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 |
Water going down throat by mistake in the state of Sawm(fasting)
How should Siyam [fasts] of Shawwal be observed?
Eating and drinking something on suspicion of invalidation of Sawm(fast)
Ruling on doing Iftar by mistake before time
How is it for a Sawm-keeping(fasting) person to eat and drink water, etc. after vomit?
How is it to swallow saliva in the state of Sawm(fast)?
Acidic belch in the state of Sawm
Clarification of the two cases in which Sawm(fast) becomes invalid