Authentic
Sahih Muslim 1164a
He who observed the fast of Ramadan and then followed it with six (fasts) of Shawwal. it would be as if he fasted perpetually.
" مَنْ صَامَ رَمَضَانَ ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَهُ سِتًّا مِنْ شَوَّالٍ كَانَ كَصِيَامِ الدَّهْرِ "
شَوَّال
Shawwal: meaning of the name
Girl Arabic origin Shawwāl
Name of the tenth month of the Hijri calendar, which follows Ramadan
Shawwal in Islam
The Prophet ﷺ said: “Whoever fasts Ramadan and follows it with six days of Shawwal, it is as if he fasted the whole year” (Muslim 1164). ʿAʾisha said: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ married me in Shawwal and consummated the marriage in Shawwal”, answering a superstition that saw in this month a bad omen for weddings (Muslim 1423).
Meaning of the name Shawwal
Shawwal is the tenth month of the Islamic calendar, the one that follows Ramadan and begins with the festival of breaking the fast (ʿId al-Fitr). Lexicographers connect its name with the root sh-w-l, “to raise”: she-camels raised their tails then, in the season when they gave no more milk. In Turkey, Şevval has become a well-liked girls’ name.
- In Arabic
- شَوَّال شوال
- Transliteration
- Shawwāl
- Root
- ش و ل
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Arabic
Is Shawwal in the Quran?
No: neither the name Shawwal nor its root appears in the Quran. A name can be beautiful and permissible without coming from the Quran.
In the hadiths
Authentic
Sahih Muslim 1423a
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) contracted marriage with me in Shawwal and took me to his house as a bride during Shawwal. And who among the wives of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was dearer to him than I, and' A'isha liked that the women (of her family) should enter the houses as brides during the month of Shawwal.
تَزَوَّجَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي شَوَّالٍ وَبَنَى بِي فِي شَوَّالٍ فَأَىُّ نِسَاءِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ أَحْظَى عِنْدَهُ مِنِّي .
Is this name permissible?
No text or scholarly opinion concerns the name Shawwal in particular: the general rules of Islam apply.
Read the rules for choosing a name
This page is an aid to reflection, not a fatwa. For a personal case, ask a person of knowledge.
Writing Shawwal in each language
- French
- Chawwal, Shawwal
- English
- Shawwal
- Spanish
- Shawwal
- Turkish
- Şevval
- Arabic
- شَوَّال