حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَکْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي لَبِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ عَنْ صَوْمِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَتْ کَانَ يَصُومُ حَتَّی نَقُولَ قَدْ صَامَ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّی نَقُولَ قَدْ أَفْطَرَ وَلَمْ أَرَهُ صَامَ مِنْ شَهْرٍ قَطُّ أَکْثَرَ مِنْ صِيَامِهِ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ کَانَ يَصُومُ شَعْبَانَ کُلَّهُ کَانَ يَصُومُ شَعْبَانَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 1710
It was narrated that Abu Salamah said: "I asked 'Aishah about the fasting of the Prophet P.B.U.H. She said: 'He used to fast until we thought he would always fast. And he used to not fast until we thought he would always not fast. I never saw him fast more in any month than in Sha'ban. He used to fast all of Sha'ban: he used to fast alI of Sha'ban except a little.' " (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020