Harun ibn 'Abdullah and Hajjaj ibn al-Sha'ir narrated to me; they said: Hajjaj ibn Muhammad narrated to us; he said: Ibn Jurayj said: Abu al-Zubayr informed me that he heard Jabir ibn 'Abdullah, may Allah be pleased with them both, say: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, separated from his wives for a month, and he came out to us on the morning of the twenty-ninth. Some of the people said, "O Messenger of Allah, we have entered the morning of the twenty-ninth." The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Indeed, the month may be twenty-nine." Then the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, clasped his hands together three times—twice with all the fingers of his hands, and the third time with nine of them.