صحيح البخاري

Hadith 1913

Book 30: The Book of As-Saum (The Fasting).

كِتَاب الصَّوْمِ

Chapter 13

(13) Chapter. The statement of the Prophet ﷺ: “We neither write nor know accounts.”

13- بَابُ قَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لاَ نَكْتُبُ وَلاَ نَحْسُبُ»:

English narration

Narrated by عبد الله بن عمر العدوي

The Prophet (ﷺ) 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."

النص العربي

حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَسْوَدُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ ابْنَ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ : "

إِنَّا أُمَّةٌ أُمِّيَّةٌ ، لَا نَكْتُبُ وَلَا نَحْسُبُ الشَّهْرُ هَكَذَا

" ، وَهَكَذَا يَعْنِي مَرَّةً تِسْعَةً وَعِشْرِينَ ، وَمَرَّةً ثَلَاثِينَ .

Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 1913In-book: Book 30, Hadith 1913

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