Also, he asks: Does one who fasts three or five days and does not complete the six days receive a reward or not?
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The questioner : Also, he asks: Does one who fasts three or five days and does not complete the six days receive a reward or not?
The Shaykh : Yes, he receives a reward, but he does not obtain the reward that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) specified.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : In his saying:Sunan Abi Dawud 2433Sahih (Al-Albani).
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Also, one must not believe that the number of days he fasted, being less than six, yields this reward or is part of the Sunnah, because it is not part of the Sunnah to fast five days of Shawwal. However, if a person is energetic but becomes tired and leaves one of these six days, there is no blame on him.
The questioner : Yes, the last question in the letter of Sarhan Khawaytim al-Shamri from Tabuk...
The Shaykh : And I also say this to complete the first point.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : If one fasts three days of Shawwal with the intention that they are for the three days of every month, there is nothing wrong with that, but he does not obtain the reward of fasting six days.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : His last and final question in this session.
The Shaykh : Yes, he receives a reward, but he does not obtain the reward that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) specified.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : In his saying:
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 الدهرThe questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Also, one must not believe that the number of days he fasted, being less than six, yields this reward or is part of the Sunnah, because it is not part of the Sunnah to fast five days of Shawwal. However, if a person is energetic but becomes tired and leaves one of these six days, there is no blame on him.
The questioner : Yes, the last question in the letter of Sarhan Khawaytim al-Shamri from Tabuk...
The Shaykh : And I also say this to complete the first point.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : If one fasts three days of Shawwal with the intention that they are for the three days of every month, there is nothing wrong with that, but he does not obtain the reward of fasting six days.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : His last and final question in this session.