Ma’dan bin Abi Talhah Ya’mari says: Sayyiduna Abu Darda’ (may Allah be pleased with him) asked me: Where is your home? I said: In a village behind Hims. Then he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: In any village where there are three men and neither the call to prayer is given nor the prayer is established, then Satan prevails there. Therefore, adhere to the congregation, (otherwise remember that) the wolf eats the sheep that strays away from the flock.