"عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ: كَانَ أَحَبّ الشُّهُورَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَ يَصُومَ شَعْبَانَ ثُمَّ يَصِلُه بِرَمَضَانَ".
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Collected by Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Ḥākim, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī"The month which the Messenger of Allah most liked to fast was Shaban; indeed he used to join it to Ramadan."
أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَائِشَةَ تَقُولُ كَانَ أَحَبَّ الشُّهُورِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَصُومَهُ شَعْبَانُ بَلْ كَانَ يَصِلُهُ بِرَمَضَانَ
The month most liked by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for fasting was Sha'ban. He then joined it with Ramadan.
سَمِعَ عَائِشَةَ تَقُولُ كَانَ أَحَبَّ الشُّهُورِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَصُومَهُ شَعْبَانُ ثُمَّ يَصِلُهُ بِرَمَضَانَ
The month most liked by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for fasting was Sha'ban. He then joined it with Ramadan. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2431)
أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَائِشَةَ تَقُولُ كَانَ أَحَبُّ الشُّهُورِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَصُومَهُ شَعْبَانَ ثُمَّ يَصِلَهُ بِرَمَضَانَ
The month most liked by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for fasting was Sha'ban. He then joined it with Ramadan. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2431)
أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَائِشَةَ تَقُولُ «كَانَ أَحَبَّ الشُّهُورِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَصُومَهُ شَعْبَانُ ثُمَّ يَصِلُهُ بِرَمَضَانَ»
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would not fast a full month except for Sha'ban, which he would connect it with Ramadan.
«مَا صَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ شَهْرًا كَامِلًا إِلَّا شَعْبَانَ كَانَ يَصِلُهُ بِرَمَضَانَ»
"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 بَلْ كَانَ يَصِلُهُ بِرَمَضَانَ»
"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»
The month most liked by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for fasting was Sha'ban. He then joined it with Ramadan. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2431)
ؓ تَقُولُ كَانَ أَحَبُّ الشُّهُورِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَصُومَهُ شَعْبَانَ ثُمَّ يَصِلُهُ بِرَمَضَانَ