Sahih Muslim Book - 44, Hadith - 6466

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبَانَ ، كُلُّهُمْ عَنْ حُسَيْنٍ ، قَالَ : أَبُو بَكْرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجُعْفِيُّ ، عَنْ مُجَمَّعِ بْنِ يَحْيَى ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، قَالَ : صَلَّيْنَا الْمَغْرِبَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، ثُمَّ قُلْنَا : لَوْ جَلَسْنَا حَتَّى نُصَلِّيَ مَعَهُ الْعِشَاءَ قَالَ فَجَلَسْنَا ، فَخَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا ، فَقَالَ : مَا زِلْتُمْ هَاهُنَا ؟ قُلْنَا : يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ، صَلَّيْنَا مَعَكَ الْمَغْرِبَ ، ثُمَّ قُلْنَا : نَجْلِسُ حَتَّى نُصَلِّيَ مَعَكَ الْعِشَاءَ ، قَالَ أَحْسَنْتُمْ ، أَوْ أَصَبْتُمْ قَالَ فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ ، وَكَانَ كَثِيرًا مِمَّا يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ ، فَقَالَ : النُّجُومُ أَمَنَةٌ لِلسَّمَاءِ ، فَإِذَا ذَهَبَتِ النُّجُومُ أَتَى السَّمَاءَ مَا تُوعَدُ ، وَأَنَا أَمَنَةٌ لأَصْحَابِي ، فَإِذَا ذَهَبْتُ أَتَى أَصْحَابِي مَا يُوعَدُونَ ، وَأَصْحَابِي أَمَنَةٌ لِأُمَّتِي ، فَإِذَا ذَهَبَ أَصْحَابِي أَتَى أُمَّتِي مَا يُوعَدُونَ.

It was narrated from Abu Burdah that his father said: "We prayed Maghrib with the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w), then we said: 'Why don't we sit and wait until we pray 'Isha' with him?' So we sat, and he came out to us and said: 'Are you still here?' We said: 'O Messenger of Allah, we prayed Maghrib with you, then we said we will sit until we pray 'Isha' 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.'"