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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Fasting the six days of Shawwal before making up missed days of Ramadan

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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, regarding the fasting of the six days of Shawwal, is it necessary that it be done after finishing the making up of missed days of Ramadan?

The Shaykh:
Yes.

The questioner:
Regarding the fasting of the six days of Shawwal, is it necessary that it be done after he finishes making up the missed days of Ramadan?

The Shaykh:
The apparent meaning of the hadith
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
is that the one who has missed days of Ramadan that he has not completed should hasten to fast the make-up days so that he can catch the fasting of the six days.
Source المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 04-05-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (1:04:24)

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