Chapter: Do not start fasting one or two days before Ramadan

Hadith 1082 Part A

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Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

Do not observe fast for a day, or two days ahead of Ramadan except a person who is in the habit of observing a particular fast; he may fast on that day.

Hadith 1082 Part B

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This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Yahya b. Abi Kathir with the same chain of transmitters.