Fasting Six Days in Shawwal
Abu Ayub al-Ansari relates that the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace be upon him, his family, and companions) said, "Whoever fasts Ramadan and follows it with six days of Shawwal is as though he has fasted the entire year" [Reported by Muslim in his Sahih; Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi, and Ibn Majah; Ahmad transmitted it from Jabir, Muntaqa]. According to the opinion of many scholars, it i...