Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 13985 — I was in a gathering in which Sa'd bin

Qays bin Abbad (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I was in a gathering in which Sa'd bin Malik and Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) were present. Then Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Salam (may Allah be pleased with him) passed by, and they said: "This is a man of the people of Paradise." I followed him and said to him: "They said such-and-such." He said: "Subhan Allah! They should not say something of which they have no knowledge. The actual matter is that I saw in a dream as though a pillar was placed in a green garden and erected there; in its middle there was a ring, and at its bottom there was a servant like a young servant. I was told: 'Climb it.' So I climbed it, then I took hold of the ring. I related this dream to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Abdullah bin Salam will die while holding fast to the firmest handhold.'"