13/2. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 1080i — Month Can Be Twenty-Nine
The obligation to fast Ramadan when the crescent is sighted, and to break the fast when the crescent is sighted, and that if it is cloudy at the beginning or end of the month, then the month should be completed as thirty days.
Month Can Be Twenty-Nine Days Hadith
Sahih Muslim : 1080i
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 1080i
حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّاءُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ دِينَارٍ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ ابْنَ عُمَرَ، - رضى الله عنهما - يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " الشَّهْرُ هَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا " . وَقَبَضَ إِبْهَامَهُ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ .
Ibn 'Umar Narrated from:
Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with both of them) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The month is thus and thus and thus (i. e. pointing with his fingers thrice), and he held back his thumb at the third time (in order to show that it can also consist of twenty-nine days).
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1080iIn-book reference : Book 13, Hadith 12USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 6, Hadith 2371
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 1080i
This month can be twenty-nine days Hadith reports a simple statement and gesture from the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم. Ibn Umar said he heard the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم say that the month is like this, this, and this, pointing with his fingers three times. Then he held back his thumb the third time, showing that the month can also consist of twenty-nine days. The Hadith does not discuss the full rules of fasting in this specific translation. Its focus is the length of the lunar month. It helps explain why Ramadan or another lunar month may be twenty-nine days instead of thirty. The teaching is short, visual, and easy to understand.
What we learn from this hadith
- A lunar month can be twenty-nine days.
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم used a finger gesture to explain the point.
- This narration focuses on month length, not extra fasting details.
- The report helps readers understand why months may not always be thirty days.
