People and neighbours · Something to leave
Don't whisper and leave the third person out
- The practice
- When three are together, don't hold a private conversation that excludes the third
- When
- being in a group of three
- In daily life
- Out with two friends, don't switch to a language the third doesn't speak, or start texting one of them about something private. If you need a private word, save it for when it's just the two of you.
The source
قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم {إِذَا كُنْتُمْ ثَلاَثَةً فَلاَ يَتَنَاجَى رَجُلاَنِ دُونَ الآخَرِ، حَتَّى تَخْتَلِطُوا بِالنَّاسِ، أَجْلَ أَنْ يُحْزِنَهُ}.
“The Prophet ﷺ said, "When you are three persons sitting together, then no two of you should hold secret counsel excluding the third person until you are with some other people too, for that would grieve him”Narrated by `AbdullahSahih al-Bukhari 6290
The full hadith, with its chain and grading →Arabic: ara-bukhari · Translation: Muhsin Khan (eng-bukhari), from the eng-bukhari edition of hadith-api (public domain), sunnah.com numbering.
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Get early accessSources: Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, and narrations of Jami at-Tirmidhi graded sahih or hasan sahih by al-Albani.