| | Shawwal, the 10th month in the Lunar calendar. After 1st Shawwal (Eid ul Fitr), it is recommended to observe six days of fast. These may be observed continuously or otherwise, provided you complete six days before the end of Shawwal. It’s preferable to start fasting from the second of Shawwal.
"The one who fast the month of Ramadan and then 6 days of Shawwal, is so purified of sins as he was born just today."
{Muslim, Abu Da'ud}
"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)."
{Abu Ayyub Ansari [Radhi Allahu Anhu] Sahih Bukhari}
Analyzing this hadith, the Jurists said: a good deed (hasanah) is rewarded a minimum of ten times it’s equivalent. It follows, then, that one Ramadan is equivalent to ten months of fasting, and the clincher, six days, is equal to two months, (6x10=60). That undoubtedly completes the year's twelve months. Thus, we see the reason perhaps why Huzrat Muhammad [Sall Allahu Alaihi Wasallam] mentioned six days after Ramadan in Shawwal, not five. Also, our jurists (`Ulama) explained how according to this hadith, a Muslim who fasts during Ramadan every year and follows it with six days fast of Shawwal, will be credited for fasting a whole lifetime.
Wa Maa Taufeeqee Illa Billah
Remember:
Ramadan is over, but our duties are not!!! |
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