حَدَّثَنَا نُعَيْمُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ ، وسَعْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ ، عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ :" مَنْ صَامَ رَمَضَانَ ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَهُ سِتَّةً مِنْ شَوَّالٍ، فَذَلِكَ صِيَامُ الدَّهْرِ "

Nuaym bin Hammad told us, Abdul Aziz bin Muhammad told us, Safwan and Saad bin Saeed told us, on the authority of Omar bin Thabit, on the authority of Abu Ayyub On the authority of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, he said: “Whoever fasts Ramadan and then follows it with six days of Shawwal, that is fasting for a lifetime.”