Arabic (Original)
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 مِنْ 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.
English Translation
Ali ibn Thabit narrated to us, Hisham ibn Sa'd narrated to me, from Hatim ibn Abi Nasr, from Ubadah ibn Nusayy. He said: There was a man in Sham called Ma'dan whom Abu al-Darda' used to teach the Qur'an. Abu al-Darda' missed him, then met him one day while he was in Dabiq. Abu al-Darda' said to him: "O Ma'dan, what happened to the Qur'an that was with you? How are you with the Qur'an today?" He said: "Allah knows well about it." He said: "O Ma'dan, do you live today in a city or in a village?" He said: "No, rather in a village near the city." He said: "Wait, woe to you, O Ma'dan! For I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: 'There are no five households where the adhan is not called among them and the prayers are not established except that Shaytan has overcome them. The wolf takes the stray sheep. So you must stay in the cities, woe to you, O Ma'dan!'"