After Eid, do you fast the 6 days of SHAWWAL?

[X-press]

Prophet Mohammed (pbuh) has said:

"Whoever completes fasts of Ramadan then adds to them the fast of six days in the month of Shawwal, it will carry the thawab of fasting for the whole year". (Sahih Muslim)~ Wandering who among you usually fast these 6 days, after the month of Ramadhan ends?

~ Do you usually fast for 6 days continuously, or do you observe them one day at a time?

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[Scorpio27]

No I don?t :( I never seen my family members to do that even.

[Enigma]

I believe its haram to fast the first day of Eid. And these six days are anytime during Shawal, not necessarily the first six. Plus, you don't have to do them continuously...

Nice thread Xp :)

[Scorpio27]

Are those 6 "FAST"s compulsory XP?

[X-press]

You are right Enigma when you said that it is "haram" (forbidden) to fast on the first day of Eid.

I understood that it is permissible to start on the 2nd day and continue till the 7th day of Shawwal, if we want to do it without break. However, we can still do it one day at a time during that month.

Personally, I have never done this particular fast, but my mother-in-law always do it without fail and always reminds me of its great reward...Inshallah I will try to do one day at a time, if still I have the strength :os


Hasnain, aren't you glad that you are learning a lots of things after all from this forum :D

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[Haroundb]

I wish I do?

[X-press]

Are those 6 "FAST"s compulsory XP?
Not it is not compulsory, but it is 'advisable' to do them if you can. Just look at the reward...it is as if you have fast the entire year (bearing in mind that you fasted properly during Ramadhan too ;) ).

The problem is that, when it comes to the fasting part, I am so happy when Ramadan is over that I do not have the courage to start right away again. But as it was still made easy for us and that we still have the option to do it one alternate day or so...then why not at least try this way? :)

[amo_l_oman]

~ Wandering who among you usually fast these 6 days, after the month of Ramadhan ends?
Never did before but this year wanna do inshallah, after making up missed days of Ramadan.


Do you usually fast for 6 days continuously, or do you observe them one day at a time?
If am not mistaken SAWS used to do them 2 days per week monday and thursday and i'd like to do like him, but am afraid i wouldn't be in time having those other days to make up so i'll chose to do all together.

[IRONY]

No i have never fasted them but inshallah i will consider it...

[X-press]

Never did before but this year wanna do inshallah, after making up missed days of Ramadan.

If am not mistaken SAWS used to do them 2 days per week monday and thursday

I think you are confusing the normal fast done throughout the year (which is not obligatory too) and the Shawwal fast. The Shawwal fast can only be done during the month following the month of Ramadhan, as it corresponds to the tenth month in the lunar calendar. The 6 days have to be completed before the end of that month.

http://www.englishsabla.com/boy-i/Smilies/arrow.gif Amo, if you want to do this particular fast, you should first do it any time during that month, and then later on pay your missed days of Ramadhan, which can be done any time during the year.

Shawwal fast should be done during the Shawwal month, as the Ramadhan fast should be observed during the month of Ramadhan :).

[4-ever-young]

I fast the 6 days of Shawal alhamduliah and i usually start the 2nd or 3rd day of Eid

[Kazablanka]

I always fast the 6 days of shawaal.. but whats this about fasting them continously?

Oh, I have a question related to this topic, someone told me that its (forbidden) to fast the 6 of shawaal if you havent made up your days for Ramadan. Is that true?

[4-ever-young]

I heard about this but i dont think its forbidden but is preferable that you repay the days you didnt fast during the month first and then fast shawaal wa Allahu a3lam i could be wrong though

[Kazablanka]

Oh, ok.. and is it true that you have to make up your days wara ba3d (continously)?

Because I never do. I always liek fast one day and then like a month later fast another and so on... lol I'm so lazy.

[Persian Queen]

no i don't x-press i think it's time for me to do it

[Diva]

Oh, I have a question related to this topic, someone told me that its (forbidden) to fast the 6 of shawaal if you havent made up your days for Ramadan. Is that true?I don't know for sure but I don't think it's forbidden. As Shawwal is just after Ramadhan, when will you have the time to make up your missed days and fast 6 days as well??


and is it true that you have to make up your days wara ba3d (continously)?I know abadhis insist on fasting them continously, the argument being (I think) if you didn't fast a certain number of days in Ramadhan continously then you should make them up continuously. But Sunnis take a different approach. All my Sunni friends fast a day or a couple of days at a take then take a break.

[amo_l_oman]

I think you are confusing the normal fast done throughout the year (which is not obligatory too) and the Shawwal fast.
Yep you right, while searching about its rules many sites put all fasting together so came across some Hadith about fasting in general.
Will try to do it this year cause i felt the Ramdhan in a different way, so i want it to be complete with this other deed.

