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(1) (H.1983) The man whom the Prophet ﷺ asked seemed to have had the habit of observing Ṣaum (fast) on the last days of every month, but he did not carry on this habit in the month of Sha'bān, for Allāh's Messenger ﷺ had forbidden the Ṣaum (fast) of the day preceding Ramaḍān immediately. In this narration the Prophet ﷺ orders the man to make up for the days of Sha'bān which he missed by observing Ṣaum (fast) on some days in Shawwāl, and that indicates that one should keep his habits of worshipping, and there is no harm if one observes Ṣaum (fast) the last days of Sha'bān if it is his habit to Ṣaum the last days of every month. (Faḥh Al-Bārī)