English translation
1983. Narrated 'Imrān bin Ḥusain رضي الله عنه عَنَّهُمْ that the Prophet ﷺ asked him ('Imrān), or asked a man and 'Imrān was listening, "O Abū so-and so! Have you observed Ṣaum (fasts) in the last days of this month?" (The narrator thought that he said, "the month of Ramaḍān"). The man replied, "No. O Allāh's Messenger!" The Prophet ﷺ said to him, "When you finish your Ṣaum (fasts) (of Ramaḍān) observe Ṣaum (fasts) for two days (in Shawwāl)." (1) Through another series of narrators 'Imrān said, "The Prophet ﷺ said, "[Have you observed Ṣaum (fasts)] in the last days of Sha'bān?"(1)