{"fatawa":{"id":7574,"title":"Accumulate Voluntary Fasts and Make Them up in Sha\u2018ban?","slug":"accumulate-voluntary-fasts-and-make-them-up-in-shaban","order":"","question":"How sound is the following hadeeth (narration): \u201cThe Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to fast three days every month, and sometimes he would delay that until a year\u2019s fasts accumulated and he would fast Sha\u2018ban?\u201d","answer":"Praise be to Allah\r\nThis hadeeth was narrated from the Mother of the Believers, \u2018Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) who said: \r\n\r\nThe Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to fast three days every month, and sometimes he would delay that until a year\u2019s fasts accumulated and sometimes he would delay it until he fasted Sha\u2018ban. \r\n\r\nThis was narrated by at-Tabarani in al-Mu\u2018jam al-Awsat, 2\/320. He said: Ahmad told us: \u2018Ali ibn Harb al-Jandeesaboori told me: Sulayman ibn Abi Hawthah told us: \u2018Amr ibn Abi Qays told us: from Muhammad ibn \u2018Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abi Layla, from his brother \u2018Eesa, from his father \u2018Abd ar-Rahman, from \u2018Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) who said. Then he quoted it, then he said: This hadeeth was not narrated from \u2018Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abi Layla except via this isnad (chain of narrators), and \u2018Amr is the only one who narrated it. End quote. \r\n\r\nThis is a da\u2018eef (weak) isnad because of Muhammad ibn \u2018Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abi Layla \u2013 the famous faqeeh (jurist) \u2013 of whom Imam Ahmad said: He had a poor memory and his narration of hadeeth was inconsistent. Shu\u2018bah said: I have never seen anyone with a poorer memory than Ibn Abi Layla. \u2018Ali ibn al-Madeeni said: He had a poor memory and his hadeeth is weak. Hence the scholars classed this hadeeth of his as da\u2018eef. \r\n\r\nAl-Haythami (may Allah have mercy on him) said: \r\n\r\nIts isnad includes Muhammad ibn Abi Layla and there are some reservations concerning him. End quote. \r\n\r\nMajma\u2018 az-Zawaid, 3\/195 \r\n\r\nAl-Hafiz Ibn Hajar (may Allah have mercy on him) said: \r\n\r\nIbn Abi Layla is da\u2018eef. The hadeeth of the door and the one that follows it are indicative of the weakness of what he narrated. End quote. \r\n\r\nFath al-Bari, 4\/252 \r\n\r\nAsh-Shawkani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: \r\n\r\nIts isnad includes Ibn Abi Layla, who is da\u2018eef. End quote. \r\n\r\nNayl al-Awtar, 4\/332 \r\n\r\nThe scholars differed concerning the reason why the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) fasted most of Sha\u2018ban and there are many opinions, including the one mentioned above, but the evidence for it is not sound. Perhaps the first one who narrated it was Ibn Battal in his commentary on Saheeh al-Bukhari (4\/115). He also mentioned other opinions that were narrated by al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar (may Allah have mercy on him) and added to them, then he said: \r\n\r\nMore appropriate than this is what is mentioned in a hadeeth that is sounder than what has been mentioned above. It was narrated by an-Nasai and Abu Dawood, and classed as saheeh (authentic) by Ibn Khuzaymah, from Usamah ibn Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: I said: O Messenger of Allah, I have not seen you fasting in any month more than you do in Sha\u2018ban. He said: \u201cThat is a month that people are heedless of, between Rajab and Ramadan, but it is a month in which deeds are taken up to the Lord of the Worlds, and I like my deeds to be taken up when I am fasting.\u201d\r\n\r\nEnd quote from Fath al-Bari, 4\/215 \r\n\r\nAnd Allah knows best.\r\n\r\nIslam Q&A","status":1,"created_at":"2014-10-27T20:51:56.000000Z","updated_at":"2014-10-27T20:51:56.000000Z","language_id":1,"fatawacate_id":32,"parent_id":7573,"author_id":"","books":[],"articles":[],"videos":[],"audios":[],"author_name":"","category_name":"\u0627\u0644\u0623\u062d\u0627\u062f\u064a\u062b \u0627\u0644\u0636\u0639\u064a\u0641\u0629","category_slug":"","get_date":"2014-10-27"},"translations":[],"fatawa_books":[],"fatawa_articles":[],"fatawa_videos":[],"fatawa_audios":[],"url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/eng\/api\/fatawas\/7574"}