Ways of The Prophet (S.A.W)

VOLUNTARY FASTING (Other than the month of Ramadan)

The Prophet had the noble habit of fasting every now and then, sometimes he used to fast for days together. He had a peculiar way in the matter of fasting in so far as he fasted on particular days to suit the convenience of the occasion but quite often he did not. [Sharh, Shamail-e-Tirmizi]

Hadrat Aishah (Radi Allaahu Ta’ala Anha) narrated, “ALLAAH’s Messenger used to fast to such an extent that we thought he would never break his fast, and he would go without fasting to such an extent, that we thought he would never fast. I never saw ALLAAH’s Messenger fast a complete month except in Ramadan, and I never saw him fast more in any month than in Shaban.” [Mishkat, Bukhari, Muslim]