Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab) · Conversing privately (around others)

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِثْلَهُ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو صَالِحٍ فَقُلْتُ لاِبْنِ عُمَرَ فَأَرْبَعَةٌ قَالَ لاَ يَضُرُّكَ ‏.‏

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A similar tradition has been transmitted by Ibn `Umar through a different chain of narrators. This version has: Abu Salih said: I asked Ibn `Umar: If they are four? He replied: Then it does not harm you.

Grade as stored: Sahih (Al-Albani)

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Sunan Abi Dawud · Book 43 · Hadith 4851

حَدَّثَنَا 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 صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ لاَ يَنْتَجِي اثْنَانِ دُونَ الثَّالِثِ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ يُحْزِنُهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

`Abd Allah (b. Mas`ud) reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: Two persons should not talk privately ignoring the third, for that will grieve him.

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