Abdullah bin Abbas reported,

A man came to the Prophet ﷺ on his return from Uhud and said, "Messenger of Allah, I saw in a dream a cloud dripping ghee and honey, and I saw people cupping their hands to catch it, some taking much and some taking little. And I saw a rope reaching up to the sky. I saw you take hold of it and rise up by it. Then a man took hold of it after you and rose up by it. Then another man took hold of it after him and rose up by it. Then another man took hold of it after him and it broke off, then it was joined for him and he rose up by it."Abu Bakr said, "Let me interpret it, Messenger of Allah."He said, "Interpret it."Abu Bakr said, "As for the cloud, it is Islam. As for what drips from it of honey and ghee, it is the Quran, its sweetness and its softness. As for what the people cup their hands to catch, it is those who take much and those who take little of the Quran. As for the rope reaching up to the sky, it is the truth that you are upon. You take hold of it and it raises you up. Then a man takes hold of it after you and rises up by it. Then another, who rises up by it. Then another, by whom it breaks, then it is joined for him and he rises up by it."The Prophet ﷺ said, "You got some of it right and some of it wrong."Abu Bakr said, "I implore you, Messenger of Allah, tell me what I got right and what I got wrong."The Prophet ﷺ said, "Do not implore me, Abu Bakr."Muhammad bin Yahya narrated to us, Abdul-Razzaq narrated to us, Muamar informed us, from Zuhri, from Ubaydullah, from Ibn Abbas who said, Abu Hurairah used to narrate that a man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "Messenger of Allah, I saw a cloud between the sky and the earth dripping ghee and honey," and he mentioned the hadith in similar terms.

حدثنا يعقوب بن حميد بن كاسب المدني حدثنا سفيان بن عيينة عن الزهري عن عبيد الله بن عبد الله

عن ابن عباس قال

أتى النبي ﷺ رجل منصرفه من أحد فقال يا رسول الله إني رأيت في المنام ظلة تنطف سمنا وعسلا ورأيت الناس يتكففون منها فالمستكثر والمستقل ورأيت سببا واصلا إلى السماء رأيتك أخذت به فعلوت به ثم أخذ به رجل بعدك فعلا به ثم أخذ به رجل بعده فعلا به ثم أخذ به رجل بعده فانقطع به ثم وصل له فعلا به فقال أبو بكر دعني أعبرها يا رسول الله قال اعبرها قال أما الظلة فالإسلام وأما ما ينطف منها من العسل والسمن فهو القرآن حلاوته ولينه وأما ما يتكفف منه الناس فالآخذ من القرآن كثيرا وقليلا وأما السبب الواصل إلى السماء فما أنت عليه من الحق أخذت به فعلا بك ثم يأخذه رجل من بعدك فيعلو به ثم آخر فيعلو به ثم آخر فينقطع به ثم يوصل له فيعلو به قال أصبت بعضا وأخطأت بعضا قال أبو بكر أقسمت عليك يا رسول الله لتخبرني بالذي أصبت من الذي أخطأت فقال النبي ﷺ لا تقسم يا أبا بكر حدثنا محمد بن يحيى حدثنا عبد الرزاق أنبأنا معمر عن الزهري عن عبيد الله عن ابن عباس قال كان أبو هريرة يحدث أن رجلا أتى رسول الله ﷺ فقال يا رسول الله رأيت ظلة بين السماء والأرض تنطف سمنا وعسلا فذكر الحديث نحوه