Muwatta Malik #1950
Speech
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، 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 رَجُلاً آخَرَ حَتَّى كُنَّا أَرْبَعَةً فَقَالَ لِي وَلِلرَّجُلِ الَّذِي دَعَاهُ اسْتَأْخِرَا شَيْئًا فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ
" لاَ يَتَنَاجَى اثْنَانِ دُونَ وَاحِدٍ " .
Malik related to me from Abdullah ibn Dinar saying, "Abdullah ibn
Umar and I were at the house of Khalid ibn Uqba who was away at the
market. A man came who wanted to speak to Abdullah ibn Umar and I was
the only other person present Abdullah ibn Umar called another man so
that we were four and said to me and the man whom he had called, 'Go a
little way off together, because I heard the Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, "Two do not converse
secretly to the exclusion of another.' "'
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This hadith is #1950 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Speech.