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Musnad Ahmad Hadith 5137

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Original Arabic

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، وَإِسْحَاقُ يَعْنِي الْأَزْرَقَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، (٢) عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " إِنَّا أُمَّةٌ أُمِّيَّةٌ لَا نَكْتُبُ، وَلَا نَحْسُبُ، الشَّهْرُ هَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا "، حَتَّى ذَكَرَ تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ، قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ: وَطَبَّقَ يَدَيْهِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، وَحَبَسَ إِبْهَامَهُ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ (٣)، ،

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." The third time, the Prophet (ﷺ) folded his thumb, meaning twenty-nine (days).

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Where is this hadith found?

This is Hadith 5137 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 690.

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مسند احمد / مسند المكثرين من الصحابة / 5137

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