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Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 17971 — from his father, Sayyiduna al-Munkadir

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ، ثنا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْمِهْرِقَانِيُّ، ثنا الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ الْعُرَنِيُّ، ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ الْجَمَلِيُّ، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُوقَةَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ خَرَجَ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ وَقَدْ أَخَّرَ صَلَاةَ الْعِشَاءِ حَتَّى ذَهَبَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ هُنَيْهَةٌ أَوْ سَاعَةٌ، وَالنَّاسُ يَنْتَظِرُونَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، فَقَالَ: «مَا تَنْتَظِرُونَ؟» قَالُوا: نَنْتَظِرُ الصَّلَاةَ، قَالَ: «أَمَا أَنَّكُمْ لَنْ تَزَالُوا فِي صَلَاةٍ مَا انْتَظَرْتُمُوهَا» ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: «أَمَا إِنَّهَا صَلَاةٌ لَمْ يُصَلِّهَا أَحَدٌ مِمَّنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ مِنَ الْأُمَمِ» ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَقَالَ: «النُّجُومُ أَمَانُ السَّمَاءِ، فَإِنْ طُمِسَتِ النُّجُومُ أَتَى السَّمَاءَ مَا يُوعَدُونَ، وَأَنَا أَمَانُ أَصْحَابِي فَإِذَا قُبِضْتُ أَتَى أَصْحَابِي مَا يُوعَدُونَ، وَأَصْحَابِي أَمَانُ أُمَّتِي، فَإِذَا قُبِضَ أَصْحَابِي أَتَى أُمَّتِي مَا يُوعَدُونَ، يَا بِلَالُ أَقِمْ»
Muhammad bin al-Munkadir narrates from his father, Sayyiduna al-Munkadir (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came out one night - he had delayed the Isha prayer until part of the night had passed - while the people were waiting in the mosque. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What are you waiting for?" They said: "We are waiting for the prayer." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "As long as you keep waiting for the prayer, you will be counted as being in prayer." Then he said: "This is a prayer that no nation before you has prayed." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his head towards the sky and said: "The stars are a means of safety for the sky; if the stars are extinguished, there will come to the sky that (calamity) which it has been promised. And I am a means of safety for my Companions; when I am taken, there will come to my Companions that (trial) which they have been promised. And my Companions are a means of safety for my Ummah; when my Companions are taken, there will come to my Ummah that (tribulation) which it has been promised." Then he said: "O Bilal! Call the iqamah."
Hadith Reference المعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الميم / 17971
Hadith Takhrij المعجم الكبير للطبراني (مطبوعہ): جلد 20، صفحہ 360، حدیث 846