"I asked Aishah: 'Tell me about the fasting of the Messenger of Allah.' She said: 'he used to fast until we said: he is going to fast until we said: He is not going to fast. He never fasted any month more than Shaban. He used to fast (all) of Shaban except a little, he used to fast all of Shaban."' ' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2179)   

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يُفْطِرُ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يَصُومُ وَلَمْ أَرَهُ فِي شَهْرٍ أَكْثَرَ مِنْهُ صِيَامًا فِي شَعْبَانَ كَانَ يَصُومُ شَعْبَانَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا بَلْ كَانَ يَصُومُ شَعْبَانَ كُلَّهُ  

[Machine] Regarding the fasting of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , she said, "His most frequent fasting after the month of Ramadan was during the month of Sha'ban, either most of it or all of it."  

عَنْ صَوْمِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ «كَانَ أَكْثَرُ صَوْمِهِ بَعْدَ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ شَعْبَانَ عَامَّتَهُ أَوْ كُلَّهُ»  

"The month which the Messenger of Allah most liked to fast was Shaban; indeed he used to join it to Ramadan." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2350)  

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَائِشَةَ تَقُولُ «كَانَ أَحَبَّ الشُّهُورِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَصُومَهُ شَعْبَانُ كَانَ يَصِلُهُ بِرَمَضَانَ»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When the middle of Shaban comes, stop fasting." Abu Abdullah Rahman told us that no one other than Alaa bin Abdullah bin Al-Rahman narrated this Hadith.  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا انْتَصَفَ شَعْبَانُ فَكُفُّوا عَنِ الصَّوْمِ» قَالَ لَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ لَا نَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا رَوَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ غَيْرَ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