Narrated Ibn 'Umar: The Prophet said, "We are an illiterate nation; we neither write, nor know accounts. The month is like this and this, i.e. sometimes of 29 days and sometimes of thirty days."
— Sahih Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 31: Fasting, Hadith #137
Narrated Ibn 'Umar: The Prophet said, "We are an illiterate nation; we neither write, nor know accounts. The month is like this and this, i.e. sometimes of 29 days and sometimes of thirty days."
This hadith is from the book of Fasting in Sahih Bukhari, compiled by Imam al-Bukhari. It is hadith number 137 in book 31 of volume 3.
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