I was sitting in a gathering in which there was Saʿd bin Malik and Ibn ʿUmar. ʿAbdullah bin Salam passed in front of them and they said, "This man is from the people of Paradise." I said to ʿAbdullah bin Salam, "They said so-and-so." He replied, "Subhan Allah! They ought not to have said things of which they have no knowledge, but I saw (in a dream) that a post was fixed in a green garden. At the top of the post there was a handhold and below it there was a servant. I was asked to climb (the post). So I climbed it till I got hold of the handhold." Then I narrated this dream to Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Allah's Apostle said, "ʿAbdullah will die while still holding the firm reliable handhold (i.e., Islam).  

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ مَا كَانَ يَنْبَغِي لَهُمْ أَنْ يَقُولُوا مَا لَيْسَ لَهُمْ بِهِ عِلْمٌ إِنَّمَا رَأَيْتُ كَأَنَّمَا عَمُودٌ وُضِعَ فِي رَوْضَةٍ خَضْرَاءَ فَنُصِبَ فِيهَا وَفِي رَأْسِهَا عُرْوَةٌ وَفِي أَسْفَلِهَا مِنْصَفٌ وَالْمِنْصَفُ الْوَصِيفُ فَقِيلَ ارْقَهْ فَرَقِيتُ حَتَّى أَخَذْتُ بِالْعُرْوَةِ فَقَصَصْتُهَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَمُوتُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَهْوَ آخِذٌ بِالْعُرْوَةِ الْوُثْقَى  

[Machine] "To say something without knowledge, I have only seen something like a column that was placed in a green garden. In it, a rope was tied, and in its middle, there was a knot, and at its bottom, there was a halfway mark like that of a spear. It was said to me to climb it, so I climbed it and then I took hold of the rope and cut it upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Abdullah bin Salam will die while holding firmly onto the trustworthy rope.'"  

أَنْ يَقُولُوا مَا لَيْسَ لَهُمْ بِهِ عَلْمٌ إِنَّمَا رَأَيْتُ كَأَنَّ عَمُودًا وُضِعَ فِي رَوْضَةٍ خَضْرَاءَ فَنُصِبَ فِيهَا وَفِي وَسَطَهَا عُرْوَةٌ وَفِي أَسْفَلِهَا مِنْصَفٌ مِثْلُ مِنْصَفِ الْوَصِيفِ فَقِيلَ لِي ارْقَهْ فَرَقِيتُهُ ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُ بِالْعُرْوَةِ فَقَصَصْتُهَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَمُوتُ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ وَهُوَ آخِذٌ بِالْعُرْوَةِ الْوُثْقَى»