Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَاطِبٍ قَالَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الشَّهْرُ تِسْعٌ وَعِشْرُونَ وَصَفَّقَ بِيَدَيْهِ مَرَّتَيْنِ ثُمَّ صَفَّقَ الثَّالِثَةَ وَقَبَضَ إِبْهَامَهُ فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنَّهُ وَهِلَ إِنَّمَا هَجَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نِسَاءَهُ شَهْرًا فَنَزَلَ لِتِسْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّكَ نَزَلَتْ لِتِسْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الشَّهْرَ يَكُونُ تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ.
English Translation
Yazid told us: Muhammad informed us, from Yahya ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Hatib, who said: Abdullah ibn Umar said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: 'The month is twenty-nine days,' and he clapped his hands twice, then clapped a third time and folded down his thumb. Aishah said: 'May Allah forgive Abu Abd al-Rahman; he was mistaken. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, only kept away from his wives for a month, then he came down on the twenty-ninth day, so they said: O Messenger of Allah, you came down on the twenty-ninth day. He said: The month may be twenty-nine days.'