَ، وَتَبِعْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّكَ حِينَ دَخَلْتَ الْمَسْجِدَ قَالُوا هَذَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ‏.‏ قَالَ وَاللَّهِ مَا يَنْبَغِي لأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَقُولَ مَا لاَ يَعْلَمُ وَسَأُحَدِّثُكَ لِمَ ذَاكَ رَأَيْتُ رُؤْيَا عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَصَصْتُهَا عَلَيْهِ، وَرَأَيْتُ كَأَنِّي فِي رَوْضَةٍ ـ ذَكَرَ مِنْ سَعَتِهَا وَخُضْرَتِهَا ـ وَسْطَهَا عَمُودٌ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ، أَسْفَلُهُ فِي الأَرْضِ وَأَعْلاَهُ فِي السَّمَاءِ، فِي أَعْلاَهُ عُرْوَةٌ فَقِيلَ لَهُ ارْقَهْ‏.‏ قُلْتُ لاَ أَسْتَطِيعُ‏.‏ فَأَتَانِي مِنْصَفٌ فَرَفَعَ ثِيَابِي مِنْ خَلْفِي، فَرَقِيتُ حَتَّى كُنْتُ فِي أَعْلاَهَا، فَأَخَذْتُ بِالْعُرْوَةِ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ اسْتَمْسِكْ‏.‏ فَاسْتَيْقَظْتُ وَإِنَّهَا لَفِي يَدِي، فَقَصَصْتُهَا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏\n"‏ تِلْكَ الرَّوْضَةُ الإِسْلاَمُ، وَذَلِكَ الْعَمُودُ عَمُودُ الإِسْلاَمِ، وَتِلْكَ الْعُرْوَةُ عُرْوَةُ الْوُثْقَى، فَأَنْتَ عَلَى الإِسْلاَمِ حَتَّى تَمُوتَ ‏"‏‏.‏ وَذَاكَ الرَّجُلُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ‏.‏ وَقَالَ لِي خَلِيفَةُ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذٌ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَوْنٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا قَيْسُ بْنُ عُبَادٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ سَلاَمٍ، قَالَ وَصِيفٌ مَكَانَ مِنْصَفٌ‏.‏