The ruling on fasting fewer than six days of Shawwal
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Question:
Shaykh Salih, among the questions that came in, this questioner says: In the hadith of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)Sunan Abi Dawud 2433Sahih (Al-Albani), he asks: What about the one who fasts fewer than six days, such as fasting three days? Is it as if he fasted half the year?
Answer:
Fasting the six days of Shawwal is a recommended act of worship, not obligatory. You receive the reward for whatever you fasted, and you may hope for the full reward if the reason preventing you from completing them is a valid legal excuse, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)Musannaf Abd al-Razzaq 2:194 Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 5:6. As for the idea that you would get the reward of fasting the whole year if you fasted half of them, that has not been reported. Yes.
Shaykh Salih, among the questions that came in, this questioner says: In the hadith of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
If anyone fasts during Ramadan, then follows it with six days in Shawwal, it will be like a perpetual fast.
من صام رمضان ثم أتبعه بست من شوال فكأنما صام الدهرAnswer:
Fasting the six days of Shawwal is a recommended act of worship, not obligatory. You receive the reward for whatever you fasted, and you may hope for the full reward if the reason preventing you from completing them is a valid legal excuse, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
(peace and blessings be upon him)
صلى الله عليه وسلمIf a servant falls ill or travels, Allah writes for him what he used to do while resident and healthy.
إذا مرض العبد أو سافر كتب الله له ما كان يعمل مقيما صحيحا.
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7554 — youtube.com (4:11)
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