Sahih Muslim Book - 44, Hadith - 6382

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَبَّادِ بْنِ جَبَلَةَ بْنِ أَبِي رَوَّادٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَرَمِيُّ بْنُ عُمَارَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا قُرَّةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ ، قَالَ: قَالَ قَيْسُ بْنُ عُبَادٍ : كُنْتُ فِي حَلَقَةٍ فِيهَا سَعْدُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ ، وَابْنُ عُمَرَ ، فَمَرَّ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ ، فَقَالُوا : هَذَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ ، فَقُمْتُ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ : إِنَّهُمْ قَالُوا كَذَا وَكَذَا ، قَالَ : سُبْحَانَ اللهِ مَا كَانَ يَنْبَغِي لَهُمْ أَنْ يَقُولُوا مَا لَيْسَ لَهُمْ بِهِ عِلْمٌ ، إِنَّمَا رَأَيْتُ كَأَنَّ عَمُودًا وُضِعَ فِي رَوْضَةٍ خَضْرَاءَ ، فَنُصِبَ فِيهَا ، وَفِي رَأْسِهَا عُرْوَةٌ ، وَفِي أَسْفَلِهَا مِنْصَفٌ ، وَالْمِنْصَفُ الْوَصِيفُ ، فَقِيلَ لِيَ : ارْقَهْ ، فَرَقِيتُ حَتَّى أَخَذْتُ بِالْعُرْوَةِ ، فَقَصَصْتُهَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : يَمُوتُ عَبْدُ اللهِ وَهُوَ آخِذٌ بِالْعُرْوَةِ الْوُثْقَى.

It was narrated that Muhammad bin Sirin said: "Qais bin 'Ubad said: 'I was in a circle in which Sa'd bin Malik and Ibn 'Umar were present. ’Abdullah bin Salam passed by and they said: "This man is one of the people of Paradise." I got up and said to him: "They said such-and-such." He said: "Subhan Allah! They should not say what they do not know. I saw a pillar placed in the middle of a green garden, set up there. At the top of it there was a handhold, and at the bottom of it there was a helper. It was said to me: 'Climb up.' So I climbed up until I took hold of the handhold. I told the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) about it and the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: "Abdullah will die when he is still holding on to the most trustworthy handhold."'