حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَاطِبٍ قَالَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الشَّهْرُ تِسْعٌ وَعِشْرُونَ وَصَفَّقَ بِيَدَيْهِ مَرَّتَيْنِ ثُمَّ صَفَّقَ الثَّالِثَةَ وَقَبَضَ إِبْهَامَهُ فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنَّهُ وَهِلَ إِنَّمَا هَجَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نِسَاءَهُ شَهْرًا فَنَزَلَ لِتِسْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّكَ نَزَلَتْ لِتِسْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الشَّهْرَ يَكُونُ تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 4866
It was narrated that Yahya ibn Abd ar-Rahmaan ihn Haalib said: ‘Abdullah ibn 'Umar said; The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: "The month is twenty-rune" and be clapped his hands twice, then he clapped his hands a third time and took his thumb away. 'Al ishah said: May Allah forgive Abu 'Abd ar-Rahmaan, for he must have got confused. Rather the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) stayed away from his wives for a month, then lie came down (from the loft in which he stayed during that time) at the end of twenty- nine days. They said: O Messenger of Allah, you have come down at the end of twenty-nine days! He said: "The month may be twenty-nine days."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020