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An Nasai: Hadith 2151

22. The Book of Fasting

سنن النسائي

10/17 Chapter:

Following those who are following the Imam

باب الاِئْتِمَامِ بِمَنْ يَأْتَمُّ بِالإِمَامِ

2151
An Nasai
Sahih (Darussalam)
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 ‏‏
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.
Reference: Sunan an-Nasa'i 2140
In-book : Book 22, Hadith 51
English translation : Vol. 3, Book 22, Hadith 2142