Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ جَابِرًا هَلْ سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ لَا تَصُومُوا حَتَّى تَرَوْا الْهِلَالَ فَإِنْ خَفِيَ عَلَيْكُمْ فَأَتِمُّوا ثَلَاثِينَ وَقَالَ جَابِرٌ هَجَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نِسَاءَهُ شَهْرًا فَنَزَلَ لِتِسْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ وَقَالَ إِنَّمَا الشَّهْرُ تِسْعٌ وَعِشْرُونَ.
English Translation
Hasan told us, Ibn Lahi'ah told us, Abu al-Zubayr told us, who said: I asked Jabir, "Did you hear the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say, 'Do not fast until you see the new moon; and if it is obscured from you, complete thirty days'?" And Jabir said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, withdrew from his wives for a month, then came down on the twenty-ninth day, and said, "The month may be twenty-nine."