Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ ذَكْوَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا كُنْتُمْ ثَلَاثَةً فَلَا يَتَنَاجَ اثْنَانِ دُونَ وَاحِدٍ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لِابْنِ عُمَرَ فَإِذَا كَانُوا أَرْبَعَةً قَالَ فَلَا بَأْسَ بِهِ.
English Translation
Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated to us: Shu'bah narrated to us, from Sulayman, from Dhakwan, from Abdullah ibn Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: When you are three, let not two converse privately excluding the one (other). I said to Ibn Umar: What if they are four? He said: Then there is no harm in it.