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English translation
738. Abū Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “When a half of Sha'bān remains then do not fast.” (Ṣaḥīḥ)
Abū ‘Eisā said: The Hadīth of Abū Hurairah is a Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ Hadīth, and, we do not know of it except
from this route, with this wording. According to some of the people of knowledge, this Hadīth refers to the case of a man who is not fasting, and when part of the month of Sha'bān remains, he starts fasting for the sake of the month of Ramaḍān. There is something that is reported from Abū Hurairah, from the Prophet ﷺ that is similar to this saying: where he ﷺ said: "Do not precede the month of Ramaḍān by fasting, unless that fast falls on a day that one of you would have (normally) fasted."
In this Hadīth there is proof that it is only disliked for the one who fasts purposefully for the sake of Ramaḍān.
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Commentary
There is no harm if a person has been fasting since the beginning of the month, or it is a fast of making up and fulfilling a vow, or this coincides with his regular fast which he observes every month generally.
