Abu Ayub al-Ansari narrated that the Prophet [pbuh] 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]. Al-Shafi’i, Ahmad b. Hanbal, and Ishaq al-Rahawayh hold that is ideal and prescribed to fast six days in the period