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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The fasting of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in Sha'ban

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The questioner:
The hadith you mentioned, which al-Tirmidhi and Imam Ahmad narrated from the statement of 'Aishah, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
He used to fast Sha'ban until a little, rather, he used to fast the whole of Sha'ban.يصوم شعبان إلى قليل بل كان يصوم شعبان كله
, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to fast the entire month of Sha'ban.

The Shaykh:
In the two authentic collections, it is reported that he used to fast it except for a little, and in one narration, he then fasted the whole of it. And from Abu Salama ibn al-Hassan, the authentic report is that he used to fast the whole of it, may Allah have mercy on him.

The questioner:
The father, in that he combines Sha'ban with Ramadan.

The Shaykh:
All of this means the same thing.

The questioner:
(Peace and blessings be upon him), but his statement in Sahih Muslim: "I never saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) fast a whole month completely."

The Shaykh:
In it, meaning generally combining the narration with it, generally, eating from the spoils, but there is no harm in something passing by, dates, eating food, eating what he did, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) allowed them to eat their needs,
Source شرح بلوغ المرام [ ابن باز ] [ الشرح الجديد ]، تابع أحاديث في الجهاد - 3 — islamhouse.com (5:36)

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