Consecutive Vows of Fasting with Ramadan

The questioner:
This is also a woman asking. She says: I vowed to fast thirty consecutive days, and I started fasting from the middle of Sha'ban. Does Ramadan break this consecutiveness?

The Shaykh:
If this is a specific vow, and you vowed to fast a consecutive month starting from the middle of Sha'ban, then these are specific days, and it is known that Ramadan will fall within them. In that case, Ramadan is considered an exception, so it does not break the consecutiveness. However, if you did not intend specific days, but rather intended thirty consecutive days without specifying a particular time, then Ramadan breaks the consecutiveness. You must then start fasting at a time that does not include Ramadan. Yes.

The questioner:
The Honorable Shaykh’s note that it is also not permissible to fast on the day of the festival?

The Shaykh:
This is excluded by the Shari'ah. It is not forbidden to fast on the two festival days; this is excluded by the Shari'ah. Likewise, if menstruation falls within the days you vowed, this does not break the consecutiveness, because it is excluded by the Shari'ah. Yes.