Sunan Ibn Majah 1656

Chapter: What was narrated concerning: “The month is twenty-nine (days)”

Differing grades 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 1656

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏

"‏ كَمْ مَضَى مِنَ الشَّهْرِ؟ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ: قُلْنَا: اثْنَانِ وَعِشْرُونَ وَبَقِيَتْ ثَمَانٍ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏"‏ الشَّهْرُ هَكَذَا وَالشَّهْرُ هَكَذَا وَالشَّهْرُ هَكَذَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ وَأَمْسَكَ وَاحِدَةً ‏.‏

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

‘How much of the month has passed?” We said: “Twenty-two (days), and there are eight left.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The month is like that, and the month is like that, (and the month is like that), three times, and he withheld one finger the last time.”

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 1656).

Classical commentary

Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan Ibn Majah

قَوْله ( الشَّهْر هَكَذَا إِلَخْ ) يُرِيد أَنَّ الشَّهْر قَدْ يَكُون نَاقِصًا فَلَا وَجْه لِلْجَزْمِ بِقَوْلِهِ تَمَامًا وَكَذَا كُلّ حَدِيث جَاءَ فِي نُقْصَان الشَّهْر يُرَاد بِهِ أَنَّهُ قَدْ يَكُون كَذَلِكَ وَفِي الزَّوَائِد إِسْنَاده صَحِيح عَلَى شَرْط مُسْلِم ا ه.…

Scholars’ grades

The 4 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

Scholar	Grade	Applies to	Work
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH	AuthenticSahih	The hadith	No. 1656
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH	AuthenticSahih	The hadith	No. 1656
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH	WeakDaif	The hadith	No. 1656
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH	AuthenticSahih	The hadith	No. 1656

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Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) swore that he would stay away from his wives for a period. He made something unlawful (for himself) (i.e. something not in itself unlawful). So, he made the lawful unlawful, and he made atonement for breaking an oath. [Reported by at-Tirmidhi, and its narrators are reliable…

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اَللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ: { آلَى رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ ‏- صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏-مِنْ نِسَائِهِ وَحَرَّمَ, فَجَعَلَ اَلْحَرَامَ حَلَالًا , وَجَعَلَ لِلْيَمِينِ كَفَّارَةً.‏ } رَوَاهُ اَلتِّرْمِذِيُّ…

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`Umar said, "I agreed with Allah in three things," or said, "My Lord agreed with me in three things. I said, 'O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Would that you took the station of Abraham as a place of prayer.' I also said, 'O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Good and bad persons visit you! Would that you ordered the…

أَمَا فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَا يَعِظُ نِسَاءَهُ حَتَّى تَعِظَهُنَّ أَنْتَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ ‏‏{‏عَسَى رَبُّهُ إِنْ طَلَّقَكُنَّ أَنْ يُبَدِّلَهُ أَزْوَاجًا خَيْرًا مِنْكُنَّ مُسْلِمَاتٍ‏}‏ الآيَةَ

Narrated by Umar ibn al-Khattāb + 11 other versions

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The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The month consists of twenty-nine days, but do not fast till you sight it (the moon) and do not break your fast till you sight it. If the weather is cloudy, calculate it thirty days. When the twenty-ninth of Sha'ban came, Ibn Umar would send someone (who tried) to sight the…

أُمَّةٌ أُمِّيَّةٌ لاَ نَكْتُبُ وَلاَ نَحْسُبُ الشَّهْرُ هَكَذَا وَ هَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا ‏"

Narrated by Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar + 9 other versions

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 7263

I came and behold, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was staying on a Mashroba (attic room) and a black slave of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was at the top if its stairs. I said to him, "(Tell the Prophet) that here is `Umar bin Al- Khattab (asking for permission to enter)." Then he admitted me.

جِئْتُ فَإِذَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي مَشْرُبَةٍ لَهُ، وَغُلاَمٌ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَسْوَدُ عَلَى رَأْسِ الدَّرَجَةِ فَقُلْتُ قُلْ هَذَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ فَأَذِنَ لِي‏.‏

Narrated by Umar ibn al-Khattāb + 6 other versions

Authentic Sahih Muslim 1080j

The month may consist of twenty-nine days.

الشَّهْرُ تِسْعٌ وَعِشْرُونَ ‏"

Narrated by Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar + 6 other versions

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 5201

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) took an oath that he would not visit his wives for one month, and he sat in an upper room belonging to him. Then, on the twenty ninth day he came down. It was said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! You had taken an oath not to visit your wives for one month." He said, "The (present)…

الشَّهْرَ تِسْعٌ وَعِشْرُونَ ‏"

Narrated by Anas ibn Mālik + 4 other versions

Sunan Ibn Majah 1656

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I came and behold, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was staying on a Mashroba (attic room) and a black slave of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was at the top if its stairs. I said to him, "(Tell the Prophet) that here is `Umar bin Al- Khattab (asking for permission to enter)." Then he admitted me.

The month may consist of twenty-nine days.

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I came and behold, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was staying on a Mashroba (attic room) and a black slave of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was at the top if its stairs. I said to him, "(Tell the Prophet) that here is `Umar bin Al- Khattab (asking for permission to enter)." Then he admitted me.

The month may consist of twenty-nine days.

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