I was sitting in a gathering that included Saad bin Malik and Ibn Umar when Abdullah bin Salam passed by. The people said, "This is a man from the people of Paradise."So I went to him and said, "They said such and such about you."He replied, "Glory be to Allah. They should not have said something they have no knowledge of. I only had a dream in which it seemed that a pillar was placed in a green meadow and set upright in it. At its top was a handhold, and at its bottom was a munsif (a munsif is a young servant). It was said to me, 'Climb it.' So I climbed until I took hold of the handhold. I related this to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Abdullah will die while holding fast to the most trustworthy handhold.'"
حدثنا عبد الله بن محمد الجعفي حدثنا حرمي بن عمارة حدثنا قرة بن خالد عن محمد بن سيرين قال قال
كنت في حلقة فيها سعد بن مالك وابن عمر فمر عبد الله بن سلام فقالوا هذا رجل من أهل الجنة فقلت له إنهم قالوا كذا وكذا قال سبحان الله ما كان ينبغي لهم أن يقولوا ما ليس لهم به علم إنما رأيت كأنما عمود وضع في روضة خضراء فنصب فيها وفي رأسها عروة وفي أسفلها منصف والمنصف الوصيف فقيل ارقه فرقيته حتى أخذت بالعروة فقصصتها على رسول الله ﷺ فقال رسول الله ﷺ يموت عبد الله وهو آخذ بالعروة الوثقى