Assalaamu 3Alaykum wa Ramatullaah
Ramadaan is just round the corner.
Its never to late to start preparing for it. A good reminder and beneficial tips to get ourselves prepared & to enjoy Ramadaan at its fullest.
Preparing for Ramadaan (gud read)
((Before running a marathon one has to do some preparation. In the same way, we need to do some Preparatory/ Warm Up exercises))
Re: Preparing for ramadaan
Peace UmmAbdullaah,
Could you please provide the reference of this hadith. 
Quoted from the links given at post#1 i.e. Hadith Book No. and Hadith No.
Re: Preparing for ramadaan
Assalaamu alaykum
The references are from Arabic books/hadeeth no.
عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ : كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لا يُفْطِرُ ، وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لا يَصُومُ ، فَمَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم اسْتَكْمَلَ صِيَامَ شَهْرٍ إِلا رَمَضَانَ ، وَمَا رَأَيْتُهُ أَكْثَرَ صِيَامًا مِنْهُ فِي شَعْبَانَ
3Aa’ishah radi Allaahu 3Anha said: “The Messenger sallAllaahu 3Alayhi wa sallam used to fast until we thought he would never break his fast, and not fast until we thought he would never fast. I never saw the Messenger of Allaah fasting for an entire month except in Ramadaan, and I never saw him fast more than he did in Sha3baan.”
Narrated by al-Bukhaari,1833; Muslim, 1956.
in other narration:
كَانَ يَصُومُ شَعْبَانَ كُلَّهُ ، كَانَ يَصُومُ شَعْبَانَ إِلا قَلِيلاً
“He used to fast all of Sha3baan, he used to fast all but a little of Sha3baan. Report narrated by Muslim (no. 1957).
Re: Preparing for ramadaan
Peace UmmAbdullaah,
Gone through the above hadith (in arabic) Its seems to me the above hadiths were taken from some online forum and i was unable to locate the hadith on the said given number of hadith.
I read book ‘Kittab Al-Sawn’ of Sahih Muslim and ‘Fasting’ of Sahuih Bukhari, where the same hadit is quoted but without mentioning 'sha’aban in it.
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Assalaamu alaykum
Here is the hadeeth in Arabic with reference (taken from Islamqa.com.
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عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ ( كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لا يُفْطِرُ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لا يَصُومُ فَمَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ اسْتَكْمَلَ صِيَامَ شَهْرٍ إِلا رَمَضَانَ وَمَا رَأَيْتُهُ أَكْثَرَ صِيَامًا مِنْهُ فِي شَعْبَانَ ، كَانَ يَصُومُ شَعْبَانَ كُلَّهُ كَانَ يَصُومُ شَعْبَانَ إَِلا قَلِيلاً ) البخاري 1969 مسلم 1156
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Here is the english reference:**
‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) said: “The Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to fast until we thought he would never break his fast, and not fast until we thought he would never fast. I never saw the Messenger of Allaah fasting for an entire month except in Ramadaan, and I never saw him fast more than he did in Sha’baan.” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, no. 1833; Muslim, no. 1956).
According to a report narrated by Muslim (no. 1957), “He used to fast all of Sha’baan, he used to fast all but a little of Sha’baan.”
There might be differences in reference numbers of hadeeth. due to different publishers (IIPH, darus-salaam, Dar-us-Sunnah), books publishing in different countries (Saudia, Pakistan, Egypt, Yemen), translating exact hadeeth no. etc.
These ahadeeth are taken from authentic & trustworthy sites inshaaAllaah. and this hadeeth is very famous.
&
Allaah knows best.
UmmAbdullaah
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Well again i gone through Book Sahih Bukhari but couldn’t find it. Here are the hadiths quoted below from Sahih Muslim. Due to translation maybe the reference numbers may vary but the main point is that original context should be same. In these hadith 'fasting in the month of sha’aban mentioned but specificaly on 15teen is not written.
Book ‘The Book of Fasting (Kitab Al-Sawm)’ Hadiht No. 2582, 2583, 2584, 2585 and 2586.
'A’isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: The Messenger of Allah 
did not observe fast in any month of the year more than in the month of Sha’ban, and used to say: Do as many deeds as you are capable of doing, for Allah will not become weary (of giving you reward), but you would be tired (of doing good deeds) ; and he also said: The deed liked most by Allah is one to which the doer adheres constantly even if it is small.
Ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with both of them) reported: The Messenger of Allah did not fast throughout any month except during ramadan. And when he observed fast (he fasted so continuously) that one would say that he would not break (them) and when he Abandoned, he abandoned (so continuously) that one would say: By Allah, perhaps he would never fast.
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Bishr with the same chain of transmitters (with a slight variation of words and these are), that he (the narrator) said:" During any month continuously since he came to Medina."
'Uthman b. Hakim al-Ansari said: I asked Sa’id b. Jubair about fasting In Rajab, and we were then passing through the month of Rajab, whereupon he said: I heard Ibn 'Abbas (Allah be pleased with both of them) as saying: The Messenger of Allah used to observe fast (so continuously) that we (were inclined) to say that he would not break (them) and did not observe them so continuously) that we (were inclined to say) that he would not observe fast.
Anas (Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah used to observe fast till it was said that he had observed fast, he had observed fast (perhaps never to break it), and he did not fast till it was said that he had given up fast, he had given up fast (perhaps never to observe it).
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Assalaamu alaykum
The ahadeeth about fasting in sha’baan are very well known. You can search by typing the Arabic Hadeeth or by the following sites.
Here is an authentic Arabic search engine:
http://hadith.al-islam.com/Page.aspx?pageid=192&BookID=24&TOCID=1247
http://www.dorar.net/enc/hadith
http://www.dorar.net/enc/hadith?skeys=شعبان&xclude=°ree_cat0=1
Here is ُEnglish authentic site with full saheeh bukhaari .
http://www.sahihalbukhari.com/sps/sbk/
or you can search by selecting hadeeth book.
http://www.searchtruth.com/
salaams
UmmAbdullaah
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Peace UmmAbdullah
Will get back to as soon as I check.
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Peace Sussana,
The above Hadith No. is 226 from the Book 'Praying at Night in Ramadaan (Taraweeh) of Sahih Bukhari. Here is another hadith narrated by Abu Huraira:
Book ‘Fasting’ of Sahih Bukhari Hadith No 125.
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, “Whoever established prayers on the night of Qadr out of sincere faith and hoping for a reward from Allah, then all his previous sins will be forgiven; and whoever fasts in the month of Ramadan out of sincere faith, and hoping for a reward from Allah, then all his previous sins will be forgiven.”