Jami at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #26843

Hanad narrated to us, Waki’ narrated to us, on the authority of Ali bin Al-Mubarak, on the authority of Yahya bin Abi Kathir, on the authority of Abu Salamah, on the authority of Abu Hurairah, he said, he said The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, “Do not precede the month of Ramadan by fasting a day or two before it, unless it is a man who used to fast Let him fast.” Abu Issa said, “This is a good and authentic hadith.”