8/6. Chapter:
Jami at-Tirmidhi 690 — The Month Can Be Twenty-Nine Days
What Has Been Related About: The Month Is Twenty-Nine Days
Hadith: The Month Is Twenty-Nine Days
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 690
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 690
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ آلَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِنْ نِسَائِهِ شَهْرًا فَأَقَامَ فِي مَشْرُبَةٍ تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ يَوْمًا قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّكَ آلَيْتَ شَهْرًا فَقَالَ " الشَّهْرُ تِسْعٌ وَعِشْرُونَ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Anas Narrated from:
The Messenger Of Allah Vowed To Stay Away From His Wives For A Month, So He Stayed In A Loft For Twenty-Nine Days. They Said: 'O Messenger Of Allah, Your Vow Was For A Month,' So He Said: 'The Month Is Twenty-Nine (Days).'
Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 690In-book reference : Book 8, Hadith 9English translation : Vol. 2, Book 3, Hadith 690
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 690
This hadith about the lunar month gives a clear example from the Prophet’s life. Anas narrated that the Messenger of Allah vowed to stay away from his wives for a month and stayed in a loft for twenty-nine days. When people reminded him that his vow was for a month, he answered, “The month is twenty-nine.” The hadith shows that, in the Islamic lunar calendar, a month may be complete at twenty-nine days. The lesson is simple: the word month does not always mean thirty days. This also helps readers understand why Ramadan or other lunar months may end after twenty-nine days.
What we learn from this hadith
- A lunar month can be counted as twenty-nine days.
- The Prophet’s answer shows that twenty-nine days may still be a month.
- The hadith helps explain why Islamic months may vary in length.
