Sunan Ibn Majah 1647

سنن ابن ماجه#1647Da'if

It was narrated from Qasim Abu ‘Abdur-Rahman that he heard Mu’awiyah bin Abu Sufyan on the pulpit saying:“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to say from the pulpit, before the month of Ramadan: ‘Fasting will begin on such and such a day, but we are going to start fasting earlier, so whoever wants to start fasting earlier (i.e., in Sha’ban), let him do so, and whoever wants to wait until Ramadan begins, let him do so.’”

Scholarly Authentication

We show the most cautious grade (weakest-wins) as the overall label. Individual scholars graded it as follows:

Al-AlbaniDaif
Muhammad Fouad Abd al-BaqiDaif
Shuaib Al ArnautDaif
Zubair Ali ZaiDaif

In-book reference: 7:10