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).  

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  

[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.  

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