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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

the people of Paradise!’

He replied, ‘Paradise belongs to Allah; He admits into it whomever He wills. In the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah I once saw a dream:

It was as though a man came to me and said, “Come.” He led me along a vast highway. As we were walking, a road opened to my left and I wanted to take it, but he said, “You are not of its people.” Then another road appeared to my right, so I followed it until we reached a slippery mountain. He took me by the hand, helped me up, and suddenly I was on its summit, yet I could find no footing and could not steady myself. There I saw an iron pillar with a golden ring at its top. Again he grasped my hand, lifted me until I seized the ring, and said, “Hold firmly to the ring.”

I told the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the dream, and he said, “You have seen something good. The broad highway is the place of assembly (al-maḥshar). The road that branched off to your left is the road of the people of the Fire—you are not one of them. The road on your right is the road of the people of Paradise. The slippery mountain is the station of the martyrs. The ring is the firm handhold of Islam; hold fast to it until you die.”

And that man was ʿAbd Allah ibn Salam. (1)

Jarir narrated from al-Aʿmash, from Sulayman ibn Mushir, from Kharashah, who said:

‘I was sitting in a circle while Ibn Salam was addressing them; when he rose they said, “Whoever wishes to look at a man of Paradise, let him look at this one.” I followed him and questioned him … and he related the entire account in full. (2)

The report is authentic.

Bishr ibn Shaghaf also transmitted from ʿAbd Allah ibn Salam that he was present at the conquest of Nahawand.'

(1) Its chain of transmission is hasan (sound) thanks to the presence of ‘Asim. The report is also found in Ahmad, 5:452–453, and in Ibn Majah, no. 3920, through the route of Hammad ibn Salamah with this same isnad. The term shikha is the plural of shaykh, and ataqara means “to settle.” (2) Recorded by Muslim, no. 2484, through the narrations of Qutaybah and Ishaq ibn Ibrahim, both transmitting from Jarir with the same isnad; also cited by al-Hakim in al-Mustadrak, 3:414, via Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah and Qutaybah ibn Sa‘id, with Muslim’s chain of authorities.

أَهْلِ الجَنَّةِ! فَقَالَ: الجَنَّةُ للهِ، يُدْخِلُهَا مَنْ يَشَاءُ، إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُوْلِ اللهِ رُؤْيَا: رَأَيْتُ كَأَنَّ رَجُلاً أَتَانِي، فَقَالَ: انْطَلِقْ، فَسَلَكَ بِي فِي مَنْهَجٍ عَظِيْمٍ، فَبَيْنَا أَنَا أَمْشِي، إِذْ عَرَضَ لِي طَرِيْقٌ عَنْ شِمَالِي، فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَسْلُكَهَا، فَقَالَ: إِنَّكَ لَسْتَ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا، ثُمَّ عَرَضَتْ لِي طَرِيْقٌ عَنْ يَمِيْنِي، فَسَلَكْتُهَا، حَتَّى انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى جَبَلٍ زَلَقٍ، فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي، فَرَحَلَ بِي، فَإِذَا أَنَا عَلَى ذُرْوَتِهِ؛ فَلَمْ أَتَقَارَّ، وَلَمْ أَتَمَاسَكْ، وَإِذَا عَمُوْدٌ مِنْ حَدِيْدٍ، فِي أَعْلاَهُ عُرْوَةٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي، فَرَحَلَ بِي، حَتَّى أَخَذْتُ بِالعُرْوَةِ، فَقَالَ لِي: اسْتَمْسِكْ بِالعُرْوَةِ. فَقَصَصْتُهَا عَلَى رَسُوْلِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: (رَأَيْتَ خَيْراً، أَمَّا المَنْهَجُ العَظِيْمُ؛ فَالمَحْشَرُ، وَأَمَّا الطَّرِيْقُ الَّتِي عَرَضَتْ عَنْ شِمَالِكَ؛ فَطَرِيْقُ أَهْلِ النَّارِ، وَلَسْتَ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا، وَأَمَّا الَّتِي عَنْ يَمِيْنِكَ؛ فَطَرِيْقُ أَهْلِ الجَنَّةِ، وَأَمَّا الجَبَلُ الزَّلِقُ؛ فَمَنْزِلُ الشُّهَدَاءِ، وَأَمَّا العُرْوَةُ؛ فَعُرْوَةُ الإِسْلاَمِ، فَاسْتَمْسِكْ بِهَا حَتَّى تَمُوْتَ) . وَهُوَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بنُ سَلاَمٍ (١) . جَرِيْرٌ: عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بنِ مُسْهِرٍ، عَنْ خَرَشَةَ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ جَالِساً فِي حَلَقَةٍ، فِيْهِمُ ابْنُ سَلاَمٍ يُحَدِّثُهُمْ؛ فَلَمَّا قَامَ، قَالُوا: مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الجَنَّةِ، فَلْيَنْظُرْ إِلَى هَذَا. فَتَبِعْتُهُ، فَسَأَلْتُهُ ... ، فَذَكَرَ الحَدِيْثَ بِطُوْلِهِ (٢) . وَهُوَ صَحِيْحٌ. وَرَوَى: بِشْرُ بنُ شَغَافٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بنِ سَلاَمٍ: أَنَّهُ شَهِدَ فَتْحَ نَهَاوَنْدَ.

(١) إسناده حسن من أجل عاصم، وأخرجه أحمد ٥ / ٤٥٢، ٤٥٣، وابن ماجه (٣٩٢٠) من طريق حماد بن سلمة بهذا الإسناد، وشيخة جمع شيخ، وأتقار: أستقر. (٢) أخرجه مسلم (٢٤٨٤) من طريق قتيبة وإسحاق بن إبراهيم، كلاهما عن جرير بهذا الإسناد، وأخرجه الحاكم في " المستدرك " ٣ / ٤١٤ من طريق أبي بكر بن أبي شيبة، وقتيبة بن سعيد بإسناد مسلم.