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ahmad:4664Yaḥyá > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Two should not have a private conversation excluding the third."  

أحمد:٤٦٦٤حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَا يَتَسَارَّ اثْنَانِ دُونَالثَّالِثِ  


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malik:56-14Mālik > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

Malik related to me from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Two must not converse secretly to the exclusion of another person."  

مالك:٥٦-١٤وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا كَانَ ثَلاَثَةٌ فَلاَ يَتَنَاجَى اثْنَانِ دُونَ وَاحِدٍ