Doubting the Prescribed Nature of Fasting the Six Days of Shawwal

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, there are those who doubt the prescribed nature of fasting the six days of Shawwal, and they claim that the hadith is weak or subject to figurative interpretation.

Answer:
It is in Sahih Muslim, may Allah weaken them. The hadith is not weak. The hadith is in Sahih Muslim, which is the most authentic book after Sahih al-Bukhari.
But this is a compound ignoramus or a deceiver who wants to mislead people, may Allah protect us from that. Even if some statements are found where Imam Malik says he does not see the fasting, Imam Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) did not receive the hadith. He did not receive the hadith. If he had received the hadith, he would have been among the quickest people to act upon it. A scholar does not know everything. He is ignorant of things even if he is a scholar. It is possible that it reaches him through a path he considers not authentic, while it is authentic to others.
Imam Ibn Taymiyyah has a good treatise on this that you must read, and it is titled Raf' al-Malam 'an al-A'immah al-A'lam (Lifting the Blame from the Distinguished Imams). It explains these matters and that a scholar may have things hidden from him. Yes. If Imam Malik says that fasting the six days is not a recommended practice, is that the end of it? The proof is in the words of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) says . It was narrated by Muslim. And let us leave aside the statements of so-and-so and so-and-so. Yes.