It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came out to us one day and said: "I saw in a dream as though Jibril were at my head and Mika'il at my feet. One of them said to his companion: Strike a parable for him. Then he said: Listen, may your ear hear; and understand, may your heart understand. The parable of you and your nation is like that of a king who took an enclosure, then built a house in it, then laid out a table in it, then sent a messenger to invite the people to his food. Some of them accepted the messenger's invitation and some of them ignored him. Allah is the king, the enclosure is Islam, the house is Paradise, and you, O Muhammad, are the Messenger of Allah. Whoever accepts your invitation enters Paradise, and whoever enters Paradise eats all that is in it." This hadith has an authentic (sahih) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.