Sunan an-Nasa'iChapter 22Hadith 2140

Full Sharh — Sunan an-Nasa'i 2140

Sahih

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ إِنَّا أُمَّةٌ أُمِّيَّةٌ لاَ نَكْتُبُ وَلاَ نَحْسِبُ الشَّهْرُ هَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ ثَلاَثًا حَتَّى ذَكَرَ تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ ‏.‏

English Translation

It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar that the Prophet said:"We are an unlettered Ummah, we do not use astronomical counting or computation. The month is like this, and this, and this," he did three times, showing it as twenty-nine

Source

Sunan an-Nasa'i(سنن النسائي)

The Book of Fasting

Hadith Number

2140

Grade

Sahih

Sunan an-Nasa'i 2140

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