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Sahih Muslim 1164a

It is recommended to fast Six Days in Shawwal following Ramadan

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حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ وَقُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ جَمِيعًا عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ قَالَ ابْنُ أَيُّوبَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ أَخْبَرَنِي سَعْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ ثَابِتِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ الْخَزْرَجِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الأَنْصَارِيِّ ؓ أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ:

«مَنْ صَامَ رَمَضَانَ ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَهُ سِتًّا مِنْ شَوَّالٍ كَانَ كَصِيَامِ الدَّهْرِ».

Translation

Chain of narrators
  1. Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb and Qutaybah b. Saʿīd Waʿalī b. Ḥujr Jamīʿ
  2. Ismāʿīl
  3. Ibn Ayyūb
  4. Ismāʿīl b. Jaʿfar
  5. Saʿd b. Saʿīd b. Qays
  6. ʿUmar b. Thābit b. al-Ḥārith al-Khazrajī
  7. Abū Ayyūb al-Anṣārī
  8. Rasūl Allāh ﷺ

✧ That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever fasts Ramadan, then follows it with six days of Shawwal, it is like fasting a lifetime."

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  • Misykatul Mashabih 2047وَعَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «مَنْ صَامَ رَمَضَانَ ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَهُ سِتًّا مِنْ شَوَّال كَانَ كصيام الدَّهْر». رَوَاهُ مُسلم

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Narrators

  1. One of the senior Companions.d. 50 AH. Or: 52 AH. Or: 55 AH, also said: 51 AH.
    أَبُو أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّمن كبار الصحابة.
    حدثه
  2. trustworthy (thiqah)d. 117 AH
    عُمَرَ بْنِ ثَابِتِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ الْخَزْرَجِيِّثقة
    عن
  3. truthful (ṣadūq), poor memory (sayyiʾ al-ḥifẓ)d. 141 AH
    سَعْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍصدوق سيء الحفظ
    أخبرني
  4. trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 180 AH
    إِسْمَاعِيلَثقة ثبت
    عن
  5. trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 244 AH, also said: 241 AH, also said: 243 AH
    وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍثقة حافظ
    حدثنا
  6. Trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), an imam, an author of compilations, knowledgeable in jurisprudence (fiqh)d. Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb said: 261 AH, Makkī b. ʿAbdān said: 259 AH
    مُسْلِمٌثقة حافظ ، إمام ، مصنف ، عالم بالفقه

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Commentaries

Sharḥ Riyad al-Salihin (Ibn al-ʿUthaymin)
Mirqāt al-Mafātīḥ (al-Mullā ʿAlī Qārī)
Mirʿāt al-Mafātīḥ (al-Mubārakfūrī)
Lamaʿāt al-Tanqīḥ (ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq al-Dihlawī)
al-Minhāj (Nawawī)
al-Mufham (Abū al-ʿAbbās)

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