How many days there are in a month

Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) struck one of his hands upon the other and said: "The month is like this, the month is like this." Then, the third time, he held back one finger.

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stayed away from his wives for a month. When twenty-nine days had passed, Jibril came and said: "The month has passed, and you have fulfilled your oath."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Once the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "How much of the month has passed?" We said: "Twenty-two days have passed and eight remain." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No, rather twenty-two days have passed and seven remain. Seek it tonight." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The month is like this, the month is like this", three times, and he held back one finger.

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) swore not to go to his wives for a month, and he went up to an upper room. When twenty-nine days had passed, Jibril came and said: "A month has passed; come down."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "We are an unlettered nation; we neither write nor calculate. The month is this much, this much and this much." The third time, he folded his thumb (that is, he counted to twenty-nine). Then he said: "The month is this much, this much and this much." This time he counted the full thirty.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The month is this much, this much and this much." The third time, he did not count his thumb, that is, he counted to twenty-nine.

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took an oath (ila') to stay away from his wives for a month, and he went to his upper room. Then he came down after twenty-nine days. The people said: "O Messenger of Allah! You took an oath for a month?" He said: "The month can also be twenty-nine days."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "We are an unlettered nation; we neither write nor calculate. The month is this much, this much and this much." The third time, raising his hand, he held back one finger, that is, he counted to twenty-nine.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The month is twenty-nine days." Then he opened both his palms fully twice, and the third time he kept his thumb closed.

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: May Allah forgive Abu Abd al-Rahman. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) only stayed away from his wives for a month, and he came down after twenty-nine days. The people said: "O Messenger of Allah! You took an oath for a month?" He said: "The month can be twenty-nine days."

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Some months are twenty-nine days and some are thirty.

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say: Sometimes the month is thirty days and sometimes twenty-nine.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Ramadan is twenty-nine days.

Al-Walid bin Utbah said: In the time of Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) we fasted twenty-eight days of Ramadan without sighting the moon. On the day of Eid al-Fitr he ordered us to make up one day.

Al-Sha'bi said: We fasted twenty-nine days more often than we fasted thirty.