Muḥammad b. Abī ʿAlī b. Isḥāq narrated to us, saying that Ḥāmid b. Shuʿayb narrated to him, among others, saying that Shurayḥ b. Yūsuf narrated to him, among others, saying that Wakīʿ narrated to him, among others, from Sufyān, from Zayd b. Aslam, who said: “I asked the Messenger of Allāh صلى الله عليه وعلى آله about fasting in Rajab, so he replied: “And where are you with fasting in Shaʿbān?”