The ruling on fasting the six days of Shawwal before making up missed fasts
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It is reported about your Eminence that you issued a fatwa regarding fasting six days of Shawwal: that it is permissible before a woman makes up her missed fasts from Ramadan, and this has spread in a neighborhood of Riyadh, attributed to your Eminence?
Where did they find this fatwa?The questioner: One of the female teachers mentioned it.
The Shaykh: What is the chain of transmission from this teacher to the fatwa?
The questioner: One of the students of knowledge present around you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Where is he? Is he unknown or known?The questioner: He is known, but I am not at liberty to mention his name.
The Shaykh: It is forbidden.
The questioner: No.
His name will be mentioned, if Allah wills, after the lesson.
The Shaykh: No.
Convey my greetings to him and say: He has lied to me, so he bears the sin of liars, and he lied regarding a legal ruling, so he bears the sin of those who rule by other than the Shari'ah.We have stated in several places that: If he fasts the six days of Shawwal, even if he has one day remaining from Ramadan, he will not be rewarded with the reward of one who fasts six days, but rather he will be rewarded with the reward of fasting only.That some scholars say: He will not be rewarded, nor with the reward of fasting; because it is not possible for him to perform voluntary fasting while an obligatory fast remains upon him.
Convey my greetings to him and say to him: He should seek forgiveness from Allah for his lie against me, and if he wishes, he should come to me so that he may seek my pardon, so that we may see how to discipline him.And clarify to everyone who told them: I issued this fatwa, he says: that he was mistaken.
Where did they find this fatwa?The questioner: One of the female teachers mentioned it.
The Shaykh: What is the chain of transmission from this teacher to the fatwa?
The questioner: One of the students of knowledge present around you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Where is he? Is he unknown or known?The questioner: He is known, but I am not at liberty to mention his name.
The Shaykh: It is forbidden.
The questioner: No.
His name will be mentioned, if Allah wills, after the lesson.
The Shaykh: No.
Convey my greetings to him and say: He has lied to me, so he bears the sin of liars, and he lied regarding a legal ruling, so he bears the sin of those who rule by other than the Shari'ah.We have stated in several places that: If he fasts the six days of Shawwal, even if he has one day remaining from Ramadan, he will not be rewarded with the reward of one who fasts six days, but rather he will be rewarded with the reward of fasting only.That some scholars say: He will not be rewarded, nor with the reward of fasting; because it is not possible for him to perform voluntary fasting while an obligatory fast remains upon him.
Convey my greetings to him and say to him: He should seek forgiveness from Allah for his lie against me, and if he wishes, he should come to me so that he may seek my pardon, so that we may see how to discipline him.And clarify to everyone who told them: I issued this fatwa, he says: that he was mistaken.