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ahmad:4564Sufyān > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ, he said, "When you are three, do not have a secret conversation between two without including the third." And he also said once, "Indeed, the Prophet ﷺ forbade the two men from having a private conversation without the third when they are three."  

أحمد:٤٥٦٤حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا كُنْتُمْ ثَلَاثَةً فَلَا يَتَنَاجَ اثْنَانِ دُونَ الثَّالِثِ وَقَالَ مَرَّةً إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَهَى أَنْ يَتَنَاجَى الرَّجُلَانِ دُونَ الثَّالِثِ إِذَا كَانُوا ثَلَاثَةً