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2825. 'Abdullāh narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "When there are three of you, then let two not converse in exclusion of their companion." (Saḥih)
In Sufyān's narration he said: "Two are not to converse in
exclusion of the third, for indeed that will worry him."
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ.
It has been related that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Two are not to converse in exclusion of one, for indeed that harms the believer, and Allāh [Mighty and Sublime is He] does not like harming the believer."
There are narrations on this topic from Ibn 'Umar, Abū Hurairah, and Ibn 'Abbās.
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Commentary
When two individuals talk to each other while ignoring the third person in their company, it causes him to worry, and creates sorrow and grief; he thinks they do not trust him and they are hiding the matter from him considering him unreliable.
