The ruling on fasting the entire month of Sha'ban and fasting one day and breaking the fast the next
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Question:
This questioner says: Shaykh, my question is about fasting. Is there a report regarding fasting the entire month of Sha'ban? And what is the ruling for one who fasts one day and breaks the fast the next in Sha'ban?
Answer:
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade fasting the entire month of Sha'ban, but he used to fast most of it without completing it. No full month is to be fasted except Ramadan, in which Allah made fasting obligatory upon the servants.As-Sunan al-Kubra lil-Nasa'i 13:297 Yes.
This questioner says: Shaykh, my question is about fasting. Is there a report regarding fasting the entire month of Sha'ban? And what is the ruling for one who fasts one day and breaks the fast the next in Sha'ban?
Answer:
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade fasting the entire month of Sha'ban, but he used to fast most of it without completing it. No full month is to be fasted except Ramadan, in which Allah made fasting obligatory upon the servants.
The best of fasting is the fasting of Dawud, and he used to fast one day and break the fast the next,
خير الصيام صيام داود، وكان يصوم يوما ويفطر يوما،
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/072 — archive.org (4:42)
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