Is it permissible to fast the six days of Shawwal while having missed fasts from Ramadan to make up?
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The questioner : The last question. All right. Is it obligatory for the one who has missed fasts to fast the days he owes?
The Shaykh : One cannot fast the six days of Shawwal unless he has made up the fasts he owes, because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever fasts Ramadan and has fasts from Ramadan that he has not made up, has not fasted Ramadan; he has only fasted part of it."
The questioner : And it is agreed upon regarding the statement of A'ishah that she did not fast in Sha'ban in the following year.
The Shaykh : And who says that she fasted the six days? Yes.
The questioner : By Allah, you...
The Shaykh : But who says that she fasted the six days? And is it conceivable for A'ishah, who was among the most knowledgeable of women, to leave the obligatory and perform the voluntary? And is it conceivable that she would leave the obligatory and perform a voluntary fast that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) explicitly stated was a continuation? If she had fasted the six days before making up Ramadan, the six days would have been a continuation and not a follow-up.
The presenter : Oh Allah, to you. May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : One cannot fast the six days of Shawwal unless he has made up the fasts he owes, because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever fasts Ramadan and has fasts from Ramadan that he has not made up, has not fasted Ramadan; he has only fasted part of it."
The questioner : And it is agreed upon regarding the statement of A'ishah that she did not fast in Sha'ban in the following year.
The Shaykh : And who says that she fasted the six days? Yes.
The questioner : By Allah, you...
The Shaykh : But who says that she fasted the six days? And is it conceivable for A'ishah, who was among the most knowledgeable of women, to leave the obligatory and perform the voluntary? And is it conceivable that she would leave the obligatory and perform a voluntary fast that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) explicitly stated was a continuation? If she had fasted the six days before making up Ramadan, the six days would have been a continuation and not a follow-up.
The presenter : Oh Allah, to you. May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 2998 - هل يصوم الست من شوال وعليه قضاء من رمضان؟ الكافي في فقه الإمام أحمد بن حنبل - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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