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السيوطي:٢٥٧٩a

"إذا كُنْتُمْ ثلاثة فلا يتَناجَى اثنانِ دُونَ صاحِبِهما، فإِنْ كانوا أرْبَعَةً قال: لا بأس به".  

الخطيب عن ابن عمر

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Collected by Muslim, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Dārimī
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  

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:6264Isḥāq b. Yūsuf > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Ibn ʿUmar

"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:٦٢٦٤حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا كُنْتُمْ ثَلَاثَةً فَلَا يَتَنَاجَيَنَّ اثْنَانِ دُونَ صَاحِبِهِمَا  

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  

ahmad:4450Hushaym > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. Ḥabbān > Ibn ʿUmar

"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:٤٤٥٠حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَبَّانَ عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا كُنْتُمْ ثَلَاثَةً فَلَا يَتَنَاجَ اثْنَانِ دُونَ وَاحِدٍ  

ahmad:4685Yaḥyá > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ, he said, "When you are three, then two should not converse privately, excluding their companion." They said, "What if they are four?" He said, "It will not harm."  

أحمد:٤٦٨٥حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا كُنْتُمْ ثَلَاثَةً فَلَايَنْتَجِي اثْنَانِ دُونَ صَاحِبِهِمَا قَالَ قُلْنَا فَإِنْ كَانُوا أَرْبَعًا؟ قَالَ فَلَا يَضُرُّ  

ahmad:5023Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Sulaymān > Dhakwān > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When you are three, do not hold a private conversation excluding the third person." So I said to Ibn Umar, "What if they are four?" He said, "There is no harm in that."  

أحمد:٥٠٢٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ ذَكْوَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا كُنْتُمْ ثَلَاثَةً فَلَا يَتَنَاجَ اثْنَانِ دُونَ وَاحِدٍ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لِابْنِ عُمَرَ فَإِذَا كَانُوا أَرْبَعَةً قَالَ فَلَا بَأْسَ بِهِ  

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»