Sayyidina Ibn Abbas said that Sayyidina Abu Huraira (RA) used to narrate that a man came to the Prophet (SAW) and said, “I saw (in my dream) last night a small cloud from which clarified butter and honey poured down. And I saw people take them in their hands and drink them, some drinking more and some less. And I saw a rope suspended from the heaven down to earth and I saw you, O Messenger of Allah, (SAW). You grasped it and climbed up. Then a man, after you, grasped it and climbed up. Then another man held it, after him, and climbed up. Then a man held it but it snapped off. However, it was joined-up again and he climbed up”. Abu Bakr (RA) said, “O Messenger of Allah, (SAW) my parents be ransomed to you, by Allah, do let me interpret it’. He said, “(Go ahead) interpret it”. So, he said, “As for the small cloud, it is the cloud of Islam. As for the dripping clarified butter and honey, it is the Qur’an’s softness and sweetness and drinking much and less are those who learn it much and less. As for the rope suspended from the heaven to earth, it is the Truth which you are on. You grasped it and climbed up to Allah. Then a man after you held it and climbed up. Then another man held it and climbed up. Then another held it but it snapped off and was rejoined, and he climbed up. 0 Messenger of Allah, (SAW) do tell me if I was correct or mistaken”. The Prophet (SAW) said, “You were right in part and mistaken in part”. He said, “I adjure you, 0 Messenger of Allah, (SAW) may my parents be ransomed to you do inform me where is it that I erred’. The Prophet (SAW) said, “Do not adjure me”.
[Bukhari 7046, M2269]