Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 3197
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " الزَّمَانُ قَدِ اسْتَدَارَ كَهَيْئَتِهِ يَوْمَ خَلَقَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ، السَّنَةُ اثْنَا عَشَرَ شَهْرًا، مِنْهَا أَرْبَعَةٌ حُرُمٌ، ثَلاَثَةٌ مُتَوَالِيَاتٌ ذُو الْقَعْدَةِ وَذُو الْحِجَّةِ وَالْمُحَرَّمُ، وَرَجَبُ مُضَرَ الَّذِي بَيْنَ جُمَادَى وَشَعْبَانَ ".
Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us: ʿAbd al-Wahhab narrated to us: Ayyub narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Sirin, from Ibn Abi Bakra, from Abu Bakra (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet (ﷺ), who said: ‘Time has returned to its original form, as it was on the day Allah created the heavens and the earth. The year has twelve months, four of them sacred: three consecutive months—Dhu al-Qaʿda, Dhu al-Hijja, and al-Muharram—and Rajab of Mudar, which lies between Jumada and Shaʿban.’
Translation notes
The Arabic says ‘Jumada’ without specifying Jumada al-Thaniyah, which the English witness adds.