The Fast of Sha'ban

The month of Sha'ban is another month in which the Prophet would fast regularly. Aisha, the wife of the Prophet, said about the month of Sha'ban: “In no month did the Prophet fast as much as he did in the month of Sha'ban. He fasted (nearly) all of Sha'ban” (Muslim, Sawm, 176) . Nevertheless, many scholars have considered fasting in the latter half of Sha'ban as makruh because it could cause one to enter the month of Ramadan in an exhausted state.