The ruling on fasting the day of doubt if Ramadan is confirmed before dawn

The questioner : This is a brother seeking a ruling who says: A person has a day of Ramadan to make up, but he neglected to make it up until the day of doubt of the current Ramadan arrived. He fasted the day of doubt, and then news came confirming the month of Ramadan. What is the ruling? Is he required to fast with the people, or should he count this day as the make-up fast he owes? And is he required to do anything in addition to the make-up? Please inform us, may Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : The day of doubt this year, the news arrived before the dawn. It is known that if the entry of Ramadan is confirmed, it is not valid to fast in it any kind of fast, whether a make-up fast, a voluntary fast, a vow, or an expiation, because the days of Ramadan are designated for Ramadan. Even if a person travels, the scholars said that if he travels and his journey coincides with the thirteenth, fourteenth, or fifteenth of Ramadan, and he says he is fasting the white days, it is not permissible, because Ramadan is specific to the obligatory fast only, the obligatory fast of Ramadan. Based on this, we say to the brother: if it became clear to you before dawn that the day is from Ramadan, fast Ramadan. And if it did not become clear until after, cancel the intention of the make-up fast and make it for Ramadan.