The 6 fasts of Shawwal

The 6 Fasts Of Shawwal

Darulifta Ahlesunnat

(Dawateislami)

Question

  What do the respected scholars and the muftis of jurisprudence say regarding this matter that the six fasts of Shawwal that are kept after Ramadan-ul-Mubarak, is it necessary to keep them consecutively or can they be kept separately too?Questioner: Tanweer Iqbal, (Rawalpindi)

بِسْمِ اللہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ الْمَلِکِ الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَۃَ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ

   Many virtues have been mentioned in the books of Ahadees regarding the 6 fasts of Shawwal. Whoever keeps the six fasts of Shawwal, it is as if he has fasted for the entire lifetime; and keeping them consecutively is not necessary, rather, it is better to keep these fasts separately. The Beloved Prophet

 صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated: ‘The one who kept the fasts of Ramadan and then kept six fasts in Shawwal, it is as if he fasted for a lifetime.’(Muslim, pp. 456, Hadees 2758)

وَاللہُ اَعْلَمُ  عَزَّوَجَلَّ  وَرَسُوْلُہ اَعْلَم صَلَّی اللّٰہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم

Answered by:Mufti  Muhammad Qasim Attari