We prayed Maghrib with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, then said to one another, "Why don't we stay until we pray Isha with him?" So we sat and waited.He came out to us and asked, "Are you still here?"We answered, "Messenger of Allah, we prayed Maghrib with you, then we said we would stay until we prayed Isha with you."He said, "You have done well," or, "You have done right."Then he raised his head to the sky, as he often did, and said, "The stars are a security for the sky. When the stars vanish, what has been promised will come upon the sky. I am a security for my companions. When I am gone, what has been promised will come upon my companions. And my companions are a security for my Ummah. When my companions are gone, what has been promised will come upon my Ummah."
صلينا المغرب مع رسول الله ﷺ، ثم قلنا: لو جلسنا حتى نصلي معه العشاء، قال: فجلسنا، فخرج علينا، فقال: ما زلتم ها هنا؟ قلنا: يا رسول الله، صلينا معك المغرب، ثم قلنا: نجلس حتى نصلي معك العشاء. قال: أحسنتم أو أصبتم. قال: فرفع رأسه إلى السماء، وكان كثيرا مما يرفع رأسه إلى السماء، فقال: النجوم أمنة للسماء، فإذا ذهبت النجوم أتى السماء ما توعد، وأنا أمنة لأصحابي فإذا ذهبت أتى أصحابي ما يوعدون، وأصحابي أمنة لأمتي فإذا ذهب أصحابي أتى أمتي ما يوعدون.