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2337. It was reported from 'Abdul-'Azīz bin Muḥammad who said: "Abbād bin Kathīr arrived in Al-Maḍīnah and went to a gathering of Al-'Alā'. He took Al-'Alā' by his hand and made him stand up. 'Abbād said: 'O Allāh! He is narrating from his father, from Abū Hurairah, that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "When the middle of Sha'bān comes, then do not fast."'" Al-'Alā' said: 'O Allāh! Indeed my father narrated that to me, from Abū Hurairah, from the Prophet ﷺ.'" (Sahih)
Abū Dāwud said: Ath-Thawrī, Shibl bin Al-'Alā', Abū 'Umais, and Zuhair bin Muḥammad reported it from Al-'Alā'.
Abū Dāwud said: 'Abdur-Raḥmān[1] would not narrate it. I
asked Ahmad: "Why is that?" He said: "Because of the narration which he had, that the Prophet ﷺ used to connect Sha'bān with Ramaḍān, and he reported from the Prophet ﷺ what contradicts it."
Abū Dāwūd said: According to me, this does not contradict that, and no one except Al-'Alā' narrated this from his father.
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[1] Meaning 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Mahdī.
Commentary
Ruling about the undesirability of fasting in the second half of Sha'bān applies only to those persons who have not been observing fasts as a habit during those days. Those habituated to doing so are exempt from this ruling.
