Hadith 20300

Chapter 29

باب 29

(29) باب فِي التَّنَاجِي

(29) Chapter: Conversing privately (around others)
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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 .

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.

Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 4852

In-book reference: Book 43, Hadith 80

English translation: Book 42, Hadith 4834