Chapter on Fasting Shaban

Muhammad ibn Yaqub, from Muhammad ibn Yahya, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, from Uthman ibn Isa, from Samaah, who said: I (narrator) said to Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, “Did any of your fathers fast the month of Shaban?” Imam عليه السلام said: “The best of my fathers (ancestors), the Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, peace and blessings of Allah سبحانه وتعالى be upon him and his family, fasted it (Shaban).”