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tabarani:7750ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal And al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > Dāwud b. Rushayd > Sūwayd b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Yaḥyá b. al-Ḥārith > al-Qāsim > Abū Umāmh > al-Nabī Ṣallá Allāh

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ used to fast in the month of Sha'ban leading up to Ramadan."  

الطبراني:٧٧٥٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ وَالْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ قَالَا ثنا دَاوُدُ بْنُ رُشَيْدٍ ثنا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامةَ

«أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَصِلُ شَعْبَانَ بِرَمَضَانَ»