Fasting in the Month of Sha’baan

أَخْرَجَهُ النَّسَائِيُّ وَأَبُو دَاوُدَ وَصَحَّحَهُ اِبْن خُزَيْمَةَ عَنْ أُسَامَة بْن زَيْدٍ قَالَ : ( قُلْت : يَا رَسُول اللَّه ، لَمْ أَرَك تَصُومُ مِنْ شَهْر مِنْ الشُّهُور مَا تَصُوم مِنْ شَعْبَان , قَالَ : ذَلِكَ شَهْرٌ يَغْفُلُ النَّاس عَنْهُ بَيْنَ رَجَبٍ وَرَمَضَان , وَهُوَ شَهْر تُرْفَعُ فِيهِ الأَعْمَال إِلَى رَبّ الْعَالَمِينَ ، فَأُحِبُّ أَنْ يُرْفَعَ عَمَلِي وَأَنَا صَائِمٌ) اهـ حسنه الألباني في صحيح النسائي (2221) .

Narrated by al-Nasaa’i and Abu Dawood, and classed as saheeh by Ibn Khuzaymah, according to which Usaamah ibn Zayd said:

“I said,

‘O Messenger of Allaah, I do not see you fasting in any month more than in
Sha’baan.’

He said,

‘That is a month concerning which many people are heedless, between Rajab and Ramadaan. It is the month is which people’s deeds are taken up to the Lord of the Worlds, and I would like my deeds to be taken up whilst I am fasting.’”

Classed as hasan by al-Albaani in
Saheeh al-Nasaa’i, 2221.