CHAPTER: DO NOT FAST FOR A DAY OR TWO DAYS AHEAD OF RAMADAN
No. 2382
Abu Huraira (Allaah be pleased with him) reported Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: Do not observe fast for a day, or two days ahead of Ramadan except a person who is in the habit of observing a particular fast; he may fast on that day.
No. 2383
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Yahya b. Abi Kathir with the same chain of transmitters.