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Abu Burda reported on the authority of his father: We offered the sunset prayer along with Allah Apostle ﷺ. We then said: If we sit along with Allah Messenger and observe night prayer with him it would be very good; so we sat down and he came to us and said: You are still sitting here. I said: Allah Messenger; we observed evening prayer with you; then we said: Let us sit down and observe night prayer along with you; whereupon he said: You have done well or you have done right. He then lifted his head towards the sky and it often happened that as he lifted his head towards the sky; he said: The stars are a source of security for the sky and when the stars disappear there comes to the sky; i. e. it meets the same fate as it has been promised it would plunge into darkness. And I am a source of safety and security to my Companions and when I would go away there would fall to the lot of my Companions as they have been promised with and my Companions are a source of security for the Umma and as they would go there would fall to the lot of my Umma as its people have been promised.