صحیح ابن حبان

Ibn Hibban

كتاب البر والإحسان

Book of Righteousness and Goodness

باب الصحبة والمجالسة - ذكر الخبر الدال على أن تناجي المسلمين بحضرة اثنين جائز

Chapter on Companionship and Sitting – Report indicating that two Muslims conversing privately in the presence of two others is permissible

1 hadith
Hadith 582
أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ ، قَالَ : كُنْتُ أَنَا وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ عِنْدَ دَارِ خَالِدِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ الَّتِي بِالسُّوقِ ، فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُنَاجِيَهُ ، وَلَيْسَ مَعَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ أَحَدٌ غَيْرِي وَغَيْرُ الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُنَاجِيَهُ ، فَدَعَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ رَجُلا ، حَتَّى كُنَّا أَرْبَعَةً ، فقَالَ لِي وَلِلرَّجُلِ الَّذِي دَعَا ، اسْتَرْخِيَا ، فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، يَقُولُ : " لا يَتَنَاجَى اثْنَانِ دُونَ وَاحِدٍ " .
Abdullah bin Dinar narrates: I and Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) were present near a house in the market of Khalid bin Utbah. There a man came and wanted to speak in secret with Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both). At that time, besides me and that man, there was no one else with Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) who wanted to speak with him in secret. So Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) called another person, until we became four people. Then he said to me and to the person whom he had called: "You both move aside." I heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Two people should not converse secretly excluding a third."
Hadith Reference صحیح ابن حبان / كتاب البر والإحسان / 582
Hadith Grading فضيلة الشيخ الإمام محمد ناصر الدين الألباني صحيح - «الصحيحة» -أيضا-. فضيلة الشيخ العلّامة شُعيب الأرناؤوط إسناده صحيح على شرط الشيخين.
Hadith Takhrij «رقم طبعة با وزير 581»