Is there a report regarding fasting on the fifteenth of Sha'ban, and what is the ruling on one who makes that day a make-up for Ramadan?

The questioner:
She says: In a complex case, Shaykh Salih, my husband traveled for a month and a half, then returned suddenly, and that was on the dawn of the fifteenth of Sha'ban. I had intended to fast with the intention of following the Sunnah of the noble Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and with the intention of making up the days I owed from the previous Ramadan. My husband had also intended to fast voluntarily and to follow the Sunnah. Something happened between us that caused us to break our fast, and we regretted it. My husband decided to fast two days as expiation for what he did, and he actually fasted them. I fasted one day with the intention of expiation for that day. What is the ruling on our case? May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh:
This is all wrong.

The presenter:
Yes, impossible.

The Shaykh:
Because fasting on the fifteenth of Sha'ban is not established by any evidence from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), it is

The presenter:
so.

The Shaykh:
So intending to fast it and singling it out for fasting just because it is the fifteenth of Sha'ban is a bid'ah (religious innovation), for which Allah has not sent down any authority. But if someone was fasting and it happened to be a month, and the fifteenth of Sha'ban fell during his fasting, there is no harm. As for intending this day specifically or particularly, and thinking that fasting it is recommended, this is a great error, and this is from innovation, because it is an addition to worship for which Allah has not sent down any authority. So what this woman and her husband did by intending to fast the fifteenth of Sha'ban is not prescribed, and it is not obligatory for them to make it up if they broke the fast. First, it is not obligatory to make up except obligatory fasting. Obligatory fasting is what must be made up. As for voluntary fasting, if a person breaks it, it is not made up. This is assuming that fasting in Sha'ban, the middle of Sha'ban, is recommended, although as we mentioned, it is not prescribed.

The presenter:
Good, good.

The Shaykh:
So there is no harm in breaking the fast in it, and there is no make-up required for one who breaks the fast in it, because it is a non-prescribed fast.
And as for her intending that this day would be a make-up for a day of Ramadan, there is no objection, but she should not specifically target the middle of Sha'ban. Rather, if she is fasting to make up and it happens that the middle of Sha'ban falls during her make-up, there is no harm; it enters as a concomitant. But if she delays the make-up until the middle of Sha'ban, thinking that the middle of Sha'ban has a virtue, this is a mistake. The rule is that whoever fasts a make-up day from the days, it is obligatory for him to complete the day, so it is not permissible to break the fasting during the day in an obligatory make-up, because if he starts it, he is required to complete it. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. If her intention was voluntary fasting, an intention in the wrong place, Shaykh Salih?

The Shaykh:
Yes, their intention of voluntary fasting in the middle of Sha'ban, in fasting the middle of Sha'ban alone, this is not prescribed, and it is an intention in the wrong place.

The presenter:
And their combining the intention of make-up with the intention of voluntary fasting or the intention of following the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), what is your comment on that?

The Shaykh:
Is there a Sunnah for this day specifically? So their belief that this is from the Sunnah of the Messenger is a mistake, and for him to fast with the intention of make-up and voluntary fasting is also a mistake. Rather, he fasts with the intention of make-up if he has a make-up from Ramadan, he fasts with the intention of make-up. Yes.