Promotion of this idea, that the six day of Shawwal are somehow aberrant and to not be fasted - is incorrect for several reasons:
1- The fundamental evidence for the legality of an act is found in the primary texts of Islam, namely the Hadith in Sahih Muslim encouraging this act. https://twitter.com/OfficialASI/status/1136331330080399361">https://twitter.com/OfficialA...

2- The generality of the text needs no support from the actions of the Companions.
3- The Companions were people who acted according to the general texts, this is evidenced by Abu Ayyub teaching the public this Hadith, in Shawwal, after having fasted Ramadan.

4- To make the permissibility or preference of an act substantiated by primary texts (Quran & Sunna) contingent on the actions of the Companions is to make the infallible contingent on the fallible.

5- The broad narration of this act in the Hadith, and it& #39;s encouragement in almost all Fiqh texts, shows that Imam Malik was less informed than others on this issue and that it& #39;s practice was known to early Muslims.