حدثني يحيي بن بكير حدثنا الليث عن يونس عن ابن شهاب عن عبيد الله بن عبد الله بن عتبه ان ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما كان يحدث ان رجلا اتي رسول الله صلي الله عليه وسلم فقال اني رايت الليله في المنام ظله تنطف السمن والعسل فاري الناس يتكففون منها فالمستكثر والمستقل واذا سبب واصل من الارض الي السماء فاراك اخذت به فعلوت ثم اخذ به رجل اخر فعلا به ثم اخذ به رجل اخر فعلا به ثم اخذ به رجل اخر فانقطع ثم وصل فقال ابو بكر يا رسول الله بابي انت والله لتدعني فاعبرها فقال النبي صلي الله عليه وسلم اعبر قال اما الظله فالاسلام واما الذي ينطف من العسل والسمن فالقران حلاوته تنطف فالمستكثر من القران والمستقل واما السبب الواصل من السماء الي الارض فالحق الذي انت عليه تاخذ به فيعليك الله ثم ياخذ به رجل من بعدك فيعلو به ثم ياخذ رجل اخر فيعلو به ثم ياخذه رجل اخر فينقطع به ثم يوصل له فيعلو به فاخبرني يا رسول الله بابي انت اصبت ام اخطات قال النبي صلي الله عليه وسلم اصبت بعضا واخطات بعضا قال فوالله لتحدثني بالذي اخطات قال لا تقسم
Ibn ‘Abbās (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: A man came to the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "I saw, in a dream tonight, a cloud from which butter and honey were dribbling; and I saw people collecting from these with their hands, some getting much and some little. And there was a rope extending from the earth to the sky, and I saw that you (the Prophet) held it and went up, and then another man held it and went up, and then another held it and went up. Thereafter, another man held it, but it was cut and then got connected again. Abu Bakr said: "O Messenger of Allah, I ransom you with my father, I ask you by Allah to let me interpret this dream." The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said to him, 'Interpret it.' Abu Bakr said: "The cloud is Islam. The butter and honey dribbling from it are the Qur’an. Its sweetness dribbles, and people take much or little from it. The rope which extends from the sky to the earth is the truth which you (the Prophet) are upon. You follow it and Allah raises you high, and then another man follows it and rises up because of it, and another person follows it, and then another man follows it but [the rope] is cut, and then it is connected for him and he rises up with it. O Messenger of Allah, I ransom you with my father, am I right or wrong?' The Prophet replied: "You are right about some of it and wrong about some." Abu Bakr said: "By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, tell me about what I was wrong." The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not swear."