Are the ten days of Dhul Hijjah an exception to the prohibition of continuous fasting?

The questioner : If you would allow me, regarding the prohibition of continuous fasting, does it apply to the ten days, or are the ten days of Dhul Hijjah an exception?

The Shaykh : I did not understand. What is the prohibition regarding?

The questioner : The prohibition of continuous fasting. Are the ten days of Dhul Hijjah an exception to the prohibition of continuous fasting, or does the prohibition apply to them, such that a person does not fast continuously?

The Shaykh : No, no, there is no prohibition here.

The questioner : And continuous fasting is not like that, my Shaykh. The meaning of continuous fasting is fasting all the time, not a week, or two days, or three, or four, my Shaykh.

The Shaykh : No, that is not it. The intended meaning of continuous fasting is more precise than that.

The questioner : It is night with day, and day with night.

The Shaykh : Ah, yes, that is continuous fasting.

The questioner : So I spend the night with my Lord, who feeds me and gives me drink, through continuous fasting. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is an exception regarding people.

The Shaykh : And the Messenger used to fast the entire month of Sha'ban, and he used to fast Sha'ban except for a little.

The questioner : And this is the intended meaning, other than the Messenger.

The questioner : So the Messenger, my Shaykh, and other than the Messenger.

The Shaykh: How.

The questioner : When he used to fast the entire month of Sha'ban, and Sha'ban except for a little, for the Messenger and other than the Messenger.

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : And beware of that.