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Regarding Fasting In Sha'bān

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Darussalam · Volume 3

14. THE BOOK OF FASTING

Sunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation

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الحديث: 2431 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 323

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2431. ‘Aishah, may Allāh be pleased with her, said: “The most beloved of months to fast for the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was Sha'bān, then he would join it with Ramaḍān.” [1] (Saḥīh)

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2431 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَيْسٍ، سَمِعَ عَائِشَةَ تَقُولُ: " كَانَ أَحَبَّ الشُّهُورِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يَصُومَهُ: شَعْبَانُ، ثُمَّ يَصِلُهُ بِرَمَضَانَ "

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Sha'bān is a month of immense excellence. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was wont to fasting excessively in this month. He is also known to have said that the deeds of men are presented before Allāh in this month, and that he ﷺ also wished that his deeds were presented while he was fasting. (Sunan An-Nasā'ī, no. 2359).