Prioritizing making up fasts from Ramadan over fasting the six days of Shawwal

Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. After this, we have a message from the Syrian Arab Republic, sent by one of our sisters from there. Aisha al-Isa, our sister, asks and says: I fast Ramadan and follow it with six days of Shawwal, but I break my fast for a few days in Ramadan and do not make them up until after the month of Shawwal. Is that permissible? Yes, she says: I fast Ramadan and follow it with six days of Shawwal, but I break my fast for a few days in Ramadan and do not make them up until after the month of Shawwal. Is that permissible?

Answer:
The best, most complete, and most cautious course for one who has fasts to make up from Ramadan is to begin with them before fasting the six days of Shawwal, so that the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is realized in his case: or he fasted six days after it. In that case, this hadith applies to him, and he may hope for this reward and this recompense. As for one who has fasts to make up and fasts the six days before making up the missed ones, it appears that the meaning of the hadith does not apply to him. Allah knows best.