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Did any of the Salaf (the earliest generations) dislike starting the fast of the six days on the second day of the festival?

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is there a report from the Salaf (may Allah have mercy on them) that they disliked a Muslim starting the fast of the six days on the second day of the festival?

Answer:
I do not know of anything in this regard. However, those who say that the six days should be prioritized over making up missed fasts, such as Shaykh 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Baz (may Allah have mercy on him), say so because the hadith mentions
Whoever fasts Ramadan and then follows it with six days of Shawwalمَنْ صَامَ رَمَضَانَ فَأَتْبَعَهُ سِتًّا مِنْ شَوَّالٍ
As-Sunan al-Kubra lil-Nasa'i 13:437
"fasted Ramadan," and the one who has missed fasts to make up has not fasted Ramadan until he completes it. This is the basis for their view. Yes. Otherwise, the general rule is that it is permissible to perform a voluntary act before an obligatory one that has a wide time window. Therefore, we pray voluntary prayers before the midday prayer and before the sunset prayer. If the time is wide, it is permissible to perform the voluntary act first. The time for making up missed fasts is wide, so according to the general rule, there is no harm in fasting the make-up fasts before the six days. But if we look at the hadith, which is the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
Whoever fasts Ramadan and follows it with six days from Shawwalمَنْ صَامَ رَمَضَانَ وَأَتْبَعَهُ بِسِتٍّ مِنْ شَوَّالٍ
Sahih Ibn Hibban 14:220
, this becomes an exception to the general rule. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [413 -2802] هَلْ ورد عن بعض السلف أنهم كانوا يكرهون أن يبدأ المسلم في صيام الست من ثاني أيام العيد؟ — youtube.com

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