حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْعَلَائُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ الْقَاسِمِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنَ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَلَی الْمِنْبَرِ يَقُولُ کَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ عَلَی الْمِنْبَرِ قَبْلَ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ الصِّيَامُ يَوْمَ کَذَا وَکَذَا وَنَحْنُ مُتَقَدِّمُونَ فَمَنْ شَائَ فَلْيَتَقَدَّمْ وَمَنْ شَائَ فَلْيَتَأَخَّرْ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 1647
It was narrated from Qasim Abu I Abdur-Rahman that he heard Mu'awiyah bin Abu Sufyan on the pulpit saying: "The if Messenger of Allah P.B.U.H used to say from the pulpit, before the month of Ramadan: 'Fasting will begin on such and such a day, but we are going to start fasting earlier, so whoever wants to start fasting earlier [i.e. in Sha'ban}, let him do so, and ' whoever wants to wait until Ramadan begins, let him do so:" (Da'if)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020