Fasting most of the month of Sha'ban

[SisterJennifer]

Usamah ibn Zaid inquired: "O Messenger of Allah, I never find you


fasting in any month like you do during the month of Sha'ban." The


Prophet responded: "That is a month the people neglect. It comes


between Rajab and Ramadan. It is a month in which the deeds are


raised to the Lord of the Worlds. I love that my deeds be raised


while I am fasting."


This is related by Abu Dawud, an-Nasa'i, and by Ibn Khuzaimah in his Sahih.