Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) used to teach the Qur'an to Ma'dan. For some time, he was absent. One day, in "Dabiq," he met him and asked, "Ma'dan! What happened to that Qur'an which you had? How are you and the Qur'an today?" He replied, "Allah knows and knows very well." He asked Ma'dan bin Abi Talhah, "Where do you reside?" I replied, "There is a village behind Homs." He said, "I heard the Prophet say that in any village where there are three men and there is no call to prayer (adhan) and no establishment of prayer (iqamah), then Satan prevails over them. Therefore, adhere to the congregation of Muslims, for the lone sheep is eaten by the wolf. O Ma'dan! Adhere to the city of Madain."

Ma'dan bin Abi Talhah says that once Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) asked me, "Where do you live?" I replied, "In a village behind Homs." He said, "I heard the Prophet say that in any village where there are three people and there is no call to prayer (adhan) and no establishment of prayer (iqamah), then Satan prevails over them. Therefore, adhere to the congregation of Muslims, for the wolf eats the lone sheep. O Ma'dan! Adhere to the city of Madain."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man came to him. He asked, "Are you a resident so that we may treat you well, or are you a traveler so that we may provide you provisions for the journey?" He replied, "I am a traveler." He said, "I will give you such a provision for the journey that if I had found anything better, I would have given you that. Once I presented myself before the Prophet and said, 'O Messenger of Allah! The wealthy have taken both this world and the Hereafter. We also pray and they also pray, we also fast and they also fast, but they give charity and we cannot give charity.' The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, 'Shall I not tell you something that if you act upon it, no one before you will surpass you, and no one after you will reach you, except someone who does the same as you? After every prayer, say Subhan Allah thirty-three times, Alhamdulillah thirty-three times, and Allahu Akbar thirty-four times.'"

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever memorizes the last ten verses of Surah Al-Kahf will be protected from the tribulation of the Dajjal.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: On the Day of Judgment, the most excellent and heaviest thing in the scale of deeds will be good character. The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain of transmission.

Yazid narrated to us, he said: Shu'bah informed us, from al-Kaykharani.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw a woman outside a tent who was near the time of childbirth. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "It seems that her master wants to 'approach' her?" The people said, "Yes!" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "My heart wishes to curse him with such a curse that it would remain with him till his grave. How can he make her his heir when she is not lawful for him, and how can he take service from her when she is not lawful for him?"

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) explained the Quranic verse "For them are glad tidings in the life of this world" by saying that what is meant by glad tidings are good dreams which a Muslim sees himself or which someone else sees for him. The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain of transmission.

Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah narrated to us, from Ibn al-Munkadir, who heard it from 'Ata' ibn Yasar, and 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Rufay' from Abu Salih, from 'Ata' ibn Yasar, from a man from the people of Egypt, who said: I asked Abu al-Darda', and he mentioned from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and he mentioned something similar to it.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the companions, "Are you incapable of reciting one third of the Qur'an in a single night?" This seemed very difficult to the companions and they said, "Who has the strength for this? We are very weak and incapable." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Allah Almighty has divided the Holy Qur'an into three parts, and Surah Ikhlas has been considered as one of those parts." The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain of transmission.