Sahih Muslim 2183a

The Prohibition Of Two People Conversing Privately To The Exclusion Of A Third Without His Consent

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حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ

إِذَا كَانَ ثَلاَثَةٌ فَلاَ يَتَنَاجَى اثْنَانِ دُونَ وَاحِدٍ

Translation

Chain of narrators

When there are three (persons), two should not converse secretly between themselves to the exclusion of the (third) one.

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ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb
One of the Companions who narrated most often, and one of the ʿAbādilah; he was among the people most strict in following the narrations (athar).d. 72 AH, or 73 AH, or 74 AH, also said: 75 AH
عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِأحد المكثرين من الصحابة والعبادلة ، وكان من أشد الناس اتباعا للأثر
عن
Nāfiʿ mawlá Ibn ʿUmar
trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), a well-known jurist (faqīh)d. 116 AH, or 117 AH, or 118 AH, or 119 AH, or 120 AH
نَافِعٍثقة ثبت فقيه مشهور
عن
Mālik b. Anas
The jurist (al-faqīh), the Imam of the Abode of Migration (Imām Dār al-Hijrah), the head of the proficient masters, and the foremost among the meticulous.d. 178 AH, or 179 AH
مَالِكٍالفقيه ، إمام دار الهجرة ، رأس المتقنين ، وكبير المتثبتين
قرأت على
Yaḥyā b. Yaḥyā
trustworthy (thiqah), firmly reliable (thabt), an imam (imām).d. 226 AH, or 224 AH, or 225 AH; both of the latter two are mistaken.
يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَىثقة ثبت إمام .
حدثنا
Muslim
Trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), an imam, an author of compilations, knowledgeable in jurisprudence (fiqh)d. Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb said: 261 AH, Makkī b. ʿAbdān said: 259 AH
مُسْلِمٌثقة حافظ ، إمام ، مصنف ، عالم بالفقه

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al-Minhāj (Nawawī)

al-Mufham (Abū al-ʿAbbās)