Sayyiduna Usama bin Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I said, "O Messenger of Allah! I have seen that you fast in the month of Sha'ban more than in any other month?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This is a month between Rajab and Ramadan that people are heedless of. It is a month in which the deeds of people are raised to the Lord of the worlds, and I wish that my deeds are taken up while I am fasting."