Consecutive Fasting for the Expiation of Killing

The questioner:
I say, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, regarding the fasting for expiation, the expiation for killing,

The Shaykh:
Yes.

The questioner:
Is consecutiveness obligatory?

The Shaykh:
Allah the Exalted says: . Consecutiveness is required, unless one breaks the fast for a valid legal excuse, such as a woman who breaks her fast due to menstruation or post-natal bleeding, or a traveler who breaks his fast because of travel, or one who breaks the fast for an obligatory reason, such as the days of the festival. This does not break the consecutiveness; obligatory breaking of the fast does not break it. And if Ramadan comes and one fasts Ramadan between the two months, this does not prevent the consecutiveness, because it is a fast obligatory by the Shari'ah, or an obligatory breaking of the fast, such as menstruation and the two festivals; this is what breaks the consecutiveness. Or a permissible breaking of the fast by the Shari'ah, such as travel; this does not break the consecutiveness, because the Lawgiver has permitted the traveler to break his fast. Yes.