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nasai:2137Aḥmad b. Sulaymān > Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd > Ismāʿīl > Muḥammad b. Saʿd b. Abū Waqqāṣ

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'The month is like this and like this and like this." (One of the narrators) Muhammad bin 'Ubaid clapped his hands three time to demonstrate it, then he withheld his left thumb the third time. Yahya bin Saeed said to Ismail (One of the narrators): "Form his father?' He said: "No."  

النسائي:٢١٣٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الشَّهْرُ هَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا وَصَفَّقَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ بِيَدَيْهِ يَنْعَتُهَا ثَلاَثًا ثُمَّ قَبَضَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ الإِبْهَامَ فِي الْيُسْرَى قَالَ يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قُلْتُ لإِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ لاَ  


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nasai-kubra:2458Aḥmad b. Sulaymān > Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd > Ismāʿīl > Muḥammad b. Saʿd b. Abū Waqqāṣ

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'The month is like this and like this and like this." (One of the narrators) Muhammad bin 'Ubaid clapped his hands three time to demonstrate it, then he withheld his left thumb the third time. Yahya bin Saeed said to Ismail (One of the narrators): "Form his father?' He said: "No." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2137)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٤٥٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الشَّهْرُ هَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا» وَصَفَّقَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ بِيَدَيْهِ يَتْبَعُهَا ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ قَبَضَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ الْإِبْهَامَ فِي الْيُسْرَى