Outstanding Ramaḍān fasts must be made up in Shaʿbān when delaying would carry them into the next Ramaḍān.

Fasting after the 15th of Shaʿbān is not prohibited in the Hanbali school. What is disliked is singling out one or two days immediately before Ramaḍān without a valid reason. Fasting earlier than that, or for habitual, compensatory, vowed, or expiatory reasons, remains permissible.

Q: Is it permissible to travel with the intention of visiting graves, including the graves of Prophets or righteous people (awliyāʾ)? How is this understood in light of the ḥadīth “Do not saddle mounts except to three mosques”? A: According to the authoritative works of the Hanbali school, traveling with the intention of visiting graves, whether the grave of a Prophet or the grave of a righteous person (walī), is considered permissible travel (safar mubāḥ). Such travel is nei