And Yahya ibn Yahya, Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah, Ibn Numayr, and Abu Kurayb narrated to us—the wording is Yahya's. Yahya said: "He informed us," while the others said: "He narrated to us"—from Abu Mu'awiyah, from al-A'mash, from Shaqiq, from Abdullah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "When you are three, let not two converse privately to the exclusion of the third, for that would grieve him."