حَدَّثَنِي هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يَحْيَی بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ صَيْفِيٍّ أَنَّ عِکْرِمَةَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا أَخْبَرَتْهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَلَفَ أَنْ لَا يَدْخُلَ عَلَی بَعْضِ أَهْلِهِ شَهْرًا فَلَمَّا مَضَی تِسْعَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ يَوْمًا غَدَا عَلَيْهِمْ أَوْ رَاحَ فَقِيلَ لَهُ حَلَفْتَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ أَنْ لَا تَدْخُلَ عَلَيْنَا شَهْرًا قَالَ إِنَّ الشَّهْرَ يَکُونُ تِسْعَةً وَعِشْرِينَ يَوْمًا
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 2523
Abu Zubair is reported to have heard Jabir b. 'Abdullah (Allah be pleased with both of them) as saying: The Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) separated himself from his wives for a month. (His wives said: ) He came to us on the morning of the twenty-ninth. Upon this some, of the people said: It is the morning of twenty- ninth (according to our calculation). Upon this the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: The month. may also consist of twenty-nine days. The Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) then flapped his bands thrice, twice with all the fingers of both his hand (to indicate twenty-nine) and by the third time with nine (fingers).
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020