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bukhari:5289 – Ismāʿīl b. Abū Ūways > Akhīh > Sulaymān > Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl > Anas b. Mālik

Messenger of Allah ﷺ took an oath that he would abstain from his wives, and at that time his leg had been sprained (dislocated). So he stayed in the Mashruba (an attic room) of his for 29 days. Then he came down, and they (the people) said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! You took an oath to abstain from your wives for one month." He said, "The month is of twenty nine days."  

البخاري:٥٢٨٩ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ آلَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ وَكَانَتِ انْفَكَّتْ رِجْلُهُ فَأَقَامَ فِي مَشْرُبَةٍ لَهُ تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ ثُمَّ نَزَلَ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ آلَيْتَ شَهْرًا فَقَالَ الشَّهْرُ تِسْعٌ وَعِشْرُونَ  

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Collected by Bukhārī, Nasāʾī, Tirmidhī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī
bukhari:1911 – ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. ʿAbdullāh > Sulaymān b. Bilāl > Ḥumayd > Anas

Messenger of Allah ﷺ vowed to keep aloof from his wives for one month, and he had dislocation of his leg. So, he stayed in a Mashruba for 29 nights and then came down. Some people said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! You vowed to stay aloof for one month," He replied, "The month is of 29 days."  

البخاري:١٩١١ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلاَلٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ قَالَ

آلَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ وَكَانَتِ انْفَكَّتْ رِجْلُهُ فَأَقَامَ فِي مَشْرُبَةٍ تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ لَيْلَةً ثُمَّ نَزَلَ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ آلَيْتَ شَهْرًا فَقَالَ إِنَّ الشَّهْرَ يَكُونُ تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ  

bukhari:5201 – Khālid b. Makhlad > Sulaymān > Ḥumayd > Anas

Messenger of Allah ﷺ took an oath that he would not visit his wives for one month, and he sat in an upper room belonging to him. Then, on the twenty ninth day he came down. It was said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! You had taken an oath not to visit your wives for one month." He said, "The (present) month is of twenty-nine days."  

البخاري:٥٢٠١ – حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي حُمَيْدٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ قَالَ

آلَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ شَهْرًا وَقَعَدَ فِي مَشْرُبَةٍ لَهُ فَنَزَلَ لِتِسْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ فَقِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّكَ آلَيْتَ عَلَى شَهْرٍ قَالَ إِنَّ الشَّهْرَ تِسْعٌ وَعِشْرُونَ  

bukhari:6684 – ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. ʿAbdullāh > Sulaymān b. Bilāl > Ḥumayd > Anas

Messenger of Allah ﷺ took an oath for abstention from his wives (for one month), and during those days he had a sprain in his foot. He stayed in a Mashrubah (an upper room) for twenty-nine nights and then came down. Then the people said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! You took an oath for abstention (from your wives) for one month." On that he said, "A (lunar) month can be of twenty-nine days."  

البخاري:٦٦٨٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلاَلٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

آلَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ وَكَانَتِ انْفَكَّتْ رِجْلُهُ فَأَقَامَ فِي مَشْرُبَةٍ تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ لَيْلَةً ثُمَّ نَزَلَ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ آلَيْتَ شَهْرًا فَقَالَ {إِنَّ الشَّهْرَ يَكُونُ تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ}  

nasai:3456 – Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Khālid > Ḥumayd > Anas

"The Prophet swore an oath of abstention from his wives for a month and stayed in his room for twenty-nine days. It was said: 'O Messenger of Allah, did you not swear an oath of abstention for a month?' He said: 'This month is twenty-nine days.'"  

النسائي:٣٤٥٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

آلَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ شَهْرًا فِي مَشْرَبَةٍ لَهُ فَمَكَثَ تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ لَيْلَةً ثُمَّ نَزَلَ فَقِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَلَيْسَ آلَيْتَ عَلَى شَهْرٍ قَالَ الشَّهْرُ تِسْعٌ وَعِشْرُونَ  

tirmidhi:690 – ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > Ismāʿīl b. Jaʿfar > Ḥumayd > Anas

"The Messenger of Allah vowed to stay away from his wives for a month, so he stayed in a loft for twenty-nine days. They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, your vow was for a month,' so he said: 'The month is twenty-nine (days).'"  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ.
الترمذي:٦٩٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ آلَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ شَهْرًا فَأَقَامَ فِي مَشْرُبَةٍ تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ يَوْمًا قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّكَ آلَيْتَ شَهْرًا فَقَالَ الشَّهْرُ تِسْعٌ وَعِشْرُونَ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ

ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يُوَلِّيَ مِنِ امْرَأَتَهِ أَيَّامًا مَعْلُومَةً

ibnhibban:4277 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Sāmī > Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb al-Maqābirī > Ismāʿīl b. Jaʿfar > Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl > Anas b. Mālik

"The Messenger of Allah vowed to stay away from his wives for a month, so he stayed in a loft for twenty-nine days. They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, your vow was for a month,' so he said: 'The month is twenty-nine (days).'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 690)   

ابن حبّان:٤٢٧٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السَّامِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ الْمَقَابِرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي حُمَيْدٌ الطَّوِيلُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ آلَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ وَكَانَتِ انْفَكَّتْ رِجْلُهُ فَأَقَامَ فِي مَشْرُبَةٍ تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ ثُمَّ نَزَلَ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ آلَيْتَ شَهْرًا قَالَ «الشَّهْرُ تِسْعٌ وَعِشْرُونَ»  

nasai-kubra:5621 – Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Khālid > Ḥumayd > Anas

"The Prophet swore an oath of abstention from his wives for a month and stayed in his room for twenty-nine days. It was said: 'O Messenger of Allah, did you not swear an oath of abstention for a month?' He said: 'This month is twenty-nine days.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3456)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٦٢١ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

آلَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ شَهْرًا فَقَعَدَ فِي مَشْرُبَةٍ لَهُ فَمَكَثَ تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ لَيْلَةً ثُمَّ نَزَلَ فَقِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَلَسْتَ آلَيْتَ عَلَى شَهْرٍ؟ قَالَ «الشَّهْرُ تِسْعٌ وَعِشْرُونَ»  

bayhaqi:15236 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Bakr Aḥmad b. Salmān al-Faqīh > Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl al-Sulamī > al-Ūwaysī > Sulaymān b. Bilāl > Ḥumayd > Anas ؓ

Messenger of Allah ﷺ vowed to keep aloof from his wives for one month, and he had dislocation of his leg. So, he stayed in a Mashruba for 29 nights and then came down. Some people said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! You vowed to stay aloof for one month," He replied, "The month is of 29 days." (Using translation from Bukhārī 1911)   

البيهقي:١٥٢٣٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلْمَانَ الْفَقِيهُ نا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ السُّلَمِيُّ نا الْأُوَيْسِيُّ نا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلَالٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ قَالَ

آلَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ وَكَانَتِ انْفَكَّتْ رِجْلُهُ فَأَقَامَ فِي مَشْرُبَةٍ لَهُ تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ لَيْلَةً ثُمَّ نَزَلَ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ آلَيْتَ شَهْرًا قَالَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الشَّهْرَ يَكُونُ تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ لَيْلَةً  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ الْأُوَيْسِيِّ