Sahih Muslim
Sahih Muslim 1164a
Fast six days of Shawwal
- Narrator
- Abu Ayyub al-Ansari
- Grading
- From one of the two Sahihs; Uswa accepts its narrations as authentic.
The text
عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الأَنْصَارِيِّ، - رضى الله عنه - أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " مَنْ صَامَ رَمَضَانَ ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَهُ سِتًّا مِنْ شَوَّالٍ كَانَ كَصِيَامِ الدَّهْرِ " .
“Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger ﷺ as saying:He who observed the fast of Ramadan and then followed it with six (fasts) of Shawwal. it would be as if he fasted perpetually”Narrated by Abu Ayyub al-AnsariSahih Muslim 1164a
Arabic: ara-muslim · Translation: Abdul Hamid Siddiqui (eng-muslim), from the eng-muslim edition of hadith-api (public domain), sunnah.com numbering.
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Get early accessSources: Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, and narrations of Jami at-Tirmidhi graded sahih or hasan sahih by al-Albani.