English translation
[6466] 207 - (2531) It was narrated from Abū Burdah that his father said: “We prayed Maghrib with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, then we said: ‘Why don’t we sit and wait until we pray ‘Ishā’ with him?’ So we sat, and he came out to us and said: ‘Are you still here?’ We said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh, we prayed Maghrib with you, then we said we will sit until we pray ‘Ishā’ with you.’ He said: ‘You have done well,’ or ‘you have done the right thing.’ He raised his head to look at the sky, and he often raised his head to look at the sky, and said: 'The stars are a source of security for the sky, and when the stars disappear, there will come to the sky what is promised. I am a source of security for my Companions, and when I am gone there will come to my Companions what they are promised. And my Companions are a source of security for my Ummah, and when my Companions are gone, there will come to my Ummah what they are promised.'"