صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب الصيام
The Book of Fasting
باب الشَّهْرُ يَكُونُ تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ:
Chapter: The month may be twenty-nine days
Hadith 1084
This hadith is listed as number 2521 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا اللَّيْثُ . ح وحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ ، حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ : كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ اعْتَزَلَ نِسَاءَهُ شَهْرًا ، فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا فِي تِسْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ ، فَقُلْنَا : إِنَّمَا الْيَوْمُ تِسْعٌ وَعِشْرُونَ ، فَقَالَ : " إِنَّمَا الشَّهْرُ ، وَصَفَّقَ بِيَدَيْهِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ، وَحَبَسَ إِصْبَعًا وَاحِدَةً فِي الْآخِرَةِ " .
Jabir (Allah be pleased with her) narrated that the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) separated himself from his wives for a month. (His wives said:) He came to us on the twenty-ninth day, whereupon we said: It is the twenty-ninth (day) today. Thereupon he said: So far as the month is concerned, (and he, with a view to explaining it) flapped his hands thrice, but held back one finger at the last turn.
