6 fasts of shawwal Archive
12 Jun 2020
6 Mustahab Fasts of Shawwal and their significance
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Abu Ayub al-Ansari narrated that the Prophet [pbuh] said: “Whoever fasts Ramadan and follows it with six days of Shawwal is as though he has fasted the entire year” [Reported by Muslim in his Sahih]. Al-Shafi’i, Ahmad b. Hanbal, and Ishaq al-Rahawayh hold that is ideal and prescribed to fast six days in the period