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Fasting Six Days Of Shawwal

 

Abu Ayyub al-Ansari reported
Allah's Messenger as saying:

He who observed the fast of Ramadan
and then (after the festivity of Eid)
followed it with six (fasts) of Shawwal.
it would be as if he fasted perpetually.



[Sahih Muslim]

 

FASTING SIX DAYS OF SHAWWAL

(Sittu Min Shawwal)

by  Anonymous 

Shawwal is the tenth month in the lunar calendar, as mentioned earlier. The first of Shawwal is Eidul Fitr. After the festivity of Eid it is recommended to observe six days of fast. This fast may be observed continuously non-break, or it may be observed one day at a time. If you observe it continuously, you may start on the fourth day and end on the ninth of day Shawwal, or you may select days at random, provided you complete six days before the end of Shawwal. For instance, you may observe the third, fifth, seventh, ninth, 14th and 15th days. Abu Ayyub Al-Ansari (raa) related the Messenger of Allah, (sallallahu alaihi Wasallam), said:

"Whoever observes the Ramadan fast
and follows it with six days of fast in Shawwal,
it is as if he has fasted Dahr (the whole year)."
(Bukhari)

It has been mentioned earlier that Dahr means the whole year. Possibly it may also mean forever, or for life.

Analyzing this hadith, our jurists (`Ulama) explained how according to this hadith,