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كتاب الصيام
Fasting
" الشَّهْرُ هَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا "
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘The month is like that and like that and like that,’ and he showed nine fingers on the third time to indicate twenty-nine.”
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- Hadith 1655
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