13/2. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 1080j — Month May Be 29 Days
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.
Hadith About Month 29 Days in Islam
Sahih Muslim : 1080j
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 1080j
وَحَدَّثَنِي حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الشَّاعِرِ، حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ الأَشْيَبُ، حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ، عَنْ يَحْيَى، قَالَ وَأَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ ابْنَ عُمَرَ، - رضى الله عنهما - يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " الشَّهْرُ تِسْعٌ وَعِشْرُونَ " .
Ibn 'Umar Narrated from:
Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with both of them) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The month may consist of twenty-nine days.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1080jIn-book reference : Book 13, Hadith 13USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 6, Hadith 2372
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 1080j
Ibn Umar reports a short and clear saying of Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم: the month may consist of twenty-nine days. The main lesson of this month 29 days hadith is that a lunar month is not always thirty days. It can finish at twenty-nine. This matters for Ramadan, fasting, and ending the fast, because the month is measured by its actual length, not by a fixed guess. The hadith does not add extra details here. It simply teaches that Muslims should accept that the Islamic month can be shorter than people may expect. So when someone searches for a Ramadan month 29 days hadith, this narration gives the simple base rule: a month may be twenty-nine days.
What we learn from this hadith
- A lunar month can be twenty-nine days.
- People should not assume every month is thirty days.
- Religious timing should respect the actual count of the month.
