حَدَّثَنَا
عَلِيُّ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ , حَدَّثَنِي
هِشَامُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ , عَنْ
حَاتِمِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ , عَنْ
عُبَادَةَ بْنِ نُسَيٍّ , قَالَ : كَانَ رَجُلٌ بِالشَّامِ يُقَالُ لَهُ : مَعْدَانُ , كَانَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ يُقْرِئُهُ الْقُرْآنَ , فَفَقَدَهُ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ , فَلَقِيَهُ يَوْمًا وَهُوَ بِدَابِقٍ , فَقَالَ لَهُ
أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ : يَا مَعْدَانُ , مَا فَعَلَ الْقُرْآنُ الَّذِي كَانَ مَعَكَ ؟ كَيْفَ أَنْتَ وَالْقُرْآنُ الْيَوْمَ ؟ قَالَ : قَدْ عَلِمَ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ فَأَحْسَنَ , قَالَ : يَا مَعْدَانُ , أَفِي مَدِينَةٍ تَسْكُنُ الْيَوْمَ أَوْ فِي قَرْيَةٍ ؟ قَالَ : لَا , بَلْ فِي قَرْيَةٍ قَرِيبَةٍ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ , قَالَ : مَهْلًا , وَيْحَكَ يَا مَعْدَانُ , فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ , يَقُولُ :
" مَا مِنْ خَمْسَةِ أَهْلِ أَبْيَاتٍ لَا يُؤَذَّنُ فِيهِمْ بِالصَّلَاةِ , وَتُقَامُ فِيهِمْ الصَّلَوَاتُ , إِلَّا اسْتَحْوَذَ عَلَيْهِمْ الشَّيْطَانُ , وَإِنَّ الذِّئْبَ يَأْخُذُ الشَّاذَّةَ " , فَعَلَيْكَ بِالْمَدَائِنِ , وَيْحَكَ يَا مَعْدَانُ " .
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."