Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَخِي مُطَرِّفِ بْنِ الشِّخِّيرِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُطَرِّفًا يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لِرَجُلٍ هَلْ صُمْتَ مِنْ سُرَرِ هَذَا الشَّهْرِ شَيْئًا يَعْنِي شَعْبَانَ فَقَالَ لَا قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ إِذَا أَفْطَرْتَ رَمَضَانَ فَصُمْ يَوْمًا أَوْ يَوْمَيْنِ شَكَّ الَّذِي شَكَّ فِيهِ قَالَ وَأَظُنُّهُ قَالَ يَوْمَيْنِ.
English Translation
Muhammad ibn Jafar narrated to us, Shubah narrated to us, from the nephew of Mutarrif ibn al-Shikhkhir, who said: I heard Mutarrif narrating from Imran ibn Husayn, that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said to a man: 'Did you fast any days at the end of this month?' — meaning Shaban. He said: 'No.' He said: 'When you finish Ramadan, fast one or two days' — there was doubt about it. He said: I think he said 'two days.'