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Musnad Ahmad Hadith 5017

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570

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Original Arabic

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ، سَمِعْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ ابْنَ عُمَرَ يُحَدِّثُ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: " إِنَّا أُمَّةٌ أُمِّيَّةٌ لَا نَكْتُبُ، وَلَا نَحْسُبُ، الشَّهْرُ هَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا " وَعَقَدَ الْإِبْهَامَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ وَالشَّهْرُ هَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا يَعْنِي تَمَامَ ثَلَاثِينَ (١)، ،

Translation

English translation

It is narrated from Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "We are an unlettered nation; we do not know calculation. Sometimes the month is like this, like this, and like this," and the third time the Prophet (ﷺ) folded his thumb, "and sometimes it is like this, like this, and like this," meaning a complete thirty days.

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Where is this hadith found?

This is Hadith 5017 in Musnad Ahmad. It appears in Book 27, Musnad of Abdullah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with them), as in-book entry 570.

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Source and grading notes

مسند احمد / مسند المكثرين من الصحابة / 5017

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