Making up the six days of fasting in Shawwal in the new year
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Question:
He says: I do not fast the six days of Shawwal, Honorable Shaykh, due to my preoccupation, and I fast them at the beginning of the new Hijri year.
Answer:
No, no, if the six days have passed, do not fast them. Their place is the six days of Shawwal, six days from Shawwal, from its beginning, its middle, or its end. It is a condition that they be from Shawwal. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:As-Sunan al-Kubra lil-Nasa'i 13:437, not from any other month. Yes.
He says: I do not fast the six days of Shawwal, Honorable Shaykh, due to my preoccupation, and I fast them at the beginning of the new Hijri year.
Answer:
No, no, if the six days have passed, do not fast them. Their place is the six days of Shawwal, six days from Shawwal, from its beginning, its middle, or its end. It is a condition that they be from Shawwal. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whoever fasts Ramadan and then follows it with six days of Shawwal
مَنْ صَامَ رَمَضَانَ فَأَتْبَعَهُ سِتًّا مِنْ شَوَّالٍ
Source
قناة «مؤسسة الدعوة الخيرية»، فتاوى على الهواء الفوزان 25-01-1438هـ — youtube.com (40:41)
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