Hadith 5
Three-Narrator Ahadith
Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal · Musnad of Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar (may Allāh be pleased with them both)
Arabic
حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «إِذَا كُنْتُمْ ثَلَاثَةً، فَلَا يَتَنَاجَ اثْنَانِ دُونَ الثَّالِثِ»، وَقَالَ مَرَّةً: «إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، نَهَى أَنْ يَتَنَاجَى الرَّجُلَانِ دُونَ الثَّالِثِ، إِذَا كَانُوا ثَلَاثَةً.»
English translation
Ibn ʿUmar (رضي الله عنهما) reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “When you are three [in a gathering], let not two converse privately excluding the third.” And in another narration: “The Prophet (ﷺ) prohibited two men from holding a private conversation to the exclusion of a third, when they are three.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 5
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