Is Fasting Six Days of Shawwal Mandatory?
Respected scholars, as-salamu `alaykum.
If someone fasts six days of Shawwal every year, then one year he gets sick or becomes too lazy to fast or something prevents him from fasting, is that a sin?
I've heard that if a person fasts these six days one year, he must never give up this practice thereafter.
Jazakum Allahu khayran.