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ibnmajah:3776Hishām b. ʿAmmār > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade two to converse (privately) to the exclusion of a third."  

ابن ماجة:٣٧٧٦حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَتَنَاجَى اثْنَانِ دُونَ الثَّالِثِ  

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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  

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  

ahmad:6057Yūnus > Layth > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

[Machine] The translation of the given sentence is:

"The Messenger of Allahﷺ used to forbid when there were three individuals that two should hold a private conversation excluding the third."  

أحمد:٦٠٥٧حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ عَنْ نَافِعٍ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَنْهَى إِذَا كَانَ ثَلَاثَةُ نَفَرٍ أَنْ يَتَنَاجَى اثْنَانِ دُونَ الثَّالِثِ  

ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ تَنَاجِي الْمُسْلِمَيْنِ بِحَضْرَةِ ثَالِثٍ مَعَهُمَا

ibnhibban:580al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Wahbb. Baqiyyah > Khālid > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Isḥāq > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade two to converse (privately) to the exclusion of a third." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3776)   

ابن حبّان:٥٨٠أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا يَتَنَاجَى اثْنَانِ دُونَ الثَالِثٍ»  

tabarani:13104Abū al-Zinbāʿ Rawḥ b. al-Faraj > Ḥāmid b. Yaḥyá > Sufyān > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > al-Qāsim b. Muḥammad > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Two should not hold a secret conversation excluding the third."  

الطبراني:١٣١٠٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنْبَاعِ رَوْحُ بْنُ الْفَرَجِ ثنا حَامِدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا يَتَنَاجَى اثْنَانِ دُونَ الثَّالِثِ»  

adab:1168

'Abdullah reported that the Messenger of Allah, 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."  

الأدب المفرد:١١٦٨حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا كَانُوا ثَلاَثَةً فَلاَ يَتَنَاجَى اثْنَانِ دُونَ الثَّالِثِ