The Book on Fasting
كتاب الصوم عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
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What Has Been Related About Counting The (Appearances OF) The Crescent Of Sha'ban For Ramadan
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ENGLISH
Abu Hurairah narrated that :
the Messenger of Allah said: "Do no precede the month of Ramadan by fasting a day or two before it, unless it is the case of a man who normally performs some fast, then let him fast it."
ARABIC
لاَ تَقَدَّمُوا شَهْرَ رَمَضَانَ بِصِيَامٍ قَبْلَهُ بِيَوْمٍ أَوْ يَوْمَيْنِ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ رَجُلٌ كَانَ يَصُومُ صَوْمًا فَلْيَصُمْهُ