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 2522 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنِي هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، وَحَجَّاجُ بْنُ الشَّاعِرِ ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ : أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا ، يَقُولُ : اعْتَزَلَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نِسَاءَهُ شَهْرًا ، فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا صَبَاحَ تِسْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ ، فَقَالَ بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، إِنَّمَا أَصْبَحْنَا لِتِسْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " إِنَّ الشَّهْرَ يَكُونُ تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ ، ثُمَّ طَبَّقَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِيَدَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا ، مَرَّتَيْنِ بِأَصَابِعِ يَدَيْهِ كُلِّهَا وَالثَّالِثَةَ بِتِسْعٍ مِنْهَا " .
Abu Zubair is reported to have heard Jabir bin 'Abdullah (Allah be pleased with both of them) as saying: The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) 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 Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) said: The month may also consist of twenty-nine days. The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) 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).
