I was in Medina among a group of people, including some of the companions of the Prophet ﷺ, when a man came whose face bore signs of humility and devotion. Some of those present remarked, "This is a man from the people of Paradise. This is a man from the people of Paradise."He prayed two brief rak'ahs and then left. I followed him and he entered his home, and I entered after him. We talked together, and when he became at ease, I said to him, "When you entered earlier, a certain man said such and such about you."He said, "Glory be to Allah. It is not proper for anyone to say what he does not know. I will tell you why that is. I saw a dream during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and I related it to him. I saw myself in a meadow," and he described its vastness, its grass, and its greenery, "and in the middle of the meadow stood a pillar of iron, its lower end in the earth and its upper end in the sky, and at its top was a handhold. I was told, 'Climb it.' I said, 'I cannot.' Then a minsaf came to me." Ibn Awn explained that the minsaf is a servant. "He lifted my garments from behind me," and he described how the servant raised him from behind with his hand, "and I climbed until I reached the top of the pillar. I took hold of the handhold, and I was told, 'Hold fast.' I awoke, and the handhold was still in my hand. I related the dream to the Prophet ﷺ, and he said, 'That meadow is Islam, that pillar is the pillar of Islam, and that handhold is the most trustworthy handhold. You will remain upon Islam until you die.'"The narrator said, the man was Abdullah bin Salam.
حدثنا محمد بن المثنى العنزي حدثنا معاذ بن معاذ حدثنا عبد الله بن عون عن محمد بن سيرين
كنت بالمدينة في ناس فيهم بعض أصحاب النبي ﷺ فجاء رجل في وجهه أثر من خشوع فقال بعض القوم هذا رجل من أهل الجنة هذا رجل من أهل الجنة فصلى ركعتين يتجوز فيهما ثم خرج فاتبعته فدخل منزله ودخلت فتحدثنا فلما استأنس قلت له إنك لما دخلت قبل قال رجل كذا وكذا قال سبحان الله ما ينبغي لأحد أن يقول ما لا يعلم وسأحدثك لم ذاك رأيت رؤيا على عهد رسول الله ﷺ فقصصتها عليه رأيتني في روضة ذكر سعتها وعشبها وخضرتها ووسط الروضة عمود من حديد أسفله في الأرض وأعلاه في السماء في أعلاه عروة فقيل لي ارقه فقلت له لا أستطيع فجاءني منصف قال ابن عون والمنصف الخادم فقال بثيابي من خلفي وصف أنه رفعه من خلفه بيده فرقيت حتى كنت في أعلى العمود فأخذت بالعروة فقيل لي استمسك فلقد استيقظت وإنها لفي يدي فقصصتها على النبي ﷺ فقال تلك الروضة الإسلام وذلك العمود عمود الإسلام وتلك العروة عروة الوثقى وأنت على الإسلام حتى تموت قال والرجل عبد الله بن سلام