Perhaps there are among us who feel that there were many shortcomings done in the last fasting month of Ramadan. Or perhaps some might thought that their ibadah were not performed perfectly.
In the month of Syawal, there are many acts which can be performed to complement and continue from our acts in the past month.
The complementary ibadah referred to is the six days fast (Puasa sunat 6 hari). It is fasting for six days in the month of Syawal. Whether it is performed continuously or alternately, as long as it is performed in Syawal, it will be accepted.
The fast of 6 days in Syawal has many benefits. Among them, as reported in a hadith which says:
Which means: He who fasts in the month of Ramadan followed by 6 days in Syawal, it is as if he has fasted for 1 year. (“Barangsiapa yang berpuasa Ramadhan , kemudian diikuti dengan 6 hari daripada Syawal, adalah seperti berpuasa setahun.”)
It means that if you complete the fast of 1 month of Ramadan and continue with 6 days of fasting in Syawal, you will be rewarded with the rewards of someone who has fast for 1 full year.
The 6 days of fasting in Syawal is like a Rawatib prayer that completes any incomplete prayer. And surely in the course of our fasting in Ramadan, there must have been numerous mistakes that we have made. So by fasting 6 days in Syawal, it creates an opportunity for us to fix for those mistakes in our fasting month of Ramadhan.
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