سنن دارمي
Sunan ad-Darimi
من كتاب الصومFrom the Book of Fasting
باب في وِصَالِ شَعْبَانَ بِرَمَضَانَ:
Chapter: Joining Sha’ban Fasts with Ramadan
Hadith 1777
أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، قَالَتْ: "مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَامَ شَهْرًا تَامًّا إِلَّا شَعْبَانَ، فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يَصِلُهُ بِرَمَضَانَ لِيَكُونَا شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ، وَكَانَ يَصُومُ مِنْ الشَّهْرِ حَتَّى نَقُولَ: لَا يُفْطِرُ , وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ: لَا يَصُومُ".
Sayyida Umm Salama (may Allah be pleased with her) said: I did not see the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) fasting an entire month except for Sha'ban. He used to join the fasts of Sha'ban with Ramadan so that it would be as if he fasted two consecutive months. He would fast during a month to the extent that we would say: Now he will not break his fast, and then he would break his fast to the extent that we would say: Now he will not fast.
