Narrated Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah and Abu Kurayb — Abu Bakr said: Waki' narrated to us, from Ali ibn Mubarak, from Yahya ibn Abi Kathir, from Abu Salamah, from Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Do not precede Ramadan by fasting a day or two, except for a man who was accustomed to fasting a fast — let him fast it."