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" سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ (عن أفضل الصيام؟ ) (* *) فَقَالَ: صِيَامُ شَعْبَانَ تَعْظِيمًا لِرَمَضَانَ فَقِيلَ: فَأىُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ: صَدَقَة فِى رَمَضَانَ".  

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Collected by Tirmidhī, Bayhaqī
tirmidhi:663 – Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl > Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Ṣadaqah b. Mūsá > Thābit > Anas

the Prophet was asked which fast was most virtuous after Ramadan? He said: "Sha'ban in honor of Ramadan" He said: "Which charity is best?" He (pbuh) said: "Charity in Ramadan."  

الترمذي:٦٦٣ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَىُّ الصَّوْمِ أَفْضَلُ بَعْدَ رَمَضَانَ فَقَالَ شَعْبَانُ لِتَعْظِيمِ رَمَضَانَ قِيلَ فَأَىُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ صَدَقَةٌ فِي رَمَضَانَ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ وَصَدَقَةُ بْنُ مُوسَى لَيْسَ عِنْدَهُمْ بِذَاكَ الْقَوِيِّ
bayhaqi:8517 – Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf Imlāʾ > Abū Saʿīd Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Ziyād al-Baṣrī Bimakkah > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Malik al-Daqīqī > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Ṣadaqah b. Mūsá > Thābit > Anas b. Mālik

the Prophet was asked which fast was most virtuous after Ramadan? He said: "Sha'ban in honor of Ramadan" He said: "Which charity is best?" He (pbuh) said: "Charity in Ramadan." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 663)   

البيهقي:٨٥١٧ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ إِمْلَاءً أنبأ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ الْبَصْرِيُّ بِمَكَّةَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ الدَّقِيقِيُّ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أنبأ صَدَقَةُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا ثَابِتٌ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أِيُّ الصَّوْمِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ صَوْمُ شَعْبَانَ تَعْظِيمًا لِرَمَضَانَ قَالَ فَأِيُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ صَدَقَةٌ فِي رَمَضَانَ