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The scholars have interpreted this Hadith
by saying that according to the recognized rules of
Shari'ah every good deed is rewarded ten times more
thawab of it's origin, therefore, the thawab of 30 days
of Ramadhan amounts to the thawab of fasting for 300
days. If the fasts of Ramadhan are followed by six more
fasts, they carry the thawab of 60 days more, raising the
aggregate thawab to 360, which is the number of the days
in one year according to the Islamic calendar.
Therefore, the Muslims should take this
opportunity of acquiring such an enormous reward from
Allah. It is more preferable to start these fasts from
the 2nd of Shaw'wal and keep fasting unto the 7th of it.
However if, they are kept in other days, it is hoped that
the requirement of the above Hadith may also be
fulfilled.
The month Shaw'wal:
From the months of Hajj, Shaw'wal is
the first of them. The first day of Shaw'wal is
Eid-Ul-Fitr and also the day when sins are
forgiven.
Six fasts of Shaw'wal:
In the month of Shaw'wal it is Sunnah to
keep six fasts, as narrated in the following Hadeeth by
Abu Ayyub Ansar (RA) that the Holy Prophet (SAW) has
said, "If one throughout his life keeps the fasts of
Ramadan and keeps six consecutive fasts in Shaw'wal it
will be as though he has kept a whole life time of fasts,
and if one keeps the six consecutive fasts for one
Shaw'wal month it will be as though he has observed fast
all year round." - (Muslim)
Events which took place in
Shaw'wal:
Hadhrat Aa'ishah Siddiqah (RA) was bom in
Shaw'wal four years after Prophethood which is nine years
before Hijrah.
Hadhrat Aa'ishah Siddiqah (RA) was married in this month ten
years after Prophethood which is three years before Hijrah.
The fight between Banu Qaynaqaa took place between the battle
of Bad'r and Uhud (Shaw'wal 2 A.H. after Hijrah)
The battle of Uhud also took place in Shaw'wal three years
after Hijrah.
Hadhrat Hussain (RA) the Holy Prophet's (SAW) grandson (son of
Hadhrat Fatima (RA) was born in the month of Shaw'wal - 4 years
A.H..
The Holy Prophet (SAW) married Hadhrat Umme Salamah (RA) in
Shaw'wal in the fourth year after Hijrah.
Hadhrat Aa'ishah Siddiqah's (RA) mother passed away in 5
A.H.
The Holy Prophet's (SAW) uncle Abu Talib departed from this
world during the middle of Shaw'wal in the year 5 A.H.
Imam Bukhari (RA) was born on a Friday of Shaw'wal (194
A.H.)
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