Fasting · When the moment comes
Fast six days of Shawwal
- The practice
- After Eid al-Fitr, fast six days in Shawwal (together or spread out).
- When
- The days after Eid al-Fitr, during Shawwal
- In daily life
- The day after Eid, open your calendar and pick your six days: a couple each week, a run of weekends, whatever fits around work and family visits. They don't have to be in a row, and fasting alongside your spouse or a friend makes it easier.
The source
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
The full hadith, with its chain and grading →Arabic: ara-muslim · Translation: Abdul Hamid Siddiqui (eng-muslim), from the eng-muslim edition of hadith-api (public domain), sunnah.com numbering.
Part of: Perfect Your Ramadan
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Eat suhoor before you fastBefore Fajr on a day you will fastHave suhur close to FajrBefore Fajr on a fasting dayLeave false speech while fastingThrough a fasting dayWhen provoked, say 'I am fasting'When someone provokes you on a fasting dayBreak your fast as soon as the sun setsAt Maghrib on a fasting dayBreak your fast with datesAt iftar on a fasting day
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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.