About keeping the 6 fasts in Shawwal
 

Do you have to keep them in a row or can you space them out in the month of Shawwal ? - say 2 at the weekend, 2 during the week, and then 2 again at the weekend ?

JZK.

You can space them out across the month.
It's disliked anyway to single out fasting on Satudays and Fridays..

Ah, I see. JZK for that info http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...icon_smile.gif

when i was in Yemen, you cant find a person that doesnt fast the 6 days. to the point where you dont even want to eat in your own house. the activities in the town stay according to the tarteeb set in Ramadhan. so they delay dhuhr by an hour but people still go to the masjid at the time of adhaan, after dhuhr the men stay seated in the masjid reading quraan until asr. Eisha salah is delayed one hour & the shops remain open until an hour before fajr. the only difference is that there isnt taraweeh, there is a special dhikr made after each salah that isnt made & the imaam doesnt say the niyyah for the fast out loud as in ramadhan.

they then have another day of eid (not realy eid) after this because they say that if you can stick to the tarteeb of ramadhan for these 6 days then its a sign that your ibadah has been accepted. therefore they even happier after the 6 days.

Just making sure.. one can begin the Shawwal fasts after the first three days..

Why not the day after Eid, Brother ?

Someone told me Eid was three days lol... I guess he was wrong then..

Some times you still have a few people to visit & wish for eid & they all want you to eat something.

I see. The Brother should have been a bit clearer; nevertheless he was in his later post http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...icon_smile.gif

So I reiterating, Eid is only one day.. not three?

yes indeed
many ppl do think/celebrate eid for "three days"
otherwise shar'an no prob in fasting the very next day after eid as there r only 5 days in a year on which fasting is prohibited

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Yes. It is only one day.

It is impermissible to fast on the days of Eid and Ayyam ul Tashreeq

http://www.muftisays.com/blog/abu+mo...-dont%27s.html

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Jazakallah

i think people mix the two eids up.

what do you mean?

after eid ul adha there are the tree days of tashreeq that one should not fast.