Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنِي زَائِدَةُ بْنُ قُدَامَةَ حَدَّثَنِي السَّائِبُ بْنُ حُبَيْشٍ الْكَلَاعِيُّ عَنْ مَعْدَانَ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ الْيَعْمَرِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ لِي أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ أَيْنَ مَسْكَنُكَ قَالَ قُلْتُ فِي قَرْيَةٍ دُونَ حِمْصَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ مَا مِنْ ثَلَاثَةٍ فِي قَرْيَةٍ لَا يُؤَذَّنُ وَلَا تُقَامُ فِيهِمْ الصَّلَاةُ إِلَّا اسْتَحْوَذَ عَلَيْهِمْ الشَّيْطَانُ فَعَلَيْكَ بِالْجَمَاعَةِ فَإِنَّ الذِّئْبَ يَأْكُلُ الْقَاصِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ أَيْضًا حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ حَدَّثَنَا السَّائِبُ بْنُ حُبَيْشٍ الْكَلَاعِيُّ فَذَكَرَهُ.
English Translation
Waki' told us: Za'idah ibn Qudamah told me: al-Sa'ib ibn Hubaysh al-Kala'i told me, from Ma'dan ibn Abi Talhah al-Ya'muri, who said: Abu al-Darda said to me: 'Where is your dwelling?' I said: 'In a village near Homs.' He said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: "There are not three people in a village where the call to prayer is not made and prayer is not established among them, except that Satan has taken control of them. So hold fast to the congregation, for indeed the wolf eats the isolated sheep."' Abu Sa'id also told us: Za'idah told us: al-Sa'ib ibn Hubaysh al-Kala'i told us, and he mentioned it.