If one is required to fast two consecutive months, and then breaks the fast on the days of the festival, does he resume the fasting, or does he start the fasting over from the beginning?

Question:
A man is required to fast two consecutive months, and when he began the fasting, the blessed Festival of Sacrifice ('Id al-Adha) coincided with it. It is well known that fasting on the day of the festival is forbidden. So, when he breaks his fast on the day of 'Id al-Adha, does he start the fasting again, or does he resume and complete the two consecutive months? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
The one who fasts consecutively, such as for the expiation of killing or the expiation of zihar, which is fasting for two consecutive months, and if a mandatory fast like fasting in Ramadan, or a mandatory breaking of the fast like breaking the fast on the days of the festival, intervenes, it does not break the consecutiveness. He fasts Ramadan, and when Ramadan ends and the festival ends, he continues his expiation fast and builds upon what came before; because this is a legitimate religious excuse. So, if the day of the festival, or 'Id al-Adha, or the days of Tashreeq coincide with his expiation fast, he breaks his fast on the days of the festival, and when the days of the festival end, he continues his expiation fast and builds upon what came before, and praise be to Allah. Yes.