Sahih al-Bukhari 5302

Book 68: Divorce · Narrated by Ibn `Umar

Arabic

حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا جَبَلَةُ بْنُ سُحَيْمٍ، سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ، يَقُولُ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ الشَّهْرُ هَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا ‏"‏‏.‏ يَعْنِي ثَلاَثِينَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏"‏ وَهَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا ‏"‏‏.‏ يَعْنِي تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ يَقُولُ، مَرَّةً ثَلاَثِينَ وَمَرَّةً تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ‏.‏

English translation

Narrated Ibn `Umar:The Prophet (holding out his ten fingers thrice), said, "The month is thus and thus and thus," namely thirty days. Then (holding out his ten fingers twice and then nine fingers), he said, "It may be thus and thus and thus," namely twenty nine days. He meant once thirty days and once twenty nine days

Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 5302, Book of Divorce. English translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan.