Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with both of them) reported Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The month is thus and thus and thus (i. e. pointing with his fingers thrice), and he held back his thumb at the third time (in order to show that it can also consist of twenty-nine days).
Hadith In Arabic Text :
حدثنا هارون بن عبد الله، حدثنا روح بن عبادة، حدثنا زكرياء بن إسحاق، حدثنا عمرو بن دينار، أنه سمع ابن عمر، – رضى الله عنهما – يقول سمعت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول ” الشهر هكذا وهكذا وهكذا ” . وقبض إبهامه في الثالثة .
Chapter : The Book of Fasting – كتاب الصيام