Fasting on the fifteenth of Sha'ban and the hadith: "Do not anticipate Ramadan"
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner:
Fasting on the fifteenth of Sha'ban, Honorable Shaykh. I have read hadiths indicating that it has a special virtue.
The Shaykh:
No, these hadiths are not authentic. Nothing has been transmitted regarding the night of the middle of Sha'ban that indicates a specific virtue for it, so do not fast.
The questioner:
I ask you, Shaykh, to address a hadith that states, and its meaning is:Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 3:156
The Shaykh:
Yes, this is the day of doubt. It is not permissible to fast on the day of doubt. The one who fasts on the day of doubt has disobeyed Abu al-Qasim (peace and blessings be upon him), as mentioned in the hadith. This refers to the night of the thirtieth of Sha'ban, if the crescent moon has not been seen and no clouds or haze have prevented its sighting. Yes.
Fasting on the fifteenth of Sha'ban, Honorable Shaykh. I have read hadiths indicating that it has a special virtue.
The Shaykh:
No, these hadiths are not authentic. Nothing has been transmitted regarding the night of the middle of Sha'ban that indicates a specific virtue for it, so do not fast.
The questioner:
I ask you, Shaykh, to address a hadith that states, and its meaning is:
Do not anticipate Ramadan by one or two days?
لا تتقدموا رمضان بيوم أو يومين؟The Shaykh:
Yes, this is the day of doubt. It is not permissible to fast on the day of doubt. The one who fasts on the day of doubt has disobeyed Abu al-Qasim (peace and blessings be upon him), as mentioned in the hadith. This refers to the night of the thirtieth of Sha'ban, if the crescent moon has not been seen and no clouds or haze have prevented its sighting. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (188) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1440-07-28] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (22:23)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.