Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #26894

Muhammad bin Bashar told us, Abd al-Rahman bin Mahdi told us, on the authority of Sufyan, on the authority of Mansour, on the authority of Salem bin Abi al-Ja’d, on the authority of Abu Salamah, on the authority of Umm Salamah, she said: I did not see the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, fasting for two consecutive months, except for Sha`ban and Ramadan. And in the chapter on Aisha. Abu Issa said the hadith of Umm Salamah is a good hadith. This hadith was also narrated on the authority of Abu Salamah, on the authority of Aisha, that she She said, “I have never seen the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, do more fasting in a month than in Sha’ban. He used to fast it except a little, but rather he used to fast it all of it.”