Preparing for Ramadan

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Ibn Rajab said: "It was said about fasting in Sha'ban that observing it is like practicing for fasting in Ramadan. So, one does enter into the fasting in Ramadan with hardship and discomfort, for he will have practiced fasting and become accustomed to it. Similarly, experiencing the sweetness of fasting in Sha'ban will help fasting in Ramadan with greater enthusiasm, and so one enters into fasting in Ramadan with strength and energy [Latai'f al-Ma'arif].