Questioner:
Which of them is better in compliance with the Sunnah as regards the six days
fast in the month of Shawwaal: consecutively or nonconsecutively?
Shaykh al-Albaanee:
Consecutively.
Source: Silsilatul-Hudaa wan-Noor, cassette no.
325 of Shaykh al-Albaanee (may Allah have mercy on him)
Questioner: It
is permissible to fast six days of Shawwal non-consecutively? Which of them is
better: consecutively or nonconsecutively?
Shaykh al-‘Uthaymeen: It is
better to observe the six fast of Shawwal consecutively; and it should be
immediately after Fitr due to what it
contains of hastening towards good. There is no harm in delaying the commencement
of the fast away from the second day of Shawwaal. And there is [also] no harm in observing it
nonconsecutively till the end of the month due to the generality of the
Prophet’s saying: “Whoever fasts during
the month of Ramadaan and then follows it with six days of Shawwaal will be
[rewarded] as if he had fasted the entire year.” The Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) did
not stipulate that it should be consecutive nor that it should be immediately
after Ramadaan.
Source: Fataawaa Noor ‘alaa ad-Darb, cassette
no. 239 of Shaykh al-‘Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him)
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