Ma’dan bin Abu Talhah narrates: Sayyiduna Abu Darda’ (may Allah be pleased with him) asked me: Where do you reside? I replied: In a village near Hims. He said: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say:“Whenever there are three men in a village or in the desert and prayer is not established among them, then Satan overcomes them.”You must adhere to the congregation, for the wolf eats the sheep that is separated from the flock. The narrator named Sa’ib says: Here, congregation refers to prayer in congregation.