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ahmad:4436Aswad b. ʿĀmir > Abū Bakr > ʿĀṣim > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

Two persons should not talk privately ignoring the third, for that will grieve him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4851)   

أحمد:٤٤٣٦حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَنْتَجِي اثْنَانِ دُونَ صَاحِبِهِمَا فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ يُحْزِنُهُ  


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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  

abudawud:4851[Chain 1] Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Muʿāwiyah / Ibn Salamah > al-Aʿmash [Chain 2] Musaddad > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus > al-Aʿmash > Shaqīq > ʿAbdullāh

Two persons should not talk privately ignoring the third, for that will grieve him.  

أبو داود:٤٨٥١حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَلَمَةَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ يَنْتَجِي اثْنَانِ دُونَ الثَّالِثِ 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  

ahmad:4039Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Shaqīq > ʿAbdullāh

"When you are three, two should not converse (privately) to the exclusion of their companion, because that makes him sad." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3775)  

أحمد:٤٠٣٩حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا كُنْتُمْ ثَلَاثَةً فَلَا يَتَنَاجَى اثْنَانِ دُونَ صَاحِبِهِمَا فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ يُحْزِنُهُ  

ahmad:4093Yaḥyá > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Shaqīq > ʿAbdullāh

"When you are three, two should not converse (privately) to the exclusion of their companion, because that makes him sad." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3775)   

أحمد:٤٠٩٣حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنِ سُفْيَانَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِذَا كَانُوا ثَلَاثَةً فَلَا يَتَنَاجَ اثْنَانِ دُونَ صَاحِبِهِمَا فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ يَحْزُنُهُ  

ahmad:3560Isḥāq > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

"When you are three, two should not converse (privately) to the exclusion of their companion, because that makes him sad." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3775)  

أحمد:٣٥٦٠حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا كُنْتُمْ ثَلَاثَةً فَلَا يَتَنَاجَان اثْنَانِ دُونَ صَاحِبِهِمَا فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ يَحْزُنُهُ  

darimi:2699ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

"When you are three, two should not converse (privately) to the exclusion of their companion, because that makes him sad." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3775)  

الدارمي:٢٦٩٩أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا كُنْتُمْ ثَلَاثَةً فَلَا يَتَنَاجَى اثْنَانِ دُونَ صَاحِبِهِمَا فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ يُحْزِنُهُ»