حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَزْهَرُ عَنْ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ ح و حَدَّثَنِي خَلِيفَةُ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَوْنٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا قَيْسُ بْنُ عُبَادٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَلَامٍ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ کَأَنِّي فِي رَوْضَةٍ وَوَسَطَ الرَّوْضَةِ عَمُودٌ فِي أَعْلَی الْعَمُودِ عُرْوَةٌ فَقِيلَ لِي ارْقَهْ قُلْتُ لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ فَأَتَانِي وَصِيفٌ فَرَفَعَ ثِيَابِي فَرَقِيتُ فَاسْتَمْسَکْتُ بِالْعُرْوَةِ فَانْتَبَهْتُ وَأَنَا مُسْتَمْسِکٌ بِهَا فَقَصَصْتُهَا عَلَی النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ تِلْکَ الرَّوْضَةُ رَوْضَةُ الْإِسْلَامِ وَذَلِکَ الْعَمُودُ عَمُودُ الْإِسْلَامِ وَتِلْکَ الْعُرْوَةُ عُرْوَةُ الْوُثْقَی لَا تَزَالُ مُسْتَمْسِکًا بِالْإِسْلَامِ حَتَّی تَمُوتَ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 7014
Narrated `Abdullah bin Salam: (In a dream) I saw myself in a garden, and there was a pillar in the middle of the garden, and there was a handhold at the top of the pillar. I was asked to climb it. I said, "I cannot." Then a servant came and lifted up my clothes and I climbed (the pillar), and then got hold of the handhold, and I woke up while still holding it. I narrated that to the Prophet who said, "The garden symbolizes the garden of Islam, and the handhold is the firm Islamic handhold which indicates that you will be adhering firmly to Islam until you die."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020