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Obligatory
Ramadan
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Islam is built upon five: the testimony that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, establishing prayer, giving zakat, performing Hajj, and fasting Ramadan.
Sahih al-Bukhari 8
Sahih Muslim 16
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Whoever fasts Ramadan out of faith and in the hope of reward, his previous sins will be forgiven.
Sahih al-Bukhari 38
Sahih Muslim 760
Voluntary
Six Days of Shawwal
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Whoever fasts six days after the Fitr will have completed the year, for whoever does a good deed will have the reward of ten like it.
Sunan Ibn Majah 1715
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Whoever fasts Ramadan then follows it with six days of Shawwal, it is as if he fasted for a lifetime.
Sunan Ibn Majah 1716
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Whoever fasts the month of Ramadan and then follows it with six days of fasting in the month of Shawwal, it will be as if he has fasted for the entire year.
Sahih Muslim 1164
Days of Arafah and Ashura
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Abu Qatada (ra) reported the Messenger Muhammad (pbuh) said:
I seek from Allah that fasting on the day of Arafah may atone for the sins of the preceding and the coming years, and I seek from Allah that fasting on the day of Ashura may atone for the sins of the preceding year.
Sahih Muslim 1162
First nine days of Dhu al-Hijjah
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One of the wives (ra) of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said:
The Messenger of Allah Muhammad used to fast the first nine days of Dhu al-Hijjah, the day of Ashura, and three days of every month…
Sunan Abi Dawud 2437
Sunan an-Nasaʻi 2417
White Days
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The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) advised Abu Dharr (ra):
If you fast any part of the month, then fast the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth.
Jamiʻ at-Tirmidhi 761
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Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr bin Al-`As:
It is sufficient for you to fast three days in a month, as the reward of a good deed is multiplied ten times, so it will be like fasting throughout the year.
Sahih al-Bukhari 1975
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Abu Qatada (ra) reported that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
Fasting three days every month and that of Ramadan every year is a perpetual fasting.
Sahih Muslim 1162
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The Messenger of Allah said to Abu Dharr:
Fasting three days of every month is like fasting for a lifetime.
Sunan Ibn Majah 1708
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It was narrated from Jarir bin ʻAbdullah that the Prophet (pbuh) said:
Fasting three days of each month is fasting for a lifetime, and the shining days of Al-Bid, the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth.
Sunan an-Nasaʻi 2420
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Narrated Abu Huraira (ra):
My close friend (the Prophet Muhammad) advised me to do three things: to fast three days of every month, pray two rak‘at of Duha, and pray Witr before sleeping.
Sahih al-Bukhari 1981
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Abu Al-Dardaʻ (ra) reported:
My friend (the Prophet) instructed me to observe three practices which I never leave: he instructed me to fast three days every month
Sunan Abi Dawud 1433
Monday and Thursday
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This specific statement is narrated by Abu Hurairah (ra):
Deeds are presented on Mondays and Thursdays, and I love that my deeds be presented while I am fasting.
Jamiʻ at-Tirmidhi 747
Riyad as-Salihin 1256
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Usamah bin Zaid (ra) reported the Messenger (pbuh) said:
Those are two days in which deeds are shown to the Lord of the worlds, and I like my deeds to be shown when I am fasting.
Sunan an-Nasaʻi 2358
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The Prophet (pbuh) was asked by Abu Qatada al-Ansari (ra) about fasting on Monday, and he said:
It was the day on which I was born. on which I was commissioned with prophethood or revelation was sent to me,
Sahih Muslim 1162b
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Aishah (ra) narrated:
The Prophet used to be keen to fast on Mondays and Thursdays.
Jamiʻ at-Tirmidhi 745
Prohibiting
Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha
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Narrated Abu Huraira (ra)
Two fasts are forbidden: fasting on the day of `Id ul Fitr and `Id-ul-Adha
Sahih al-Bukhari 1993
Sahih Muslim 1138
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Narrated Abu ʻUbaid (ra)
I attended the ʻId (prayer) along with ʻUmar. He offered prayer before the sermon. He then said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited fasting on these two days. As regards Id al-Adha, you eat the meat of your sacrificial animals. As for ʻId al-Fitr, you break (i.e. end) your fast.
Sunan Abi Dawud 2416
Sunan Ibn Majah 1722
Days of Tashriq
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The days of Tashriq are days of eating and drinking.
Sahih Muslim 1141a