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."