The Book of Fasting

Sunan al-Nasa'i

"The month which the Messenger of Allah most liked to fast was Shaban; indeed he used to join it to Ramadan."

Sunan al-Nasa'i

"The Messenger of Allah used to fast until we said: 'He will not break his fast.' And he used not to fast until we said: 'He will not fast.' And I never saw the Messenger of Allah fast more in...

Sunan al-Nasa'i

That the Messenger of Allah would not fast any two consecutive months except Shaban and Ramadan.

Sunan al-Nasa'i

That the Prophet would not fast any month of the year in full except Shaban and he used to join it to Ramadan.

Sunan al-Nasa'i

"The Messenger of Allah did not fast any month more than Shaban; he used to fast (all of) it, or most of it."

Sunan al-Nasa'i

"The Messenger of Allah used to fast until we said: 'He does not want to break his fast.' And he used not to fast until we said: 'He does not want to fast."'

Sunan al-Nasa'i

"I do not know that the Messenger of Allah recited the whole Quran in one night, or prayed Qiyam until morning, or ever fasted an entire month, except Ramadan."

Sunan al-Nasa'i

"I asked 'Aishah about the fasting of the Messenger of Allah. She said: "The Messenger of Allah used to fast until we said: He is going to (continue to) fast, and he used not to fast until we said: He...

Sunan al-Nasa'i

"The Messenger of Allah would fast until we said he would not break his fast, and he would not fast until we said he does not want to fast. And he never fasted any month in full apart from Ramadan,...

Sunan al-Nasa'i

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'The most beloved fasting to Allah, the mighty and sublime, is the fast of Dawud, peace be upon him. He used to fast one day and not the next. And the most beloved prayer to...