English Translation

Abu Burdah narrated from his father that they prayed Maghrib with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), then said: "If we sat and prayed Isha with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)..." So they sat and he came out and said: "You are still here?" They said: "O Messenger of Allah, we prayed Maghrib with you, then said we would sit and pray Isha with you." He said: "You have done well" or "You have done right." Then he raised his head to the sky — and he often raised his head to the sky — and said: "The stars are a source of security for the sky. When the stars disappear, what the sky has been promised will come to it. I am a source of security for my Companions. When I depart, what my Companions have been promised will come to them. And my Companions are a source of security for my nation. When my Companions depart, what my nation has been promised will come to it."