Chain of narration · Isnād
Each narrator name opens their biography and classical source evidence.
Narrated by Muhammad bin al-Muthna - al-Zamanfrom'Abdur Rahman bin MahdifromSufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawrifromal-Aswad bin Qays al-BdyfromSa'id bin 'Amr bin Sa'id bin al-Aasfromibn Umar
Hadith text · Matn
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 (ﷺ) 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.
Original Arabic chain wording
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
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 22, Hadith 51
- English Reference
- Vol. 3, Book 22, Hadith 2142