Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا تَقَدَّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَمَضَانَ بِصَوْمِ يَوْمٍ وَلَا يَوْمَيْنِ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ كَانَ صِيَامَهُ فَلْيَصُمْهُ.
English Translation
'Affan narrated to us, he said: Hammam narrated to us, he said: Yahya ibn Abi Kathir narrated to us, he said: Abu Salamah narrated to us, from Abu Hurayrah who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "Do not precede Ramadan with fasting a day or two days before it, unless a man has a regular fast that he observes, then let him fast it."