قَالَ يَحْيَى : وَسَمِعْتُ مَالِكًا ، يَقُولُ فِي صِيَامِ سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ بَعْدَ الْفِطْرِ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ : إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَرَ أَحَدًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ وَالْفِقْهِ يَصُومُهَا ، وَلَمْ يَبْلُغْنِي ذَلِكَ عَنْ أَحَدٍ مِنَ السَّلَفِ ، وَإِنَّ أَهْلَ الْعِلْمِ يَكْرَهُونَ ذَلِكَ وَيَخَافُونَ بِدْعَتَهُ ، وَأَنْ يُلْحِقَ بِرَمَضَانَ مَا لَيْسَ مِنْهُ أَهْلُ الْجَهَالَةِ وَالْجَفَاءِ لَوْ رَأَوْا فِي ذَلِكَ رُخْصَةً عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ وَرَأَوْهُمْ يَعْمَلُونَ ذَلِكَ
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said: Fasting six days in Shawwal after Ramadan—I have not seen any of the people of knowledge observing these fasts, nor has it reached me from the predecessors. Rather, the people of knowledge considered these fasts disliked and feared this innovation, lest people join these fasts with the fasts of Ramadan if they find a concession from the people of knowledge and see them observing these fasts.