Abdulmajid, we have sister Insane Insaan to thank for this, may Allah swt bless her with all that she desires in this life and the hereafter, she is always bailing me out from tasks I find long and challenging, may Allah swt provide her with those who are always eager to help her in this life and the one to come..
ameen
Abu Moosaa Al-Ash’aree reported: “We prayed the Maghrib prayer with the Messenger of Allaah (SALLALAW HU ALAYHI WA SALAM ) and then said: ‘Let’s sit and wait so we can pray the ‘Ishaa prayer with him (also).’ So we sat and then he (SALLALAW HU ALAYHI WA SALAM ) came out to us and said: ‘What kept you here?’ We said: ‘O Messenger of Allaah (SALLALAW HU ALAYHI WA SALAM ), we prayed with you and then said to ourselves: Let’s sit so we can pray the ‘Ishaa prayer with you.’ He (SALLALAW HU ALAYHI WA SALAM ) said: ‘You have done well’ or ‘You have acted correctly’. Then he raised his head to the sky – and he would raise his head up to the sky often – and said: ‘The stars are guardians for the sky. So when the stars depart, the sky’s affair comes to pass. And I am a guardian for my Companions, and my Companions are guardians for my nation. So when my Companions depart, my nation will get what it has been promised.’”
It has an explanation too but it's not a translation of what you posted; yours is more succinct:
So the Messenger of Allaah (SALLALAW HU ALAYHI WA SALAM ) has made his Companions’ relation to those who came after them from the Muslim nation just like his (SALLALAW HU ALAYHI WA SALAM ) relation to his Companions and like the relation of the stars to the sky. It is well known that this prophetic comparison presents the following of the Companions’ understanding of the Religion in exchange for the ummah’s returning back to its Prophet (SALLALAW HU ALAYHI WA SALAM ). This is since he (SALLALAW HU ALAYHI WA SALAM ) was the one who explained the Qur’aan, while his Companions were the ones who conveyed his explanation to the ummah. And also the Messenger of Allaah (SALLALAW HU ALAYHI WA SALAM ) does not speak from his desire. Rather, it is only truth and guidance that emanates from him. And his Companions were trustworthy; they did not speak except with honesty and they did not act except in truth. Also, Allaah has made the stars as missiles, which shoot out against the devils when they try to steal a hearing (of revelation from the heavens). Allaah says: “Verily, We have beautified the lowest (level of) heaven with an adornment of stars. And (in order) to guard against every rebellious devil. They are not able to hear the highest assembly (of angels) except that they are pelted from every side. They are outcast and for them will be a painful punishment. Except he who snatches away something by stealing, but a flaming fire follows after him.” [Surah As-Saafaat: 6-10] And Allaah says: “And indeed We have beautified the lowest (level of) heaven with lamps. And We have made them (lamps) into missiles for (launching against) the devils.” [Surah al-Mulk: 5]
Similarly, the Sahaabah are the beautification and adornment of this nation in terms of understanding, knowledge and action. And they (also) served as meteors and missiles against the misinterpretations of the ignorant, the lies of the fabricators and the distortions of the extremists. And likewise, the stars are lights for the inhabitants of the earth to be guided by, during the darkness of the land and the sea. Allaah says: “And by the stars, they (mankind) are able to guide themselves.” [Surah an-Nahl: 16]. And He says: “And He is the One who placed stars for you so that you may guide yourselves by them in the darkness of the land and sea.” [Surah Al-Ana'aam: 97]
Similarly, the Sahaabah are followed in order to be saved from the darkness of desires and doubts. So whoever turns away from their understanding, then in his delusion, he clothes himself in darkness – layer upon layer of it – such that when he sticks his hand out, he is not even able to see it. And with the understanding of the Sahaabah, the Qur’aan and the Sunnah becomes fortified against the devils among mankind and the jinn – those who seek mischief and who seek its hidden meanings in order to corrupt the meanings intended by Allaah and his Messenger (SALLALAW HU ALAYHI WA SALAM ). So the understanding of the Sahaabah is a stronghold against evil and its causes. If their understanding was not a source of authority and reference, then the understanding of those who came after them would have been a guardian for the Sahaabah, as well as a stronghold for them, and this is impossible. And if this specification and restriction – of the obligation of the Qur’aan and the authentic Sunnah according to the understanding of the Salaf As-Saalih – were rejected, the Muslim would be diverted from the Correct Path. And he would become an open prey for the groups and parties that have deviated from the Straight Path.
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