How should Siyam [fasts] of Shawwal be observed?

How should Siyam [fasts] of Shawwal be observed?

Darulifta Ahlesunnat

(Dawateislami)

Question

  What do respected scholars of Islam and Muftis of Shari’ah say about the following issue? Our friends were discussing how to observe the Siyam of Shawwal. Please guide us whether we should observe them consecutively or separately. What is better?

بِسْمِ اللہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ الْمَلِکِ الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَۃَ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ

  It is preferable to observe the six Siyam(fasts) of Shawwal separately. However, if you wish, you may also observe them consecutively but it is preferable to observe them separately.(Durr-e-Mukhtar, Rad-dul-Muhtar, vol. 3, pp. 485; summarized)

وَاللہُ اَعْلَمُ  عَزَّوَجَلَّ  وَرَسُوْلُہ اَعْلَم صَلَّی اللّٰہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم

Answered by:Maulana Hassan Attari

Verified by:Mufti Fuzail Raza Attari