Chapter: Fasting at the end of Sha'ban
Imran b. Husain (Allah be pleased with them) reported Allah's Messenger (may peace he upon him) having said to him or to someone else: Did you fast in the middle of Sha'ban? He said: No. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: If you did not observe fast, then you should observe fast for two days.
Imran b. Husain (Allah be pleased with them) reported that Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said to a person: Did you observe any fast in the middle of this month (Sha'ban)? He said: No. Thereupon the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Fast for two days instead of (one fast) when you have completed (fasts of) Ramadan.
Imran b. Husain (Allah be pleased with them) reported that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said to a person: Did you observe fast in the middle of this month. i. e. Sha'ban? He said: No. Thereupon he said to him: When it is the end of Ramadan, then observe fast for one day or two (Shu'ba had some doubt about it) but he said: I think that he has said: two days.
This hadith is narrated by 'Abdullah b. Hani b. Akhi Mutarrif with the same chain of transmitters.