\nNarrated Ibn `Umar:\n \n\nThe Prophet (holding out his ten fingers thrice), said, "The month is thus and thus and thus," namely \nthirty days. Then (holding out his ten fingers twice and then nine fingers), he said, "It may be thus and \nthus and thus," namely twenty nine days. He meant once thirty days and once twenty nine days.\n

\nNarrated Ibn `Umar:\n \n\nThe Prophet (holding out his ten fingers thrice), said, "The month is thus and thus and thus," namely \nthirty days. Then (holding out his ten fingers twice and then nine fingers), he said, "It may be thus and \nthus and thus," namely twenty nine days. He meant once thirty days and once twenty nine days.\n

\nحَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا جَبَلَةُ بْنُ سُحَيْمٍ، سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ، يَقُولُ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ الشَّهْرُ هَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا ‏"‏‏.‏ يَعْنِي ثَلاَثِينَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏"‏ وَهَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا ‏"‏‏.‏ يَعْنِي تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ يَقُولُ، مَرَّةً ثَلاَثِينَ وَمَرَّةً تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ‏.‏