A man said, "Messenger of Allah, I saw in a dream as if a bucket was lowered from the sky. Then Abu Bakr came and took hold of its rope and drank a small amount. Then Umar came and took hold of its rope and drank until he was full. Then Uthman came and took hold of its rope and drank until he was full. Then Ali came and took hold of its rope, but it slipped, and some of its contents splashed onto him."
أن رجلا قال: يا رسول الله إني رأيت كأن دلوا دلي من السماء فجاء أبو بكر، فأخذ بعراقيها فشرب شربا ضعيفا، ثم جاء فأخذ عمر بعراقيها فشرب حتى تضلع، ثم جاء عثمان فأخذ بعراقيها فشرب حتى تضلع، ثم جاء علي فأخذ بعراقيها فانتشطت وانتضح عليه منها شيئ.
Abu Dawud (4637) and Ahmad (20242) both narrated it through Hammad bin Salama, from Ashath bin Abdul-Rahman, from his father, from Samura bin Jundab, who said, and then he mentioned it. The wording given is that of Abu Dawud. Ahmad's version has no mention of Ali, which was perhaps dropped from it.Its chain of transmission is hasan because of Ashath bin Abdul-Rahman Jarmi, for he is hasan al-hadith. As for his father, Abdul-Rahman Jarmi Azdi, Ibn Main deemed him reliable, and Ibn Hibban listed him among the trustworthy narrators. Haythami mentioned the hadith in Majma al-Zawaid (7/180), though it is not actually among the additional narrations as one can see, and he attributed it to Ahmad alone, saying, "Its narrators are trustworthy."His saying "dullita" means "it was lowered down." His saying "bi-iraqiha" means "by its wooden crosspieces to which the rope is tied." His saying "fantashatat" means "it was pulled up toward the sky and lifted to Him swiftly." His saying "intadaha" refers to "intidah," the splashing of water onto a garment or the like.