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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ قَوْلَهُ ﷺ «تِسْعٌ وَعِشْرُونَ» أَرَادَ بِهِ بَعْضَ الشُّهُورِ لَا الْكَلَّ

ibnhibban:3452Ibn Khuzaymah And al-Ddaghūlī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Bishr b. al-Ḥakam > Ḥajjāj b. Muḥammad > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] He heard Jabir ibn Abdullah say that the Prophet ﷺ separated from his wives for a month. Then the Prophet ﷺ came out on the morning of the twenty-ninth day, and some of the people said, "O Messenger of Allah, we have reached the twenty-ninth day." He ﷺ said, "The month can be twenty-nine (days)." Then the Prophet ﷺ applauded three times with all his fingers, and the third time with nine of them.  

ابن حبّان:٣٤٥٢أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ خُزَيْمَةَ وَالدَّغُولِيُّ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ بِشْرِ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ عَزَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ نِسَاءَهُ شَهْرًا فَخَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ صَبَاحَ تِسْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ فَقَالَ بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا أَصْبَحْنَا مِنْ تِسْعَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ فَقَالَ ﷺ «إِنَّ الشَّهْرَ يَكُونُ تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ» ثُمَّ صَفَّقَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ثَلَاثًا مَرَّتَيْنِ بِأَصَابِعِ يَدَيْهِ كُلِّهَا وَالثَّالِثُ بِتِسْعٍ مِنْهَا  


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muslim:1084bHārūn b. ʿAbdullāh And Ḥajjāj b. al-Shāʿir > Ḥajjāj b. Muḥammad > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

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 Messenger 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).  

مسلم:١٠٨٤bحَدَّثَنِي هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَحَجَّاجُ بْنُ الشَّاعِرِ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ؓ يَقُولُ اعْتَزَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ نِسَاءَهُ شَهْرًا فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا صَبَاحَ تِسْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ فَقَالَ بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّمَا أَصْبَحْنَا لِتِسْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنَّ الشَّهْرَ يَكُونُ تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ ثُمَّ طَبَّقَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِيَدَيْهِ ثَلاَثًا مَرَّتَيْنِ بِأَصَابِعِ يَدَيْهِ كُلِّهَا وَالثَّالِثَةَ بِتِسْعٍ مِنْهَا  

nasai-kubra:9114Yūsuf b. Saʿīd > Ḥajjāj > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

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 Messenger 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). (Using translation from Muslim 1084b)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٩١١٤أَخْبَرَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرًا يَقُولُ اعْتَزَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ نِسَاءَهُ شَهْرًا فَخَرَجَ صَبَاحَ تِسْعَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِنَّ الشَّهْرَ يَكُونُ تِسْعَةً وَعِشْرِينَ» ثُمَّ صَفَّقَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ بِيَدَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا مَرَّتَيْنِ بِأَصَابِعِ يَدَيْهِ كُلِّهَا وَالثَّالِثَةَ بِالتِّسْعِ مِنْهَا