09-06-2006, 10:24 PM
Bismillah
As Salam alaikum
Our khateeb said that we should try fasting now in Shaban because it helps get ready for Ramadan. Like the sunnah rakats before the fard get us ready for the fard prayer.
Book 18, Number 18.22.56:
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu'n Nadr, the mawla of Umar ibn Ubaydullah, from Abu Salama ibn Abd ar-Rahman that A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to fast for so long that we thought he would never stop fasting, and he would go without fasting for so long that we thought he would never fast again. I never saw the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, fast for a complete month except for Ramadan, and I never saw him do more fasting in any one month than he did in Shaban.'
Also tomorrow is the beginning of the fast for the three days when the moon is fullest... The White Days?
I looked for the hadith but am at work so have limited time...
If one were to fast tomorrow and the following two days, two sunnahs would be fulfilled, as well as getting ready for the Main Event.
As Salam alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu