 حَدَّثَنَا حَمْزَهُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْعَلَوِیُّ ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِی حَاتِمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا یَزِیدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ الْبَصْرِیُّ نَزِیلُ مِصْرَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِیٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتُ بْنُ قَیْسٍ الْمَدَنِیُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِی أَبُو سَعِیدٍ الْمُقْرِی قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أُسَامَهُ بْنُ زَیْدٍ قَالَ: کَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص یَصُومُ الْأَیَّامَ حَتَّی یُقَالَ لَا یُفْطِرُ وَ یُفْطِرُ حَتَّی یُقَالَ لَا یَصُومُ قُلْتُ رَأَیْتَهُ یَصُومُ مِنْ شَهْرٍ مَا لَا یَصُومُ مِنْ شَیْ ءٍ مِنَ الشُّهُورِ قَالَ نَعَمْ قُلْتُ أَیُّ الشُّهُورِ قَالَ شَعْبَانُ هُوَ شَهْرٌ یَغْفُلُ النَّاسُ عَنْهُ بَیْنَ رَجَبٍ وَ رَمَضَانَ وَ هُوَ شَهْرٌ تُرْفَعُ فِیهِ الْأَعْمَالُ إِلَی رَبِّ الْعَالَمِینَ فَأُحِبُّ أَنْ یُرْفَعَ عَمَلِی وَ أَنَا صَائِمٌ.
13. It was narrated to us by Hamzah b. Muhammad b. al-Alawi (rah) who said it was narrated to us by Abu Muhammad Abdulrahman b. Abi Hatim who said it was narrated to us by Yazid b. Sinan al-Basri in Egypt who said it was narrated to us by Abdulrahman b. Mahdi who said it was narrated to us by Thabit b. Qays al-Madani who said I was informed by Abu Sa’eed al-Muqri who said it was narrated to us by Usama b. Zayd who said: Usama bin Zaid says that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) used to fast so much that people used to say that you are always fasting and when he did not fast, people used to say that he won’t fast now. The narrator asked, “Is there any month in which the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) used to fast a lot?” He replied, “In the month of Shaban. Shaban is a month falling between Rajab and Ramadan. People are unaware of its excellence. The record of deeds of people is sent to Almighty Allah in this month. I wish I am fasting when my record of deeds is being sent.”