the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When half of ˹the month of˺ Shaʿbān is complete then withhold fasting until ˹the month of˺ Ramaḍān enters.”

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: «إِذَا مَضَى النِّصْفُ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ فَأَمْسِكُوا عَنِ الصِّيَامِ حَتَّى يَدْخُلَ رَمَضَانُ۔»