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'Abdullah reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "When there are three people, two should not converse together to the exclusion of the third for that would grieve him."  

الأدب المفرد:١١٦٩حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي شَقِيقٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا كُنْتُمْ ثَلاَثَةً فَلاَ يَتَنَاجَى اثْنَانِ دُونَ الثَّالِثِ فَإِنَّهُ يُحْزِنُهُ ذَلِكَ  

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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Ibn Mājah

In a company of three, two should not speak privately leaving out the third in their presence

bukhari:6288ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Mālik > Ismāʿīl > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh

the Prophet ﷺ said, "When there are three persons, then two of them should not speak privately excluding the third."  

البخاري:٦٢٨٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ وَحَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ: «إِذَا كَانُوا ثَلاَثَةٌ فَلاَ يَتَنَاجَى اثْنَانِ دُونَ الثَّالِثِ۔»  

muslim:2184bYaḥyá b. Yaḥyá And ʾAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And Ibn Numayr Waʾabū Kurayb Wa-al-Lafẓ Liyaḥyá > Yaḥyá > al-Ākharūn > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Shaqīq > ʿAbdullāh

If you are three, two should not converse secretly to the exclusion of your companion for that hurts his feelings.  

مسلم:٢١٨٤bوَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لِيَحْيَى قَالَ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا وَقَالَ الآخَرُونَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا كُنْتُمْ ثَلاَثَةً فَلاَ يَتَنَاجَى اثْنَانِ دُونَ صَاحِبِهِمَا فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ يُحْزِنُهُ  

ibnmajah:3775Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > Abū Muʿāwiyah And Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > Shaqīq > ʿAbdullāh

"When you are three, two should not converse (privately) to the exclusion of their companion, because that makes him sad."  

ابن ماجة:٣٧٧٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ وَوَكِيعٌ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا كُنْتُمْ ثَلاَثَةً فَلاَ يَتَنَاجَى اثْنَانِ دُونَ صَاحِبِهِمَا فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ يُحْزِنُهُ