nights entered, he would enliven the whole night in worship, awaken his household, and tighten his waist-wrapper.” Agreed upon. (1)

219 – Chapter: The prohibition of anticipating Ramadan by fasting after the middle of Shaʿbān, except for one who links it to what came before or whose regular habit—such as fasting on Mondays and Thursdays—coincides with those days.

1232 – Abū Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Prophet ﷺ said: “None of you is to precede Ramadan by fasting one or two days before it, unless a man has a habitual fast that falls on those days; in that case, let him fast that day.” Agreed upon.

1233 – Ibn ʿAbbās, may Allah be pleased with them both, said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Do not fast before Ramadan. Fast when you see its crescent and break the fast when you see it; but if a cloud blocks it from you, then complete thirty days.” Narrated by al-Tirmidhī, who said: a sound, authentic hadith.

The word al-ghiyābah—spelled with ghayn and a doubled yāʾ—means “a cloud.”

1234 – Abū Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “When half of Shaʿbān remains, do not fast.” Narrated by al-Tirmidhī, who said: a sound, authentic hadith.

1235 – Abū al-Yaqẓān ʿAmmār ibn Yāsir, may Allah be pleased with them both, said: “Whoever fasts on the day about which there is doubt has disobeyed Abū al-Qāsim ﷺ.” Narrated by Abū Dāwūd; al-Tirmidhī said: a sound, authentic hadith.