Ramaḍān at Masjid Chatta: Preparation from Shaʿbān and the Timetable for the Muʿtakifūn

Answer

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ made preparation for the blessed month from Shaʿbān itself: he would take careful heed of the sighting of the moon of Shaʿbān and keep count of its days — and all of this on account of Ramaḍān. In the noble ḥadīth it is said: [ar]يَتَحَفَّظُ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ مَا لَا يَتَحَفَّظُ مِنْ غَيْرِهِ[/ar] "He guarded Shaʿbān as he guarded no other" (Mishkāt, p.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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