Among the fasting is [that of] Sha'ban, which is a Sunnah attached to the Obligatory (Al-Fard). Regarding it, the Messenger (PBUH) says: "The month of Sha'ban is my month, and the month of Ramadan is the month of Allah. Whoever fasts my month, I have guaranteed for him, with Allah, Paradise."

That is because the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) forbade Al-Wisal (continuous fasting). It was said to him: "O our Master, we see you practicing continuous fasting?!" He said: "I am not like any of you, nor like your state; I remain with my Lord, and He feeds me and gives me drink." Then he (PBUH) said: "Indeed, the fasting of the entire age (al-dahr) is one day in every ten [days]; which are the first Thursday of the month, the last Thursday of the month, and the Wednesday in the middle of the month. Thus, a [single] day is an atonement for ten days.

Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, said: {Whoever comes [on the Day of Judgement] with a good deed will have ten times the like thereof [to his credit], and whoever comes with an evil deed will not be recompensed except the like thereof} (Al-An'am: 160). In this manner, within ten months of the year, [each] month serves as an atonement for ten months; then [adding] the month of Sha'ban and the month of Ramadan, that constitutes the fasting of the entire age (al-dahr).

As for the Pilgrimage (Hajj) to the Sacred House of Allah, it is according to the saying of the Almighty: {And [due] to Allah from the