English translation
2134. It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbās said: "I was very keen to ask 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb about the two wives of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ to whom Allāh said: If you two turn in repentance to Allāh, (it will be better for you), your hearts are indeed so inclined."[1] And he quoted the Hadīth. He said concerning it: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ withdrew from his wives for twenty-nine days because of that, when Hafṣah had made her disclosure to 'Aīshah. He had said: 'I will not enter upon them for a month,' because he was so upset with them when Allāh, the Mighty and Sublime, informed him of what they had said. When twenty-nine days had passed, he entered upon 'Aīshah, so he started with her. 'Aīshah said to him: 'O Messenger of Allāh, you swore not to enter upon us for a month, and now twenty-nine days have passed; we have been counting them.' The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'The month is twenty-nine days.'"(Ṣaḥīḥ)