1. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from al-Hassan ibn Mahbub from Malik ibn ‘Atiyyah from abu Basir from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “Out of three people, two of them should not hold a private conversation because it saddens and hurts the feelings of the third.”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

2. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn abu ‘Abd Allah from Muhammad ibn Ali from Yunus ibn Ya’qub from abu al-Hassan, the first (a.s.) who has said the following: “Out of three people in one house, two of them should not hold a private conversation because it saddens the third.”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

3. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from al-Nawfali from al-Sakuni from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “The Messenger of Allah has said, ‘To one who disturbs the conversation of his Muslim brother it is like scratching his face.”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.