[X-press]

....someone told me that its (forbidden) to fast the 6 of shawaal if you havent made up your days for Ramadan. Is that true?
Logically speaking Kaza, if someone is allowed to start her Shawwal fast on the 2nd day of Eid, this would mean that she doesn't have time to pay her missed days of Ramadhan.

Secondly, if she has maybe many days to pay back, this means that her chance to observe the Shawwal fast is very much restricted and she might miss it too.

It would be good to double check, but I am nearly sure that it is allowed (for the Sunnis at least) to fast Shawwal (during the Shawwal month only) and then later on pay any missed days of Ramadhan.

[X-press]

I always fast the 6 days of shawaal.. but whats this about fasting them continously?That is great Kaza that you make the effort to fast these 6 days and I wish we could all do the same. As I said in my posts above, it is not an obligation to fast them continuously. You can break the days in between.

What is important (to hopefully get a reward) is that you fast 6 days and not a lesser number and that it is done during that particular month.



is it true that you have to make up your days wara ba3d (continously)?I understood that sects varies in their opinions when it comes to paying our missed days back.

As far as I know, the Sunnis do not force woman to fast continuously. The days can be split (expl: one day per week or even one day per month).

Some sects do not accept this and recognize only a continouse fast. I also understood that if something happened in the middle of that fast and that the woman can't continue it, she has to start all over again. :os. I personally find it illogical and harsh....

[X-press]

is it true that you have to make up your days wara ba3d (continously)?It is also not compulsory to make up the missed days on successive days.

Allah said: "... but if you are ill, or on a journey, the same number (of days should be made up) from other days ..." [Al - Baqarah 2:183]

Ibn Abbaas said: "There is nothing wrong if someone separates (between the days he has to make up)." [Daarqutnee]

[amo_l_oman]

If she wants to earn the reward mentioned in the hadeeth of the Prophet http://63.175.194.25/images/saws.gif (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), “Whoever fasts Ramadaan then follows it with six days of Shawwaal, it will be as if he fasted for a lifetime” (reported by Muslim, no. 1984), then she should complete her Ramadaan fasts first, then follow it with six days of Shawwaal, so that the hadeeth with be applicable to her too, and she will gain the reward mentioned in it.
Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid (www.islam-qa.com)
http://63.175.194.25/index.php?ln=eng&QR=4082

[Arabian Princess]

It would be good to double check, but I am nearly sure that it is allowed (for the Sunnis at least) to fast Shawwal (during the Shawwal month only) and then later on pay any missed days of Ramadhan.

yes it is allowed, as this sunnah has a certain timing, and you can makeup your days anytime during the year.

About making up days having to be followed by each other, yes as Diva mentioned .. in Ibadhi sect they have to be done consecutivly because when you didnt fast those days you broke them following each other. Allahu Allam.

[B3eed Aldar]

I guess I did fast the 6 days one or two times in my life ... it's like after Ramadan you just love to eat before the sunsets.

[Storm]

ya ,, inshallah ,,, i will this year as am doing it each year ,,, al7amdellah


Amo, if you want to do this particular fast, you should first do it any time during that month, and then later on pay your missed days of Ramadhan, which can be done any time during the year.



no Xpress ,,, as Amo said ,,, you should first make up what you missed from Ramadan then fast the 6 days of shawal ,,, cause this 6 days are only of you complete the wole month of ramadan ,,, and if you miss something you sgould make it up first ,,,,

[amo_l_oman]

Ye i think so, is Sunnah but not obligatory to do them all together or separeted, but its validity, once decided to do, is linked to the whole Ramdhan fast.
I'll start to make up my missed days inshallah on wednesday then lil break and Shawwal fast.

[ToomuchaT]

.. in an environment such as the one im living in.. i find it so difficult ro do that.. i was hardly was able to do the ramadhan itself!

.. i would if i was in Oman coz i did it many times before in Oman.

[EarThQuaKe]

I know abadhis insist on fasting them continously, the argument being (I think) if you didn't fast a certain number of days in Ramadhan continously then you should make them up continuously. But Sunnis take a different approach. All my Sunni friends fast a day or a couple of days at a take then take a break.

I dont know about this, but i really doubt it.

Alhamdulellah, I fast the 6 days of shawal...

[EarThQuaKe]

.. in an environment such as the one im living in.. i find it so difficult ro do that.. i was hardly was able to do the ramadhan itself!

.. i would if i was in Oman coz i did it many times before in Oman.


I thought you were married, so I dont think the environment will play a major rule in this case. ;)